Gav-engro, _s._ A constable, village officer, beadle, citizen.
Gillie, _s._ A song. _Sans._ Khëli.
Gillies. Songs. Sometimes used to denote newspapers; because these last
serve, as songs did in the old time, to give the world information of
remarkable events, such as battles, murders, and robberies.
Gilyava. I sing, or shall sing. _Hin._ Guywuya. _Mod. Gr. κοιλαδῶ_.
Gin, _v. a._ To count, reckon. _Sans._ Gan. _Hin._ Ginna.
Ginnipen, _s._ A reckoning.
Giv, _s._ Wheat. _Sans._ Yava (barley). _See_ Jobis.
Giv-engro, _s._ Wheat-fellow, figurative name for farmer.
Giv-engro ker, _s._ Farmhouse.
Giv-engro puv, _s._ Farm.
Godli, _s._ A warrant, perhaps hue and cry. _See_ Gudlie. _Span. Gyp._
Gola (order).
Gono, _s._ A sack. _Hin._ Gon.
Gorgio, _s._ A Gentile, a person who is not a Gypsy; one who lives in a
house and not in a tent. It is a modification of the Persian word
[Persian which cannot be reproduced] Cojia, which signifies a gentleman,
a doctor, a merchant, etc. _Span. Gyp._ Gacho.
Gorgiken rat. Of Gentile blood.
Gorgie, _s._ A female Gentile or Englishwoman.
Gorgikonaes, _ad._ After the manner of the Gentiles.
Gooee, _s._ Pudding. _See_ Guyi.
Gran, _s._ A barn: I sov’d yeck rarde drey a gran, I slept one night
within a barn (Gypsy song).
Gran-wuddur, _s._ A barn door.
Gran-wuddur-chiriclo. Barn-door fowl.
Grasni / Grasnakkur, _s._ Mare, outrageous woman: what a grasni shan tu,
what a mare you are! Grasnakkur is sometimes applied to the _mayor_ of a
town.
Grestur / Gristur, _s._ A horse. _Span. Gyp._ Gras, graste.
Gry, _s._ A horse. _Sans._ Kharu. _Hin._ Ghora. _Irish_ and _Scottish
Gaelic_, Greadh.
Gry-choring, _s._ Horse-stealing.
Gry-engro, _s._ Horse-dealer.
Gry-nashing. Horse-racing.
Gudlee / Godli, _s._ Cry, noise, shout. _Hin._ Ghooloo. _Irish_, Gúl.
_Rus._ Gyl=gool (shout); Gólos (voice).
Grommena / Grovena / Grubbena, _s._ and _v._ Thunder, to thunder.
_Sans._ Garjana. _Rus._ Groin (thunder). _Heb._ Ream, raemah.
_Gaelic_, Gairm (a cry).
Gudlo, _a._, _s._ Sweet; honey, sugar.
Gudlo-pishen, _s._ Honey-insect, bee. _See_ Bata.
Gué. An _affix_, by which the dative case is formed: _e.g._ Man, I;
mangué, to me.
Guero, _s._ A person, fellow, that which governs, operates. _Sans._
Kãra (a maker). _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] _Welsh_,
Gwr (a man). In the Spanish cant language, Guro signifies an alguazil, a
kind of civil officer. _See_ Engro.
Gueri, _s.f._ Female person, virgin: Mideveleskey gueri Mary, Holy
Virgin Mary.
Gush / Gurush / Gurushi, _a._ Groat: gurushengri, a groat’s worth.
Guveni, _s._ Cow. _Sans._ Go.
Guveni-bugnior, _s._ Cow-pox.
Guveno, _s._ A bull. _Sans._ Gavaya. _Gaelic_, Gavuin, gowain
(year-old calf).
Guyi, _s._ Pudding, black pudding. _Hin._ Gulgul. _Span. Gyp._ Golli.
Guyi-mengreskie tan, _s._ Yorkshire. Lit. pudding-eaters’ country; in
allusion to the puddings for which Yorkshire is celebrated.
H
HA / Haw, _v. a._ To eat.
Habben, _s._ Food, victuals.
Hal, _v. a._ To eat: mande can’t hal lis, I can’t eat it. _Sans._ Gala.
