A

ANUDDUH

another

ANSUH

answer, answers, answered, answering Also used for message, especially for one requiring an answer; as:
"Uh sen' uh ansuh to de gal fuh tell'um uh wan' hab'um fuh wife"
I sent a message to the girl to tell her that I wanted to marry her

AP'UN

apron, aprons

ARUH

each, either

ASHISH

ashes

ATTACKTID

Attacked (See "'tack"' and "'tacktid")

ATTUH

after

ATTHR'UM

after him, her, it, them

ATTUHW'ILE

after a while

AUGUS'

August

AXIL

axle, axles

AX'ME

ask, asks, asked, asking me

AX'UM

ask or asked him, her, it, them

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BAA'BUH

barber, barbers

BAA'K -(n and v)

bark, barks, barked, barking

BAA'NYAA'D

barnyard, barnyards

BACTIZE

baptize, baptizes, baptized, baptizing

BAD MOUT'

bad mouth-a spell, a form of curse

BAID

beard, beards

BAIG

beg, begs, begged, begging

BAIG'UM

beg, begs, begged, begging him, her

BAIT'UM

bait, baits, baited, baiting him, her

BAKIEN

bacon

BALMUHRALSKUUT

Balmoral skirt - a dark worsted underskirt with red stripes above the hem, of the time of Queen Victoria and named for her castle at Balmoral

BANDUN

abandon, abandons, abandoned, abandoning

BAPTIS'

Baptist, Baptists

BARRIL

barrel, barrels

BARRUH

barrow, a bacon hog

BAWN

born

BAYRE

bare bares, bared, baring

BEABUH

beaver, beavers

BEAGLE

fox hound, fox hounds

B'DOUT

without, unless, except

BEEFU'T

Beaufort

BEEHIBE

beehive, beehives

B'FO'

before; as: "Befo' de wah"

B'FO' DAY

before day (See "crackuhday," and "'fo' day")

B'HABE

behave, behaves, behaved, behaving

B'HIN'

behind

B'KAUSE

because

BEHOL'

behold, beholds, beheld, beholding

BELLUH

bellow, bellows, bellowed, bellowing

BELLUS

bellows (blacksmith's)

BEMEAN

to be mean to any one, to slander, or abuse

BEN'

bend, bends, bent, bending

BERRY (sometimes "werry")

very

BERITYWELL

very well

BERRYWELLDEN

very well then

BET'

best

BETTUH

better

BEX VEX

vexes, vexing; angry, anger, angers, angered

BIDNFSS

business

B'GIN

begin, begins, begun, began

BIGGUH

bigger

BIGHOUSE

the Master's house

BILE

boil, boils, boiled, boiling

BILIN

boiling</TD< tr>

BILLIGE

village, villages

BUMBYE

bye and bye

BIN

been, was

BINNUH

been, was, was a; as: "W'en uh binnuh boy "when I was a boy

BITTLE

victuals, food

BLACKBU'D

blackbird, blackbirds

B'LONG

belong, belongs, belonged, belonging; used redundantly; as: "Da' gal him blan blonx to my Maussuh"That girl she belonged to belong, or used to belong, to my Master

B'LEEW

believe, believes, believed, believing

'BLEEGE

oblige, obliges, obliged, obliging

BLINE (n and v)

blind, blinds, blinded, blinding

B'LONG

belong, belongs, belonged, belonging

BOA'D (n and v)

board, boards, boarded, boarding

BODDUN

bother, bothers, bothered, bothering; worry, worries, worried, worrying

BODDUHR'UM

bother, bothers, bothered, or bothering him, her, it, them

BOFF

both (See "alltwo")

BOL'

bold

BORRUH

borrow, borrows, borrowed, borrowing

'BOUT

about

BOWRE

bore, bores, bored, boring

BRAWTUS

broadus

BREAS'

breast, breasts

BREDDUH (also brudduh)

brother, brethren (formal)

BREKWUS'

breakfast, breakfasts

BRESH

brush, brushwood; brush, brushes, brushed, brushing

BRESS

bless, blesses, blessed, blessing

BRE'T'

breath

BRIAH

briar, briars

BRITCHIN'

breeching (harness)

