dayclean
Loanword
- Meaning
- Gullah Lowcountry: dawn, the start of a new day.
- Type
- Loanword
- Used in
- South Carolina, Georgia
What does “dayclean” mean
In the Gullah Geechee creole spoken along the South Carolina and Georgia coast and Sea Islands, 'dayclean' means dawn or daybreak — the moment when the new day is 'clean' and fresh. A characteristic example of Gullah's poetic, nature-based vocabulary.
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