and denz yuh got that basmati song, yuh kno how it goez: diz gyal name basmati, she come from be be, she na wan fuh dance now, she gone and get away, basmati dance gyal. but those commercialz are alwayz quite entertaning. thatz a great add, look out our rice will blind yuhz. Aye guyz just get ready fuh when dem gyal dem make u buy dem some.īasmati rice (bas-ma-tea-rice): u kno da rice dem indian pplz doez got in dem moviez that u doez got fuh put gogglez on 2 look at, yeah that. u kno how dem doez put am in one foil wrap and doez cook up on da fire.īalay (bay-lay): when u doez use the rolling pin (belna) on somethingīanga mary (ban-ga-mary): one type of fish abedeze got in guyanaīangles (ban-gulz): u kno dem big round tingz dem gyal doez got pon dem hand. iz like da coolie version of amtrak iite.īad eye someone (bad-eye som-one): this iz like when yuh rass doez wish bad pon sumtinīaigan (bai-gan): an eggplant in its uncooked stateīake and salfish (bake-n -sal-fish): diz bready ting u doez usually got in one triangular shape that u doez eat wid cod (thatz salfish) wid tomato, onion and garlic and tingīalanjay (bah-lan-jay): an eggplant in itz cooked state. used most commonly in referring to babies with big mouthsīacktrack (bak-trak): how over 3/4 of us coolie pplz ended up here (i na really go bother define diz cuz iz only coolie pplz that are eva gonna read this, but u kno what i mean). and also according 2 diz mad jamaican gyal iz a word fuh us cooliez in jamaica 2.īack dam (back damn): thatz like farm country in guyanaīackoo (bak-oo): small animal that makes alot of noise. dem been remake a bunch a dem coolie folk songzīaboo ( bah-boo): father.
I AM DA ONE UNDER DA SUN MOVIE
indian movie star that all ayo mumma luv fuh some reasonĪrti (ar-tea): when dem doez got u put da flower around da fire and doez drop da money inzĪyo (aye-yo): an abbreviation of ayodeze, meanz you pplĪyodeze (aye-yo-these): please refer 2 ayo Bīabla n kanchan: dem dudez from india that learn fuh sing coolie style. Like wa u name am?Īmerindian (ah-mer-ind-yan): wellz since itz confuzing calling dem native americanz and us coolie pplz indian 2, this here iz used in order 2 eliminate confusion.Īmitabh bachan (a-meet-abh bah-chan): da rang barse dude.
AĪbe( ah-bee): an abbreviation of abedeze, meanz us peopleĪbedeze (ah-bee-these): please refer 2 abeĪja (ah-jah): ur grandfather upon ur fatherz sideĪjee (ah-jee): ur grandmother upon ur fatherz sideĪm (ahm): this iz generally used in place of it. The guy that wrote the dictionary has a fairly accurate meaning for all of the words.
I found this Coolie “dictionary” of phrases on a Xanga blog (original URL lost). Although everyone in Guyana speaks and writes in the official language (English), here are some of the local phrases regularly used in speech.