BRITCHIS

breeches, trousers

BAUK'UP

break, breaks, broke, breaking, broken; "brukfoot man'@a brokenlegged man

BRUKAA'M

broken arm

BRUKFOOT

broken foot, or leg

BRUK'UP

break up, broke up, broken up: "De meetin' done bruk'up

BRURO

bureau, as "Feedmun' bruro"

BRUSTLE

bustle, bustles

BUBBUH (familiar)

brother

BUCKRUH

A White person or persons; the white people

BUCKRUHBITTLE

white man's food

BUCKSLEY

Berkeley (county)

BUD

bud, buds, budded, budding

BU,D

bird, birds

BU'DCAGE

birdeage, birdcages

BUH

brother, as "Buh Rabbit"

BUHHIME

behind

BUHR

burr, burrs

BULLYELLIN'

bullyearling, or yearlings

BU'N

burn, burns, burned, burning

BURRUH

burrow, burrows, burrowed, burrowing

BUS'

burst, bursts, bursting

BUTT'N

button, buttons, buttoned, buttoning

BURRUH

burrow, burrows, burrowed, burrowing

BUZZUM

bosom, bosoms

BUZZUT

buzzard, buzzards; vulture, vultures

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'CAJUN

occasion, occasions

CALLICRO

calico

CANNIBEL

cannibal, cannibals

CANTUH

canter, canters, cantered, cantering

CATT'RACK

cataract, cataracts (eye)

'CAUSE

because (See "bekase")

'CAWCH

scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching

CAWN

corn

CAWNFIEL'

corn field, corn fields

CAWNSTALK

corn stalk, corn stalks

CAWNUH (n and v)

corner, corners, cornered, cornering

CAWPRUL

corporal, corporals

CAWPSE

corpse, corpses; coffin, coffins

CAWSS' (n and v)

cost, costs, costing

'CEEBIN'

deceiving

'CEITFUL

deceitful

'CEP'M

except, excepts, excepted, excepting; accept

CEP'N

accepts, accepted, accepting; unless

CHAA'GE

Charge, charges, charged, charging

CHAA'STUN

Charleston, S C (See "Town")

CHANY

china, chinaware

CHANYBERRY

Chinaberry, or Pride of India tree

CHAW

chew, chews, chewed, chewing; also noun, as of tobacco

CHEER

chair, chairs

CHIL'

child, children

CHILLUN

child, children

CHIMBLY

chimney, chimneys

CHINKYPEN

chinquapin, chinquapins

CHRIS'MUS

Christmas

CHRYCE

Christ

CHU'CH

church, churches

CHU'CHYAA'D

churchyard, churchyards

CHUESDAY

Tuesday</TD< tr>

CHUNE (n and v)

tune, tunes; tune, tunes, tuned, tuning (up)

CHUNK (n and v)

chunk, chunks, chunked, chunking, throw

CHUPID

stupid

CLAWT'

cloth

'CLA'TO GAWD

declare to God a mild oath

COA'SE

coarse

COL'

cold

COLLUH

color, colors ("we colluh," our color, or Negroes)

COME'YUH

come here

CONKYWINE

concubine, concubines; used for masculine as well as for feminine affiliations

COONOO

canoe, canoes

CUNSAA'N (n and v)

concern, concerns, concerned, con

CUNSUMPSHUS

Consumption

CONTUHDIX

contradict, contradicts, contradicted, contradicting

CO'SE

course, courses, as of a stream

CO'T (n and v)

court, courts; court, courts, courted, courting

COULDN'

could not

COULD'UH

could have

COUNSTUBBLE

constable, constables

COW

cow, cows, bull, bulls, ox, oxen, cattle

CULLUD

colored, colored people, the dark race

CRACK 'E BRE'T'

crack his or her breath; same as "crack 'e teet"

CRACK 'E TEET

crack, cracks, cracked, cracking his, her or their teeth, meaning opened her or his mouth to speak; as: 'E yent crack 'e teet

