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    Patwa headword

    Big-woman

    /BIG-WU-man/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Adult female"
    Definition
    A mature, responsible adult woman, or used to demand respect as an adult.
    Example
    "Mi is a big-woman, nuh talk to mi like pickney."
    Origin
    Compound of 'big' and 'woman'.

    As an everyday term, Big-woman is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.