D.J. :
DAAL :
DADA :
DALLY :


DAN DADA :
DAN :
DARKERS :
DASHEEN :

DAWTA :
DEAD HOOD :
DEADERS :
DEESTANT :
DEGE or DEGE-DEGE :
DEH :
DEY :
DEY 'PON :

DI :
DILDO MACCA :
DINKI :
DIS or DIS YA :
DJEW :
DOGHEART :
DOLLY :
DON :
DONKYA :
DOONDOOS :
DOWNPRESSOR :
DOTI :
(TO) DRAW CARD :
DREAD :




DREADLOCKS :

DREADY :
DUB :
DUB PLATE :
DUCK-ANTS :
DUKUNU :
DUNDUS :
DUNGLE :

DUNS,DUNSA :
DUPPY :
DUTCHY :
DUTTY :

a person who sings or scats along with dub music, sometimes called "toasting" (2)
split peas, usually a thick soup, from Indian cuisine, from Hindi. (5)
father (6)
executive zig-zag movements on wheels (2)
or on foot (6)
to ride a bicycle or motorbike with a weaving motion, as when ones weaves around potholes. (5)
the highest of DON'S (6)
than (5)
sunglasses (6)
a big soft yam-like root, often slightly greyish when cooked. It is related to the coco, but one eats the "head" instead of the tubers. (5)
a girl, woman, "sister," girlfriend (1)
(the H is silent) = A man that can't perform sexually. Impotent. (14)(29)
meat, meat by-products (1)
decent. (5)
adjective, little, skimpy, measly, only, as in a two dege-dege banana. (5)
there (place) (6)
v. to be, exist, as in "No yam no dey". From Ewe de or Twi de - to be (7)
(aux. v.) - to be engaged in action or continuing activity (35)
literally "there upon" As in "it dey pon de table". (29)
the (6)
dangerous macca or thorn that will bore you up (29)
a kind of traditional dance at funerals or "nine nights" ("set-ups"); now popular among school children. (5)
this (6)
as a verb, rain a djew; as a noun, djew rain. It means a light rain or drizzle. (5)
a person who is especially cold and cruel (6)
executive zig-zag movements on wheels (2)
one who is respected, master of a situation (6)
from "don't care"; careless, sloppy, lacking ambition, etc. (5)
an albino. (5)
preferred term for oppressor (1)
"Dutty" means dirty, dirt or earth (19)(29)
the act of fooling someone (6)
1. a person with dreadlocks
2. a serious idea or thing
3. a dangerous situation or person
4. the "dreadful power of the holy"
5. experientially, "awesome, fearful confrontation of a people with a primordial but historically denied racial selfhood" (1)
1. hair that is neither combed nor cut
2. a person with dreadlocks (1)
a friendly term for a fellow dread (1)
a roots electronic music, created by skillful, artistic re-engineering of recorded tracks (2)
A pre-release copy of a record, often produced exclusively for a specific sound system (see "sound system"). (46)
white ants, or termites. (5)
sweet corn-meal dumplings boiled in wrapped leaves. (5)
an albino. (5)
n. legendary West Kingston slum surrounding a garbage dump, now cleared. (7)
From English dunghill
money (1)
a ghost (1)
dutch cooking pot, low round-bottomed heavy pot. (5)
dirty (17)