CRACKUHDAY

crack or break of day

CRAP (n and v)

crop, crops; crops, cropped, cropping

'CRAPE (n and v)

scrape, scrapes, scraped, scraping

'CRATCH (n and v)

scratch, scratches, scratched, scratching

CREDENSHUL

credential, credentials

CREDIK (n and v)

credit, credits, credited, crediting

CREETUH

creature, creatures Commonly applied to a beast of burden

CRIK

creek, creeks

CROOKETY

crooked; also tricky, unreliable

CROSSROAD

the cross roads

CUMP'NY

company, companies

CUMPOSHASHUN

conversation

CUNWEENYUNT

convenient, conveniently, convenience

CUNWENSHUN

convention, conventions

CUSS (n and v)

curse, curses, cursed, cursing

CUT'DOWN, or TEK'DOWN

dejected, chagrined

CUZ,N

cousin, cousins (Shakespeare's "coz")

CYA'

carry, carries, carried, carrying

CYAA'

car, cars

CYAAF (n and v)

calf, calves; to calve, etc.

CYAAM

calm, calms; "uh cyaam sea"

CYAA'PENTUH

carpenter, carpenters

CYAARIDGE

carriage, carriages

CYAA'T

cart, carts

CYAN'

can't

CYAS'

cast, casts, casting

CYAS'NET

castnet used for taking shrimp and mullet from tidal creeks

CYA'UM

carry, carried, etc, him, her, it, them

CYO'

cure, cures, cured, curing

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DAT

that

DAA'K

dark

DAA'KY

darken, darkens, darkened, darkening

DAA'TUH

daughter, daughters

DA' DEY

that there

DAINJUS

dangerous

DAMIDGE (n and v)

damage, damages, damaged, damaging

DAYBRUK

daybreak, day has broken

DAYCLEAN

broad daylight

DEBBLE'UB'UH

devil of a

DEEF

deaf

DEEPO'

depot, railway station

DEESTUNT

decent, respectable

DEM

them, they, those, their, theirs them," as "Sancho dem," meaning Sancho and his companions

DEM'OWN

theirs, their own

DEMSELF

them, they, themselves

DEN

then, than

'DENTICUL

identical

DESE

these

DESEYUH

these here

DISSO

just so

DE'T'

death

DEY

they

DEY

there

DEY DEY

there, there; right there; a repetition for greater emphasis

DEYFO'

theref ore

DIBE

dive, dives, dived, dove, diving

DIFFUNCE

differ, difference

DIMMYCRACK

Democrat, Democrats, Democratic

DIS'

this; just

DISAPP'INT (n and v)

disappoint, disappoints, disappointed, disappointing, disappointment, disappointments

DISGUS'

disgust, disgusts, disgusted

DISHYUH

this, this here

DISTRUS'

distrust, distrusts, distrusted, distrusting

DISTRUSS

distress (See "deestruss")

DISTUNT

distant, distance

Do'

door, doors

'DO'

though, although

DOG (n and v)

dog, dogs, dogged, dogging

DON'

don't, doesn't

DONE DO' UM

did it, finished the job

DONE'UM

did it

DO'STEP

doorstep, doorsteps

DO'UM

do it, does it, did it, doing it

DRAP (n and v)

drop, drops, dropped, dropping

DREEN (n and v)

drain, drains, drained, draining

DRIBE

drives, drove, driven, driving

DROBE (n)

drove, droves, as of animals

DROWNDID

drown, drowns, drowned, drowning

DUB

dove, doves

DUH

do, does; in, to,

DUNKYUH

don't care, doesn't care, didn't care

DUNNO

don't know, doesn't know, didn't know

DU'T

dirt, earth

DU'TTY

dirty, soiled

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'E

he, she, it

EART

earth, world, or soil, ground

EBBUH

ever

EBBUHLASTIN'

everlasting

EBE

Eve, woman's name; also eaves

EBENIN'

evening, evenings; "good evening," a salutation

EB'N

even

EB'NSO

even so

EB'RY

every

EB'RYT'ING

everything

EB'BYWEH

everywhere

ECKNOWLEDGE

knowledge, ability, understanding

EDDYCASHUN

education

EEDUH

either

EEDUHSO

either so, either, else, or

EEGNUNT

ignorant

EEN

in

EENBITE (also eenwite)

invite, invites, invited, inviting

EENFAWM

inform, informs, informed, informing

EENHABIT

inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting

EENJINE

engine, engines

EENJY

enjoy, enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying; experience

EENSIDE

inside

EENSULT

(n and v) insult, insults, insulted, insulting

EENTITLE

entitle, entitles, entitled, entitling

EENTITLEMENT

entitlement, "title;

EENTRUSS

interest

EF

if

EH, EH!

an exclamation

ENNY

any

ENT

ain't, are not, is not, isn't

EN' T'ING

and things, and everything

ENTY

ain't it, isn't it, are they not, etc.

