Palawala

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a local creole language, such as Antillean Creole or Jamaican Creole Caribbean,derogatory,uncountable
    — Prior to her school days, my mother spoke French Patois [Antillean Creole] better than she spoke English. Her knowledge of Patois declined once she was at school as the nuns forbade the children from speaking their "Pala Wala" language in the school yard because they did not understand what the children were saying.
  2. a member of a community speaking such a language Caribbean,countable
    — So many West Indians from the smaller Caribbean islands arrived... that to this day at Wismar, there is a residential area called the “Pala-Wala” section. "Pala-Wala" is the name locals call migrants from certain West Indies islands.

词形变化

Palawala plural

词源

Probably at least partly from French parler, with repetition to make it sound like babbling.
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