Corauni / Corooni, _s._ A crown: mekrauliskie corauni, royal crown.
_Wal._ Coroan.
Cori, _s._ Thorn. Membrum virile. _Span._ Carajo [caraco]. _Gascon_,
Quirogau.
Coro / Coru, _s._ Pot, pitcher, cup: coru levinor, cup of ale; boro
coro, a quart. _Span. Gyp._ Coro. _Hin._ Gharã.
Coro-mengro, _s._ Potter.
Coro-mengreskey tem. Staffordshire.
Corredo, _a._ Blind. _Span. Gyp._ Corroro. _Pers._ کور _Wal._ Kior
(one-eyed).
Cosht / Cost, _s._ Stick. _Sans._ Kāshtha.
Cost-engres, _s. pl._ Branch-fellows, people of the New Forest,
Stanleys.
Coshtno, _a._ Wooden.
Covar / Covo, _s._ Thing: covars, things; covar-bikhning-vardo, a
caravan in which goods are carried about for sale.
Crafni, _s._ Button. _Ger._ Knopf.
Crafni-mengro, _s._ Buttonmaker.
Creeor, _s. pl._ Ants, pismires. _Span. Gyp._ Ocrianse (the ant),
quiria (ant).
Cricni / Crookey / Crookauros / Crookos, _s._ Week. _See_ Curco.
Cuesni, _s._ Basket. _See_ Cushnee.
Culvato (Gypsy name). Claude.
Curaken, _s._ Fighting. _See_ Coorapen.
Curepen, _s._ Trouble, affliction: curepenis, afflictions.
Curkey / Curko, _s._ Week, Sunday. _Mod. Gr. κυριακὴ_.
Curlo, _s._ Throat. _Pers._ گلو Chin his curlo, cut his throat.
Curlo-mengri, _s._ A ruff, likewise a pillow; anything belonging to the
throat or neck.
Cushnee / Cushni / Cusnee, _s._ Basket. _Wal._ Koshnitse.
Cuttor, _s._ A piece, a guinea-piece: dui cuttor, two guineas; will you
lel a cuttor, will you take a bit? sore in cuttors, all in rags.
D
DAD, _s._ Father. _Welsh_, Tâd. _Wal._ Tat. _Rus. Gyp._ Dad.
Dado, _s._ Father. _Rus. Gyp._ Dado.
Dand, _s._ Tooth. _Sans._ Danta.
Danior, _pl._ Teeth.
Dand, _v. a._ To bite.
Daya / Dieya, _s._ Mother, properly nurse. _Sans._ Dhayas (fostering).
_Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] Daya. _Mod. Gr. θεῖα_.
_Rus. Gyp._ Daia. _Wal._ Doika.
Deav, _v. a._ Give. _Sans._ Dā. _Wal._ Da.
Del. He gives.
Del-engro, _s._ A kicking-horse.
Del-oprey, _v. a._ To read.
Denne, _ad._ Than.
Der. An _affix_, by which the _comparative_ is formed; _e.g._ Wafodu,
bad: wafodúder than dovor, worse than they.
Desch, _a._ Ten. _Sans._ Dasan. _Wal._ Zetche.
Desh ta yeck. Eleven.
Desh ta dui. Twelve.
Desh ta trin. Thirteen.
Desh ta store. Fourteen.
Desh ta pansch. Fifteen.
Desh ta sho. Sixteen.
Desh ta eft. Seventeen.
Deshko. Eighteen (?): deshko hori, eighteenpence; properly, Desh ta octo
hori.
Devel, _s._ God. _Sans._ Deva. _Lith._ Dēwas. _Lat._ Deus. _See_
Dibble, Dovvel, Dubbel.
Develeskoe, _s._ Holy, divine. _Sans._ Deva.
Deyed, _pret._ of Deav. He gave.
Dibble, _s._ God. _See_ Devel.
Dic / Dico, _v. n._ To look: dic tuley, look down; dicking misto,
looking well. _Sans._ Iksh (to see, look). _Gaelic_, Dearcam (to see);
dearc (eye).