ENT WUT'

isn't worth, meaning totally worthless, of no account

EPPRULL

April

'ESE'F

himself, herself, itself

'E STAN'

SO it, he or she, stands so, it is so, it looks so, etc.

EXCEED

succeed, succeeds, succeeded, succeeding

EXCUSIN'

excusing, except, excepting (See "'scusin"')

EXWANCE

advance, advances, advanced, advancing

EXWANTIDGE

advantage, advantages

EDWICE

advice

EDWISE

advise, advises, advised, advising Ezas

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FABUH (n and v)

favor, favors, favored, favoring

'F'AID

afraid, afraid of

FAIT'

faith

FAIT'FUL

faithful, earnest

FAITFULES'

faithfulest

FAMBLY

family, families; family's, families'

FANNUH

a wide, shallow basket used for winnowing beaten rice or separating the corn husks from grist after grinding.

FARRUH

father, fathers

FARRUHLAW

fatherinlaw, fathersinlaw

FAS'

fast

FASHI'N

fashion, like, resemblance

FAST'N

fasten, fastens, fastened, fastening

FAU'T

fault, faults

FAWK

(n and v) fork, forks, forked, forking

FAWM

(n and v) form, forms, formed, forming

FAWTY

forty

FAWWU'D

forward

FIBBYWERRY

February

FEDDUH

feather , feathers

FEED'UM

feed, feeds, fed, feeding him, her, it, them

'FEN'

fend, defend

FIAH (n and v)

fire, fires, fired, firing

FIBE

five; "fibe dolluh en' seb'ntyfi' cent'"

FLABUH

(n and v) flavor, flavors, flavored, flavoring; as: "Da' buckruh' hogmeat flabuh me mout' 'tell uh done fuhgit uh hab sin fuhkill'um"That white man's pork flavored my mouth so that I forgot the sin I committed in killing the hog.

FLATFAWM

platform, platforms

FLO'

floor, floors, floored, flooring

FO'

four

'FO'

before (See "befo"')

FO'CE

force, forces, forced, forcing

FORRUD

forehead, foreheads

FO'TEEN

fourteen

FOWL

fowl, fowls; chicken, chickens

FREEDMUN

freedman, freedmen

FREEDUM

freedom

FREEHAN'

freehanded, generous, liberal

FREEMALE

female, females

FR'EN'

friend, friends

FRUM

from

FRYBAKIN

fried bacon

FUDDUH

far, farther, farthest; further

FUH

for, for to

FUHGIT

forget, forgets, forot, forgetting, forotten

FUH HAB

for have: "One dance bin fuh hab deepo' las' night"a dance was to have been had at the depot last night.

FUHR'EBBUH

forever, always, all the time

FUH'UM

for him, her, it

FSUTT'N

for certain, sure

FUH TRUE

in truth, for truth, it is so

FULL'UP

filled up, as a hive with honey, or a lady with wrath

FLUN'RUL

funeral, funerals

FUS'

first

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GABRULL

Aingel Gabrielhe

'GAGE

engage, engages, engaged, engaging; hire, hired, etc.

GAL

girl, girls; girl's, girls' Also used familiarly in addressing women

'GATUH

alligator, alligators

GAWD

God, Gods, God's

GEDDUH

gather, gathers, gathered, gathering

G'EM

give, gives, gave, giving him, her, it, them

'GEN

again

'GENSE

against

GIB' / GI

give, gives, gave, giving

GIMME

give me, gives me, gave me, giving me

GIN'NLLY

generallv, in general

GIN'UL

general

GIT

get, gets, getting, got

GITTA

get a

GITT'RU

get through, got through; finish, finished

GITTUH

get a

GIT'WAY

get, gets, getting, got away

GI'WE

give us, gives us, gave us, giving us

'GLEC'

neglect, neglects, neglected, neglecting

GLUB

glove, gloves

GONE'WAY

go away, goes away, gone away, went away

GOODFASHI'N

good fashionwell, thoroughly

GOT

get, gets, have, had; also, has got to

GO'WAY

go away! get out!

