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Jamaican Creole
Etymology 1
Derived from English old.
Adjective
uol
- old
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:39:An nobadi, afta dem jringk uol wain, no waahn nyuu wain, kaaz dem se, 'Di uol wan beta.'- And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'the old tastes good.'
Etymology 2
Derived from English hole.
Noun
uol (plural uol dem, quantified uol)
- hole
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 9:58:Jiizas se tu im se, "Faks av uol an di bod dem av nes, […] "- Jesus said unto him, "the fox has its hole, and the birds have their nests,
Etymology 3
Derived from English whole.
Adjective
uol
- whole, all
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 16:24:Mi lov di uol a unu, an siek-a Jiizas Krais di uol a wi a wan.- I love all of you, and because of Jesus Christ all of us are one.
Etymology 4
Derived from English hold.
Verb
uol
- to hold
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Tesiluoniyan 2:7:[…] Bot sumadi a uol it bak. An di wan we a uol it bak a-go gwaan uol it til im get muuv outa di wie.- however he who now restrains it will continue to do so until he is out of the way.
- (literally, “ But someone is holding it back. And the one holding it back goes on to hold it until he gets moved out of the way.”)
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