cerfiticket

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

cerfiticate, certificate

Etymology

From English certificate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/, /ˈsɝ.fɪ.tɪ.kɛt/
Hyphenation: cer‧fi‧ti‧cket

Noun

cerfiticket (plural cerfiticket dem, quantified cerfiticket)

certificate
Mi a guh a RGD fi pick up mi pickney birth cerfiticket.
I'm going to the RGD to collect my child's birth certificate.
- 2009, Richard Koss, Giamaica (in Italian), →ISBN, page 348:
  “I giamaicani spesso invertono l'ordine delle lettere o le cambiano, dicendo per esempio flim al posto di 'film', o cerfiticket invece di 'certificate' (certificato). […] ”
  Jamaicans often invert the order of letters or change them, saying, for example, flim instead of 'film', or cerfiticket instead of certificate […]

See also

flim

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