GRABBLE (n and v)

gravel, gravels, graveled, graveling

GRABE

grave, graves

GRAFF

grab, grabs, grabbed, grabbing; grasp, seize, seized

GRAMMA

grandmother

GRAN'

grandgrandchild, grandson, or anyone in such relationships of "grand"

GRAN'MAAMY

grandmother

GRANNY

grandmother, but used for any old Negro woman, whether related or not

GRAN'PUH

grandfather

GREE

agree, agrees, agreed, agreeing

'GREEMENT

agreement, agreements

GREESE (n and v)

grease: "greese 'e mout'," to feed with fatness, as with bacon

GREESY

greasy

GROUN'

ground, land, piece of land

GRUMMA

grandma GRUM'PA grandpa

GRUNNUTS

groundnut, peanuts GUBNUH governor,

GWINE

going, going to

GWININ'

goings and goings on

GYAA'D (n and v)

guard, guards, guarded, guarding

GYAA'D'N

garden, gardens

GYAP

gap, gaps, as in a fence or hedge nebbuh gyap"she never opened her mouth

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HAA'BlS'

harvest

HAA'D

hard

HAA'DHEAD

hardhead, hardheaded

HAA'KEE

hark you or ye, hear

HAA'NESS (n and v)

harness, harnesses, harnessed, harnessing

HAANT

haunt, haunts; apparition; ghost, ghosts

H'AA'T

heart, hearts

H'AA'T'

hearth, hearths

HAB

have, has, had, having

HAFFUH

have to, had to

HAIR RIZ'

hair rose (with fright)

HALFACRE

half acre 210 feet squarea measure of distance or area

HAN' (n and v)

hand, hands, handed, handing

HANKUH

hanker, long, longs, loinged, longing for; desire,

HAPP'N

happed, happens, happened, happening

HARRICANE

hurricane, hurricanes; "harricane tree," one thrown down by storm

HATCHITCH

hatchet, hatchets

HAWN

horn, horns

HAWSS

horse, horses

HEAD (n and v)

head, heads; head, heads, headed, heading off

HEAD'UM

get, gets, got, getting ahead of him, her, it, them

HEBBY

heavy, great; as: "uh hebby cumplain"'a great outcry

HE'LT'

health

HE'LT'Y

healthy

HENDUH

hinder, hinders, hindered, hindering

HENG

hang, hangs, hanged, hung, hanging

HENGKITCHUH

handkerchief, handkerchiefs

HICE

hoist, hoists, hoisted, hoisting

HICE DE CHUNE

raise or hoist a tune

HIM'OWN

his, her's, his own, her own, its own

HIN'

hind, behind; as, "hine foot"hind feet

HISTORICUSS

historic, historical

HITCH

hitch, hitches, hitched, hitching; also for marry, marrying

HOL' (n and v)

hold, holds, held, holding

HOL'FAS'

Hold Fasta favorite dog name

HOLLUH (n and v)

hollow, hollows, hollowed, hollowing

HOM'NY

hominy

HONGRY

hungry, hunger

HUCCOME

how come, how came;

HUND'UD

hundred, hundreds

HUNNUH

you (See "oonuh" "hoonuh!l and "wunnuh")

HU'T (n and v)

hurt, hurts, hurting

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INFLUMMASHUN

information

INGINE

engines

INJUN

Indian, Indians

l'UN (n and v)

iron, irons, ironed, ironing

IZ

is

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JALLUS

jealous, jealousy

JAYBU'D

jaybird, jaybirds

'JECK'

reject, rejects; object, objects, objected, objecting

'JECKSHUN

objection, objections

JEDGE (n and v)

judge, judges, judged, judging

JEDUS

Jesus

JESTUSS

justice

JINE

join, joins, joined, joining

JININ'

joining; adjoining

JINNYWERRY

January

JIS'

just

JISSO

just so

JOOK

jab, jabs, jabbed, jabbing

JOOKASS

jackass, jackasses

JUE

Due is due

JU'K

jerk, jerks, jerked, jerking

JUNTLEMUN

gentleman, gentlemen

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'KACE

scarce

'KACELY

Scarcely, hardly

KETCH

catch, catches, caught, catching; took, take; as: "'E ketch 'e tex f'um de fus' chaptuh een Nickuhdemus."He took his text from the first chapter of Nicodemus Also for reach, reached; as: "Time uh ketch de ribbuh bank, de dog done gone"