Hanlo, _s._ A landlord, innkeeper. _Span. Gyp._ Anglanó.
Hatch, _v. a._ To burn, light a fire.
Hatchipen, _s._ A burning.
Hatch, _v. n._ To stay, stop. _See_ Adje, atch, az.
Hatchi-witchu, _s._ A hedgehog. This is a compound word from the _Wal._
Aritche, a hedgehog, and the Persian Besha, a wood, and signifies
properly the prickly thing of the wood. In Spanish Gypsy, one of the
words for a pig or hog is Eriche, evidently the Wallachian Aritche, a
hedgehog.
Hekta, _s._ Haste: kair hekta, make haste; likewise a leap. _See_
Hokta. _Sans._ Hat’ha (to leap).
Heres / Heris, _s. pl._ Legs. _Span. Gyp._ Jerias. Coshtni herri (a
wooden leg).
Hetavava, _v. a._ To slay, beat, hit, carry off, plunder: if I can lel
bonnek of tute hetavava tute, if I can lay hold of you I will slay you.
_Heb._ Khataf (rapuit). _Sans._ Hat’ha (to ill-use, rapere).
Hev, _s._ Hole: pawnugo hev, a water hole, a well; hev, a window;
hevior, windows. _Sans._ Avata.
Heviskey, _a._ Full of holes: heviskey tan, a place full of holes.
Hin, _s._ Dirt, ordure. _Mod. Gr. χυτὸν_. _Wal._ Gounoiou. _Irish_,
Gaineamh (sand).
Hin, _v. a._ To void ordure. _Sans._ Hanna. _Mod. Gr. χύνω_.
Hindity-mengré / Hindity-mescré, _s. pl._ Irish. Dirty, sordid fellows.
Hoffeno, _s._ A liar.
Hok-hornie-mush, s. A policeman. Partly a cant word.
Hokka, _v. n._ To lie, tell a falsehood: hokka tute mande, if you tell
me a falsehood.
Hokkano, _s._ A lie. _Sans._ Kuhanã (hypocrisy).
Hokta, _v. a._ To leap, jump. _See_ Hekta.
Hokta-mengro, _s._ Leaper, jumper.
Hoofa, _s._ A cap.
Hor / Horo, _s._ A penny. _Span. Gyp._ Corio an ochavo (or farthing).
Horry, _s. pl._ Pence: shohorry, showhawry, sixpence.
Horsworth, _s._ Pennyworth.
Horkipen, _s._ Copper. _Hun. Gyp._ Harko.
Huffeno, _s._ A liar. _See_ Hoffeno.
Hukni, _s._ Ringing the changes, the fraudulent changing of one thing
for another.
I
I, _pro._ She, it.
I. A _feminine_ and _neuter termination_: _e.g._ Yag engr_i_, a
fire-thing or gun; coin _si_, who is she? so _si_, what is it?
Inna / Inner, _prep._ In, within: inner Lundra, in London. _Span. Gyp._
Enré.
Iouzia, _s._ A flower.
Is, _conj._ If; it is affixed to the verb—e.g. Dikiomis, if I had seen.
Iv, _s._ Snow. _Hun. Gyp._ Yiv. _Span. Gyp._ Give.
Iv-engri / Ivi-mengri, _s._ Snow-thing, snowball.
Iuziou, _a._ Clean. _Mod. Gr. ὑγιὴς_ (sound, healthy). _See_ Roujio.
J
JAL. To go, walk, journey. This verb is allied to various words in
different languages signifying movement, course or journey:—to the
Sanscrit Il, ila, to go; to the Russian Gulliat, to stroll, to walk
about; to the Turkish Iel, a journey; to the Jol of the Norse, and the
Yule of the Anglo-Saxons, terms applied to Christmas-tide, but which
properly mean the circular journey which the sun has completed at that
season: for what are Jol and Yule but the Ygul of the Hebrews? who call
the zodiac ‘Ygul ha mazaluth,’ or the circle of the signs. It is,
moreover, related to the German Jahr and the English Year, radically the
same words as Jol, Yule, and Ygul, and of the same meaning—namely, the
circle travelled by the sun through the signs.
