RASTAFARI LEXICON By: YASUS AFARI Overstanding RASTAFARI Jamaica's Gift to the World Senya-Cum (Paper back) ©2007RASTAFARI Lexicon The RASTAFARIAN words will appear with their meanings beside them, while the English versions and their meanings will appear below. 1. Appreci-love - to regard with (genuine) love and affection appreci(hjate - —_to estimate worth, quality, amount of, to regard with love and affection 2. Ascendant(s) - off spring(s), rising towards zenith descendants) - —_ person or thing that (descend/came down) from 3. bati-can - papal state in Rome vatican - Pope's palace and official residence in Rome 4. boo-York - city in USA New York - city in USA 5. blind-garette - cigarette, otherwise called cancer-stick or pope stick cigarette - small cylinder of finely cut tobacco or narcotic rolled in paper for smoking 6. bobby-wrong - global system of colonialism and its neo-colonial governments Babylon - _ gteat and luxurious city 7. chalwah - communion pipe for offering incense, also called chillum pipe chalice - goblet; Eucharistic wine cup 8 Crownation - The prophetic and historic crowning of His Imperial Majesty — Nov. 2, 1930 Coronation = Ceremony of Crowning sovereign 9. Cury-dun(g)tion - Any form of pollution corruption - decomposition; moral deterioration, use of such practices 10. dawta = female member of family; woman who is spiritual or intellectual product of a person daughter - female member of family in relation to her parents 11, deadas - dead (animal) flesh used a food meat - animal flesh as food, excluding fish and poultry, edible food 12. down-presstion)13. 14, 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20, 21 (down-press! dun-press) - ‘oppression — pronounced uppression - dread-nut - coconut free-reaim freedom, pronounced free- dumb frienemy - Hypocrite : fulkjoy enjoy * fullticipate participate - goody : body = gova-ment « government : hail-up greet(ing) Vand | use of political. economic and social forces to put and keep people down to weigh down tropical palm tree, its ovate brown edible seed with edible white lining enclosing its liquid (Highly flavoured by RASTAFARIANS for the preparation of food). ‘Same meaning as above. responsible personal liberty, non-slavery: power of responsible self-determination personal liberty, non slavery; power of self- determination person pretending to be a friend, while being an enemy or hypocritical friend pretender take delight or pleasure in; joyous fulfilment, give joy to take delight or pleasure in; have use of, copulate with wholehearted hearted involvement, take full entitlement of, fully involved have share, take part of, take part in the human being or form, as temple of The Most High man or animal as material organism men (and people) that impose governance upon others. system of government, body or successive bodies governing a state majestic greeting of salutation from the heart and soul accost with salutation; said with words or gesture and those whose views I reflect and represent. The source of our existence and all ‘others revalving in harmony around the Source/Centre P or! x1=IN I &l, this represents the royal We.