KETCH'UM

catch, catches, caught, catching him, her, it

KI

an exclamation (Sometimes "kwi" or 'kwoy

KIBBUH (n and v)

cover, covers, covered, covering

KIBBUH'UM

cover, covers, covered, covering him, her, it

KIN

can

KIN

kin, kindred

KIN'

kind, kinds; sort, sorts

KIND'UH

kind of, sort of

KNOW'UM

know, knows, knew him, her, it, them

KYARRYSENE

kerosene

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LAA'D

lard

LAA'GIN'

enlarging, swaggering, boastful

LAA'N

learn, learns, learned, learning

LAB'RUH

laborer, laborers

LANGWIDGE

language, talk

LAS'

last, lasts, lasted, lasting; last (adverb) ; shoemaker's last

LAS'YEAH

last year, last year's

LAUGH (n and v)

laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing

LAVUH (n and v)

labor, labors, labored, laboring

LAWFULLY LADY

Negro's legally married wife

LEABE

leaf, leaves

LEABE (n and v)

leave, leaves, left, leaving permit, permission

LEAN FUH

lean for set out for with haste and speed

'LEB'N

eleven

LEDDOWN

lay, lays, laid or lie, lies, lay, lying down

LEEK

lick, licks, licked, licking with the tongue

LEELY

little, in size or quantity

LEETLE

little, in size or quantity

LEF'

leave, leaves, left, leaving (See "leabe")

LEF' HAN'

left hand or left handed, "lef' ban' foot," or "lef' ban' feet"left foot or left leg

LEF'UM

leave, leaves, left or leaving him, her, it, them

LEGGO

let go, lets go, letting go

LEH

let, lets, letting

LEH WE

let us

LE'M

let them

LEM'LONE

let, lets him, her, it, them alone

LEMME

let me

LEN' (V)

lend, lends, loaned, lending

LENGK

length, lengths 'LESS (or onless) unless

LIA

Lie liar, liars

LIB

live, lives, lived, living

LIBBIN'

living '

LIBE

alive

LIBBUH

liver, livers

'LIBBUH

deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering

LICK (n and v)

a blow; to whip, whips, whipped

LICK BACK

turn, turns, turned, turning back, while moving rapidly

LICKIN' (n and v)

a licking, lickings, whipping, etc

LIGHT ON

light onmount, mounts, mounted, mounting

LIGHT'OOD

lightwood resinous pinewood

LIGHT OUT

to start, start off, or away

'LIJUN

religion on listens, listened, listening

LOCUS PASTUH

local pastor, or preacher

'LONG

along, along with

LONGIS'

longest

LONGMOUT'

Long mouth descriptive of the surly or contemptuous pushing out of the lips of an angry or discontented Negro

'LONGSIDE

alongside

LONGUH

longer

'LONG'UM

along with, or with him, her, it, them

'LOW'UM

allow, allows, allowed, allowing him, her, it, them

LUB (n and v)

love, loves, loved, loving; like, likes, liked

LUK

like, alike

LUKKUH

like, like unto, resembling

LUK'UM

like or resembling him, her, it, them

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MAA'CH

March; march, marches, marched, marching

MAA'K (n and v)

mark, marks, marked, marking

MA'AM

madam

MAAMY

mother, mothers

MAA'SH

marsh, marshes

MANNUS

manners, politeness, courtesy

MANNUSSTUBBLE

Wellmannered, polite

MARRI'D

married, marry, marries, marrying

MASS

master when used with a name

MASTUH

Master used only for God

MATCH (n and v)

match, matches, matched, matchin Yet "matches" is sometimes used for the singular; as,"Gimme uh matches"give me a match

MAUM

same as "maumuh," when used with the name of the person spoken to or of, as "Maum Kate"

MAWNIN'

morning, mornings; also "good morning!"