Dickimengro, _s._ Overlooker, overseer.
Dicking hev, _s._ A window, seeing-hole.
Die, _s._ Mother. _Rus. Gyp._ Die. _See_ Daya.
Dikkipen, _s._ Look, image. _Sans._ Driksha (aspect). _Welsh_, Drych
(aspect).
Diklo, _s._ Cloth, sheet, shift.
Dinnelo, _s._ A fool, one possessed by the devil. _Wal._ Diniele (of
the devil); louat diniele (possessed by the devil).
Dinneleskoe, _a._ Foolish.
Dinneleskoenoes. Like a fool.
Dinnelipénes, _s. pl._ Follies, nonsense.
Diverous. A Gypsy name.
Diviou, _a._ Mad: jawing diviou, going mad. _Sans._ Déva (a god, a
fool).
Diviou-ker, _s._ Madhouse.
Diviou kokkodus Artáros. Mad Uncle Arthur.
Divvus, _s._ Day. _Sans._ Divasa.
Divveskoe / Divvuskoe, _a._ Daily: divvuskoe morro, daily bread.
Diximengro, _s._ Overseer. _See_ Dickimengro.
Dook, _v. a._ To hurt, bewitch: dook the gry, bewitch the horse. _Wal._
Deokira (to fascinate, bewitch). _See_ Duke, dukker.
Dooriya / Dooya, _s._ Sea. _Pers._ دریا _Irish_, Deire (the deep).
_Welsh_, Dwr (water). _Old Irish_, Dobhar.
_Dooriya durril_, _s._ Currant, plum. Lit. Sea-berry.
Dooriya durrileskie guyi, _s._ Plum pudding.
Dori, _s._ Thread, lace: kaulo dori, black lace. _Hin._ Dora.
Dosch / Dosh, _s._ Evil, harm: kek dosh, no harm. _Sans._ Dush (bad).
Dosta, _s._ Enough. _Wal._ Destoul. _Rus._ Dostaet (it is
sufficient). _See_ Dusta.
Dou, _imp._ Give: dou mande, give me. _See_ Deav.
Dou dass. Cup and saucer. _See_ Dui das.
Dovo, _pro. dem._ That: dovó si, that’s it.
Dovor. Those, they: wafodúder than dovor, worse than they.
Dov-odoy / Dovoy-oduvva, _ad._ Yonder.
Dov-odoyskoenaes. In that manner.
Doovel, _s._ God. _See_ Duvvel.
Drab / Drav, _s._ Medicine, poison. _Pers_. [Persian which cannot be
reproduced] Daru. _Wal._ Otrav.
Drab-engro / Drav-engro, _s._ A pothecary, poison-monger.
Drab, _v. a._ To poison. _Wal_. Otribi.
Drey, _prep._ In.
Dubble, _s._ God: my dearie Dubbleskey, for my dear God’s sake.
Dude, _s._ The moon.
Dudee, _s._ A light, a star. _Sans._ Dyuti.
Dude-bar, _s._ Diamond, light-stone.
Drom, _s._ Road. _Wal._ Drom. _Mod. Gr. δρόμος_.
Drom-luring, _s._ Highway robbery.
Dui, _a._ Two.
Duito, _s._ Second.
Duito divvus, _s._ Tuesday. Lit. Second day.
Dui das / Dui tas, _s._ Cup and saucer.
Duke, _v. a._ To hurt, bewitch. _Sans._ Duhkha (pain). _Heb._ Dui
(languor, deadly faintness).
Dukker, _v. a._ To bewitch, tell fortunes. _Wal._ Deokiea (to
fascinate, enchant).
Dukker drey my vast. Tell my fortune by my hand.
Dukkering, _s._ Fortune-telling. _Wal._ Deokiere (fascination). _Mod.
Gr. τύχη_ (fortune).
Dukkipen, _s._ Fortune-telling.
Dukker, _v. n._ To ache: my sherro dukkers, my head aches. _See_ Duke,
dukker.
Dum / Dumo, _s._ Black. _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced]
(tail).