ital

Blend of I +‎ vital

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪtəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪtəl

ital (countable and uncountable, plural itals)

1. (Jamaica, Iyaric) Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.
   • 2009 November 11, Baz Dreisingere, “Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     On the other side of the spectrum are the many ital restaurants that adhere to the Rastafarian dietary laws (no meat, fish or salt).

   • 2016, Gabriel J. Christian, Aboard the Commandante Pineres: Dominica, The 11th World Festival of Youth & Students, Cuba July 1978, & the Caribbean Struggle for National Liberation:

     The minister declined the offer of a parley and "itals"―the term for vegetarian dishes that the Dreads favored.

ital (not comparable)

1. (proofreading) Abbreviation of italic.

• ATLI, LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Ta-li, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, lait, tail, tali

iszik +‎ -tal

• IPA^(key): [ˈitɒl]
• Hyphenation: ital
• Rhymes: -ɒl

ital (plural italok)

1. drink

   Synonym: innivaló

   Coordinate term: étel

• ital in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• I-tal, Ital

Blend of I +‎ vital

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˈtal/
• Hyphenation: i‧tal

ital

1. healthy (conducive to good health)

   Rastafari dun tell dem about Ital livity.

   Rastafarianism has already shown them how to lead a healthy lifestyle.

2. natural, organic (grown without chemicals)
3. saltless, unsalted (without added salt)

   A ital food me cook enuh, without salt, but a that the guests them like.

   I only cook without salt, you know? That's what the guests like.

4. vegetarian, vegan (without meat)

   Mi no eat meat, so my soup ital, but the people dem love it.

   I don't eat meat, so my soup's always vegetarian. But the people love it.

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 308
• ital – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

From Proto-Germanic *īdal-. Akin to Old English īdel.

ītal

1. empty
2. useless