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    Patwa headword

    Tru-tru

    /TROO-TROO/

    Adjective
    Gloss
    "Genuine"
    Definition
    Very true, authentic, or real.
    Example
    "Dat is a tru-tru story."
    Origin
    Reduplication.

    As a conversational term, Tru-tru 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.