In using the following Vocabulary the Continental manner of pronouncing
certain vowels will have to be observed: thus _ava_ must be pronounced
like _auva_, according to the English style; _ker_ like _kare_, _miro_
like _meero_, _zi_ like _zee_, and _puro_ as if it were written _pooro._
A
ABRI, _ad. prep._ Out, not within, abroad: soving abri, sleeping abroad,
not in a house. _Celtic_, Aber (the mouth or outlet of a river).
Acai / Acoi, _ad._ Here.
Adje, _v. n._ To stay, stop. _See_ Atch, az.
Adrey, _prep._ Into.
Ajaw, _ad._ So. _Wallachian_, Asha.
Aladge, _a._ Ashamed. _Sans._ Latch, laj.
Aley, _ad._ Down: soving aley, lying down; to kin aley, to buy off,
ransom. _Hun._ Ala, alat.
Amande, _pro. pers. dat._ To me.
An, _v. a. imp._ Bring: an lis opré, bring it up.
Ana, _v._ a. Bring. _Sans._ Ani.
Ando, _prep._ In.
Anglo, _prep._ Before.
Apasavello, _v. n._ I believe.
Apopli, _ad._ Again. _Spanish Gypsy_, Apala (after). _Wal._ Apoi
(then, afterwards).
Apré, _ad. prep._ Up: kair lis apré, do it up. _Vid._ Opré.
Aranya / Araunya, _s._ Lady. _Hungarian Gypsy_, Aranya. _See_ Rawnie.
Artav / Artavello, _v. a._ To pardon, forgive. _Wal._ Ierta. _Span.
Gyp._ Estomar.
Artapen, _s._ Pardon, forgiveness.
Artáros. Arthur.
Asā / Asau, _ad._ Also, likewise, too: meero pal asau, my brother also.
Asarlas, _ad._ At all, in no manner.
Asa. An affix used in forming the second person singular of the present
tense; _e.g._ camasa, thou lovest.
Astis, _a._ Possible, it is possible: astis mangué, I can; astis lengué,
they can.
Ashā / Ashaw, _ad._ So: ashaw sorlo, so early. _Wal._ Asha. _See_
Ajaw.
Atch, _v. n._ To stay, stop.
Atch opré. Keep up.
Atraish, _a. part._ Afraid. _Sans._ Tras (to fear), atrāsït
(frightened). _See_ Traish.
Av, _imperat._ of Ava, to come: av abri, come out.
Ava, _ad._ Yes. _Sans._ Eva.
Ava, _v. a._ To come.
Avata acoi. Come thou here.
Avali, _ad._ Yes. _Wal._ Aieva (really).
Avava. An affix by which the future tense of a verb is formed, _e.g._
mor-avava, I will kill. _See_ Vava.
Aukko, _ad._ Here.
Az, _v. n._ To stay.
B
BAL, _s._ Hair. _Tibetian_, Bal (wool). _Sans._ Bala (hair).
Baleneskoe, _a._ Hairy.
Balormengro. A hairy fellow; Hearne, the name of a Gypsy tribe.
Balanser, _s._ The coin called a sovereign.
Ballivas, _s._ Bacon. _Span. Gyp._ Balibá.
Bangalo, _a._ Devilish. _See_ Beng, bengako.
Bango, _a._ Left, sinister, wrong, false: bango wast, the left hand; to
saulohaul bango, like a plastra-mengro, to swear bodily like a Bow-street
runner. _Sans._ Pangu (lame). _Hun._ Pang, pangó (stiff, lazy,
paralysed).
Bar, _s._ A stone, a stoneweight, a pound sterling. _Span. Gyp._ Bar.
_Hun. Gyp._ Bar. _Hindustani_, Puthur. _Wal._ Piatre. _Fr._ Pierre.
_Gr. βάρος_ (weight).
Bareskey, _a._ Stony.
Bark, _s._ Breast, woman’s breast.
Bas / Base, _s._ Pound sterling. _Wal._ Pes (a weight, burden).
Bas-engro, _s._ A shepherd. _Run._ Bacso.
Bashadi, _s._ A fiddle.
Bata, _s._ A bee. _Sans._ Pata.
Bau, _s._ Fellow, comrade. _See_ Baw.
Baul, _s._ Snail. _See_ Bowle.
Baulo, _s._ Pig, swine. The proper meaning of this word is anything
swollen, anything big or bulky. It is connected with the English bowle
or bole, the trunk of a tree; also with bowl, boll, and belly; also with
whale, the largest of fish, and wale, a tumour; also with the Welsh
_bol_, a belly, and _bala_, a place of springs and eruptions. It is
worthy of remark that the English word pig, besides denoting the same
animal as _baulo_, is of the same original import, being clearly derived
from the same root as big, that which is bulky, and the Turkish _buyuk_,
great, huge, vast.
Baulie-mas, _s._ Pork, swine’s flesh.
Bavano. Windy, broken-winded.
Bavol, _s._ Wind, air. _Sans._ Pavana. _See_ Beval.
Bavol-engro, _s._ A wind-fellow; figurative name for a ghost.
Baw, bau, _s._ Fellow, comrade: probably the same as the English
country-word baw, bor. _Ger._ Bauer. Av acoi, baw, Come here, fellow.
Boer, in Wallachian, signifies a boyard or lord.
Beano, _part. pass._ Born.
Beano abri. Born out of doors, like a Gypsy or vagrant.
Bebee, _s._ Aunt. _Rus._ Baba (grandmother, old woman, hag); Baba Yagā,
the female demon of the Steppes.
Beng / Bengui, _s._ Devil. _Sans._ Pangka (mud). According to the
Hindu mythology, there is a hell of mud; the bengues of the Gypsies seem
to be its tenants.
Bengako tan, _s._ Hell. Lit. place belonging to devils.
Bengeskoe potan. Devil’s tinder, sulphur.
Bengeskoe / Benglo, _a._ Devilish.
Bengree, _s._ Waistcoat. _Span. Gyp._ Blani. _Wal._ (Blāni fur).
Berro, béro, _s._ A ship, a hulk for convicts. _Span. Gyp._ Bero, las
galeras, the galleys; presidio, convict garrison.
Ber-engro, _s._ A sailor.
Bero-rukh, _s._ A mast.
Bersh / Besh, _s._ A year. _Sans._ Varsha. He could cour drey his
besh, he could fight in his time.
Bershor, _pl._ Years.
Besh, _v. n._ To sit: beshel, he sits.
Beshaley / Beshly, Gypsy name of the Stanley tribe.
Besh-engri, _s._ A chair. _See_ Skammen.
Beti, _a._ Little, small.
Beval, _s._ Wind. _See_ Bavol.
Bi, _prep._ Without: bi luvvu, without money.
Bicunyie, _a._ Alone, undone: meklis _or_ mukalis bicunyie, let it
alone.
Bikhin / Bin _v. a._ To sell. _Hin._ Bikna.
Bikhnipen, _s._ Sale.
Birk, _s._ Woman’s breast. _See_ Bark.
Bis, _a._ Twenty.
Bisheni, _s._ The ague.
Bitch / Bitcha, _v. a._ To send. _Sans._ Bis, bisa.