Já, _v. imp._ Go thou!
Jal amande. I shall go.
Jal te booty. Go to work.
Jalno / Java / Jaw, v.a. I go. _Sans._ Chara.
Jas, jasa. Thou goest: tute is jasing, thou art going.
Jal, 3_rd pers. pres._ He goes.
Jalla, _f._ She goes.
Jalno ando pawni, _v. a._ I swim. Lit. I go in water.
Jaw, _ad._ So: jaw si, so it is. _See_ Ajaw, asá, ashá.
Jib, _s._ Tongue. _Sans._ Jihva.
Jib, _v. n._ To live, to exist. _Sans._ Jiv. _Rus._ Jit.
_Lithuanian_, Gywenu.
Jibben, _s._ Life, livelihood. _Sans._ Jivata (life), Jivika
(livelihood). _Rus._ Jivot, Tchivot.
Jivvel, _v. n._ He lives: kai jivvel o, where does he live?
Jin / Jinava, _v. n._ To know. _Sans._ Jna.
Jinnepen, _s._ Wisdom, knowledge. _Sans._ Jnapti (understanding).
Jinney-mengro, _s._ A knowing fellow, a deep card, a Grecian, a wise
man, a philosopher.
Jinney-mengreskey rokrapénes. Sayings of the wise: the tatcho drom to be
a jinney-mengro is to dick and rig in zi, the true way to be a wise man
is to see and bear in mind.
Jongar, _v. n._ To awake. _Sans._ Jagri. _Hin._ Jugana.
Jôbis, _s._ Oats. _Sans._ Java (barley). _Wal._ Obia. _See_ Giv.
Joddakaye, _s._ Apron; anything tied round the middle or hips. _Sans._
Kata (the hip, the loins), Kataka (a girdle).
Ju, _s._ A louse. _Sans._ Yuka.
Juvalo, _a._ Lousy.
Juvior, _s. pl._ Lice.
Juggal / Jukkal, _s._ Dog. _Sans._ Srigãla (jackal).
Jukkalor. Dogs.
Jukkaelsti cosht, _s._ Dog-wood; a hard wood used for making skewers.
Juva / Juvali, Woman, wife.
Juvli, _s._ Girl. _See_ Chavali.
K
KAEL, _s._ Cheese.
Kaes, _s._ Cheese.
Kah / Kai, _ad._ Where: kai tiro ker, where’s your house? kai si the
churi, where is the knife? _Sans._ Kva.
Kair, _v. a._ To do. _Sans._ Kri, to do; kara (doing).
Kair misto. To make well, cure, comfort.
Kairipen, _s._ Work, labour. _Sans._ Karman.
Kakkaratchi, _s._ Magpie; properly a raven. _Mod. Gr. κορακαζ_.
Kanau / Knau, _ad._ Now.
Karring. Crying out, hawking goods. _Span. Gyp._ Acarar (to call).
_See_ Koring.
Kaulo, _a._ Black. _Sans._ Kãla. _Arab._ [Arabic which cannot be
reproduced]
Kaulo chiriclo, _s._ A blackbird.
Kaulo cori, _s._ A blackthorn.
Kaulo durril, _s._ Blackberry.
Kaulo Gav, _s._ Black-town, Birmingham.
Kaulo guero, _s._ A black, negro.
Kaulo guereskey tem, _s._ Negroland, Africa.
Kaulo-mengro, _s._ A blacksmith.
Kaulo ratti. Black blood, Gypsy blood: kaulo ratti adrey leste, he has
Gypsy blood in his veins.
Kaun, _s._ An ear. _Sans._ Karna.
Kaun-engro, _s._ An ear-fellow, thing with long ears; a figurative name
for a hare.
Ke, _prep._ Unto. Likewise a _postposition_—_e.g._ lenké, to them.
Keir / Ker, _s._ A house. _Sans._ Griha.
Ker / Kerey / Ken, _ad._ Home, homeward: java keri, I will go home.
Keir-poggring. House-breaking.
Keir-rakli, _s._ A housemaid.
Kek, _ad. a._ No, none, not: kek tatcho, it is not true.
Kekkeno, _a._ None, not any: kekkeni pawni, no water.
