- Gloss
- "Laughter"
- Definition
- The sound of loud, mocking laughter.
- Example
- "Stop yuh kyah-kyah."
- Origin
- Onomatopoeic.
As an informal term, Kyah-kyah 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.