VOCABULARY

Aintee? Is it not so?

Beef animals.

Betty better.

Bin deh am or was there.

Blow breathe.

Bug-a-bug White Ants, Termes Bellicosus.

Bly basket.

Bootoo stoop, crouch.

Calabas' gourd.

Cham chew.

Conk strike.

Cumpin companion.

Deh there.

Dem they, them, their.

Den they, their, them, then.

Do' door.

Do yah please.

Duh do (auxiliary).

Grap get up.

Greedy begrudge.

Hangry hungry, famine.

Hāse hoist, raise.

Hebe raise, throw.

He, heen, him his.

Hō'se house.

Hush yah term of condolence.

Leelee little.

Lek like, as.

Lef leave, left.

Mate an associate—wife.

Nah at, from, in, on, to.

Nar is, are, was.

Net night.

No mo' nothing more, merely.

Oonah you.

Pin place, put down.

Pickin pickaninny.

Pull create, tell.

Ress rice.

Sabbee know.

San'-san' sand.

Sebbeh charm.

Shabe divide.

Soso merely.

Sotáy until.

'Tan' stand.

Tay until, for, a long time.

Tem time.

'Tick tree, stick.

Wey what, which, who, where, since.

Yase ears.

Yi eye.

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