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Dead lef
📖 Patois Word of the Day — October 21, 2026

Dead lef

Inheritance, mostly pieces of land and houses. It's what one gets of a deceased family's property as inheritance.

"Him nuh hav nutten, all the house him have a dead left from him muma."

🔥 Fiyah Breaks It Down

Man, mi remember when mi granny pass. All di mango tree dem, di little shack pon di hill, dat was mi dead lef. It mek mi feel connected to mi roots, yuh know? "Dead lef" means what you inherit from a family member who gone to Zion. Respect to di ancestors!