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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English suffer + -ation.
Noun
sofarieshan (plural sofarieshan dem, quantified sofarieshan)
- suffering, sufferance, trial by fire
1982, Tapper Zukie, “Raggy Joey Boy”:Dong in di geto we mi baan an gruo / sofarieshan we mi riili nuo / mi mama lok di duo mi afi sliip outaduo / mi duohn av no bed mi afi sliip on di fluo / sofarieshan we mi nuo- Down in the ghetto where I was born and raised / I know what sufferance is / my mama locked the door and I had to sleep outdoors / I had no bed I had to sleep on the floor / I know what sufferance is
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 12:50:Bot mi afi go chuu som siiros sofarieshan, an mi aat evi til it don!- But I have to go through some serious suffering first, and my heart is heavy until it is done!
2018, Carolyn Cooper, “Two crocodile, one belly”, in Jamaica Gleaner:Dat miin se di Centre a go du nof wok fi mek shuor se wi no figet bout wi ischri an di sofarieshan we wi lang-taim piipl dem go chruu iina slievri diez.- That means that the Centre will make sure that we don't forget our history and the suffering our ancestors went through during slavery.
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