nobadi

== Belizean Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English nobody. Compare Jamaican Creole nobadi. === Pronoun === nobadi nobody, no one anybody, anyone (in a sentence that is already negative: Belizean Creole allows double negatives whereas English does not, so the translation of a double negative to English has to account for this discrepancy) ==== Antonyms ==== (contradictory): sohnbadi (contrary): evribadi === References === Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244. == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English nobody. By surface analysis, no +‎ badi. Compare Belizean Creole nobadi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈno.ba.di/ === Pronoun === nobadi nobody, no one anybody, anyone (in a sentence that is already negative) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === nobadi at JamaicanPatwah.com nobadi at majstro.com