MEAN

mean, meanness

MED'SIN

medicine, medicines, physic

MEDJUH (n and v)

measure, measures, measured, measuring

MEDJUHR'UM

measure, measures, measured, measuring him, her, it, them

MEK

make, makes, made, making

MEK'ACE

make haste

MEK ANSUH

make, makes, making, made reply

MEK FUH

make for; to go to, goes to, went to, going to

MEK OUT

make, makes, made, making out; a makeshift

MEK YO MANNUS

make your manners, your obeisance

MEMBUH

member, members as of a church or society

'MEMBUH

remember, remembers, remembered, remembering; remind, etc

'MEMB'UNCE

remembrance, remembrances

MEN' 'E PACE

mend his, her, its, their pace; hurry, hurry up, etc

MENS

Men

MUHSELF

myself I

MET'DlS'

Methodist, Methodists

METSIDGE

message, messages

MIDDLEDAY

midday, noon

MIDDLENIGHT

midnight

MIN'

mind, minds, minded,, minding; heed, etc; take care

MINE

of, protect, cherish, guard

'MIRATION

admiration, wonder, astonishment

MIS

Miss, Mrs, Mistress

MISTUH

Mr

MO'

more

MOAN

moan, moans, moaned, moaning

MO' BETTUH

more better, better

MO' LONGUH

more longer, longer

MO'N

mourn, mourns, mourned, mourning

MO'NFUL

mournful

'MONG

among, amid

MONK'Y

monkey, monkeys

MONSTROSITY

monstrous

MO'NUH

mourner, mourners

MO'NUH

more than

MO'NUH DA'

more than that

MOOBE

move, moves, moved, moving

MO'OBUH

moreover

MO,RIS, MO'RES'

most

MOUT'

mouth, mouths

MUHLASSIS

molasses

MUKKLE

myrtle, myrtles; myrtle thickets

MUNT'

month, months

MURRUH

Mother, mothers

MURRUHLAW

motherinlaw

MUS'BZ

,must be, must have, must have been

MUSKITTUH

mosquito, mosquitoes

MUSSIFUL

merciful

MUSSY

mercy, mercies

MUSTU'D

mustard

MY'OWN

mine, my

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NAKID

naked

NARITY

naked, nakedness

'NARRUH

another (See "'nodduh" and "Inorruh")

NAVUH

neighbor, neighbors

NEBBUH

never

NEEDUH

neither

NEEDUHSO

neither so, neither, nor

NEMMIN'

Never mind

NES' (n and v)

nest, nests, nested, nesting

NEWNITED STATE

United States

NIGH

near, also draw near to

NIGH'UM

near, or nearing him, her, it, them

'N'INT

anoint, anoints, anointed, anointing (See "renoint")

NO'COUNT

no account, worthless

'NODDUH

another (See "'narruh" and "'norruh")

NOMANNUSSUBBLE

impolite, without manners, rude

NOMINASHUN

nominate, nominates, nominated, nominating

NOTUS (n and v)

notice, notices, noticed, noticing

NOWEMBUH

November

NUBBUH

never (See "nebbuh")

'NUF

enough, abundance

NUH

nor; also for and

'NURRUH

another

NUSS (n and v)

nurse, nurses, nursed, nursing

NUSSO

not so

NUTT'N'

nothing

NYAM

eat, eats, eating, ate; sometimes "nyamnyam," a epetition for emphasis

NYANKEE

Yankee, Yankees

NYOUNG

young

NYOUNGIS'

youngest (n and v) use, uses, used, using (See NYUZE (v) used, using

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OAGLY

Ugly

OBJECK'

object

OBSERB'

observe, observes, observed, observing

OB'SHAY

overseer, overseers

OBUH

over, above

OBUHTEK

overtake, overtakes, overtook, overtaking

OBUH'SHROW

overthrow, overthrows, overthrew, overthrowing; overthrown

OCTOBUR

October

ODDUH

other, others

ODDUHRES

the other rest, the rest, remainder

OFF'UH

off, off of

OFFUH

offer, offers, offered, offering

OFF'UM

off, or off of him, her, it, them

ONBUTT'N

unbutton, unbuttons, unbuttoned, unbuttoning

ONCOMMUN

uncommon

ONDEESTUNT

indecent, indecency

ONDELICATE

indelicate, presumptuous

ONDUH

under

ONDUHNEET'

