nyanga n.
(W.I.) ostentation, esp. in one’s dress; a smart person; thus as adj., stylish.
Proverbs of British Guiana 38: Yanga gal full ob motions. | ||
Black Talk 9: Nyanga – A dude. To play the dude. ‘Boy, you is real nyanga.’. | ||
(con. late 19C) Black Border 26: ’E call one dem nyang lady, ‘You got any match?’. | ||
Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 91: Nyanga mek crab go sideways. | ||
Anancy Stories and Dialect Verse 41: All de fowl dem start fe yanga an merrenge roun’ de room. | ||
Guardian Rev. 23 Apr. 17: Wiley is ‘nang standard no doubt’. |
In phrases
to dress fashionably.
Catch a Fire 161: Me one singer dat cut yanga [dresses stylishly]! Quality star! |