fambili

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English family.

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Noun

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fambili (plural fambili dem, quantified fambili)

  1. family, relative
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 18:26:
      Di sumadi uufa iez Piita did chap aaf, did a fambili wid wan a di liida fi di priis dem sorvant dem. Ier im tu Piita, “No yu mi si wid im iina di gyaadn?”
      One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

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