Kekkeno mushe’s poov, _s._ No man’s land; a common.
Kekkauvi, _s.f._ Kettle. _Mod. Gr. κακκάβη_.
Kekkauviskey saster, _s._ Kettle-iron; the hook by which the kettle is
suspended over the fire.
Kekko, _ad._ No, it is not, not it, not he.
Kekkomi. No more. _See_ Komi, Ever-komi.
Kek-cushti. Of no use; no good. _See_ Koshto.
Kem, _s._ The sun. _See_ Cam.
Ken. A _particle_ affixed in English Gypsy to the name of a place
terminating in a vowel, in order to form a genitive; _e.g._ Eli_ken_ bori
congri, the great church of Ely. _See_ En.
Ken, _s._ A house, properly a nest. _Heb._ [Hebrew which cannot be
reproduced] Kin.
Kenyor, _s. pl._ Ears. _See_ Kaun.
Ker / Kerava _v. a._ To do; make: kair yag, make a fire. _Sans._ Kri.
_Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] _Gaelic_, Ceaird (a trade),
ceard (a tinker). _Lat._ Cerdo (a smith). English, Char, chare (to work
by the day).
Kerdo. He did.
Kedast, 2_nd pers. pret._ Thou didst.
Kedo, _part. pass._ Done.
Kerri-mengro, _s._ Workman.
Kerrimus, s. Doing, deed: mi-Doovel’s kerrimus, the Lord’s doing.
_Sans._ Karman (work).
Kerrit, _p. pass._ Cooked, boiled. Anglo-Indian word, Curried. _Fr._
Cuire. _Gaelic_, Greidh (to cook victuals).
Kettaney, _ad._ Together. _Wal._ Ketziba (many). _See_ Kisi.
Kidda, _v. a._ To pluck.
Kil, _v. a._ To dance, play. _Hin._ Kelná. _Sans._ Kshvel.
Killi-mengro, _s._ A dancer, player.
Kil, _s._ Butter.
Kin, _v. a._ To buy: kinning and bikkning, buying and selling. _Heb._
Kana (he bought).
Kin aley. To ransom, redeem, buy off.
Kinnipen, _s._ A purchase.
Kinnipen-divvus, _s._ Purchasing-day, Saturday.
Kindo, _a._ Wet.
Kipsi, _s._ Basket. _Span. Gyp._ Quicia.
Kinyo. Tired. _Span. Gyp._ Quiñao.
Kisaiya. A female Gypsy name.
Kisi, _ad._ How much, to what degree: kisi puro shan tu, how old are
you? _Wal._ Kitze. _Span. Gyp._ Quichi. _Sans._ Kati (how many?)
Kisseh / Kissi, _s._ A purse. _Sans._ Kosa. _Pers._ [Persian which
cannot be reproduced]
Kistur, _v. a._ To ride. _Wal._ Keleri.
Kistri-mengro / Kistro-mengro, _s._ Rider, horseman.
Kitchema, _s._ Public-house, inn. _Hun._ Korcsma. _Wal._ Keirtchumie.
Kitchema-mengro, _s._ Innkeeper.
Klism / Klisn, _s._ A key. _Rus._ Cliotche. _Mod. Gr. κλείσμα_
(shutting up).
Klism-engri, _s._ A lock. Lit. key-thing.
Klism-hev, _s._ A keyhole.
Klop, _s._ A gate, seemingly a cant word; perhaps a bell. _Wal._
Klopot.
Kokkodus. Uncle: kokkodus Artáros, Uncle Arthur.
Komi, _adv._ More: ever-komi, evermore.
Koosho, _a._ Good: kooshi gillie, a good song. _Sans._ Kusala.
Kora / Kore, _v. a._ To riot. _Wal._ Kiorei (to cry out, bawl, make a
tumult). _Heb._ Kara (he convoked, cried out).
Koring, _part. pres._ Rioting. _Heb._ Kirivah (proclamation).
Kora-mengro, _s._ A rioter.
Kore, _v. a._ To hawk goods about, to cry out, to proclaim.
Koring lil, _s._ Hawking-licence.
Koring chiriclo, _s._ The cuckoo.