nalij
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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English knowledge.
Pronunciation
Noun
nalij
- knowledge
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 6:20:
- So Timoti, gyaad di sitn dem we Gad gi yu fi tek kier a. Mek shuor yu kip dem sief. Stie faar fram taak we no av notn fi du wid Gad. No lisn tu di fuulinish wa som piipl taak chuu dem tingk dem waiz. Dem waahn fi kaal we dem a se nalij bot a no nalij dat.
- O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
- Piipl widoutn nalij a deh paas ischri, harijin ah kolcha komiin laka chrii widoutn ruut — Marcus Garvey
- A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots — Marcus Garvey
Further reading
nalij on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia jam