underneath

ONDUHSTAN'

understand, understands, understood, understanding

ONDUHTER

undertake, undertakes, undertook, undertaking

ONE

only; "me one," I only

ONE'NARRUH ONE'NODDUH

one another

ONETIME

once, once upon a time

ONHITCH

unhitch, unhitches, unhitched, unhitching; also marital separation

ONKIBBUH

uncover, uncovers, uncovered, uncovering

ONLOCK

Unlock, unlocks, unlocked, unlocking

ONMANNUSSUBBLE

unmannerly, impolite, rude

ONNUH (n and v)

honor, honors, honored, honoring

ONNUHRUBBLE

honorable

ONRABBLE

unravel, unrave s, unrav

ONREASUNNUBBLE

unreasonable

ONSAA'T'N

uncertain

ONSATTIFY

unsatisfied, unsatisfying

ONTE'L

until

ONTIE

untie, unties, untied, untying

'OOD

wood, woods

OOMAN

woman, woman's; women, women's

OSIITUH

oyster, oysters

OUGHTUH

ought, ought to, ought to be

OUT'UH

out

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PAA'D'N (n and v)

pardon, pardons, pardoned, pardoning

PAA'DNUH

partner, partners

PAA'KUH

Parker lowcountry family name

PAA'LUH

parlor, parlors

PAA'SIMONY

parsimony, also avarice or rapacity

PAA'S'N

parson, parsons

PAAT'

path, paths

PAA'T (n and v)

part, parts, parted, parting

PAA'TY

party

PAPUH (n and v)

paper, papers, papered, papering

PARRYSAWL

parasols

PASHUN

patience forbearing

PASSOBUH

Passover

PASS'UM

pass, passes, passed, passing him, her, it, them

PASTUH

pastor, pastors; pasture, pastures

'PORTUN'

important

'PAWTUNCE

importance

PEACEUBBLE

peaceable, peaceful

PEAWINE

peavine, peavines

PENITENSHUS

penitentiary

'PEN'PUN

depend, depends, depended, depending upon

PERUSE

to saunter, walk in a leisurely manner

PINCH'UM

pinch, pinches, pinched, pinching him, her, it

'PIN

Spill, spins, spun, spinning

PINDUH

pindar, peanut, peanuts

PINELAN'

pineland, pinelands

'PINION

opinion, opinions

P'INT (n and v)

point, points, pointed, pointing; direct

'P'INT

appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing

'P'INTMENT

appointment, appointments

'PISKUBBLE

Episcopal, Episcopalian

'PISTLE

Epistle, Epistles (Bible)

PlTCHUH

pitcher, pitchers

PIT

put, Puts, Put, Putting

PIT'UM

put him, her, it, them

PIZEN

poison, poisons, poisoned, poisoning

PIZENOAK

poisonoak, or poison ivy

'PLASH (n and v)

splash; to splash, splashes, splashed, splashing

PLATEYE

A ghostly apparition

PLAY

'Possumto make believe, to fool, deceive

PLEASE KIN

please can - a redundancy; as: "please kin gimme"

PLEDJUH

pleasure, pleasures

PLEDJUHR'UM

please, give pleasure to him, her, it, them

PO'

poor, also thin, lean, low in flesh

PO'BUCKRUH

a poor white man, the poor whites

PO'BUCKRUHNIGGUH

a Negro who had formerly belonged to the poorer whites, or those not of the "quality"

PO'CH

porch, porches

POLITICUSS

political (See "cawpsus politicksus")

PO'LY

poorly, describing health

POOTY

pretty

PO'R

pour, pours, poured, pouring

PO'R'UM

pour, pours, poured, pouring it, that

POS' (n and v)

post, posts, posted, posting

POSITUBBLE

positive, positively

POSSIMMUN

persimmon, persimmons; the tree and fruit

PO'TRIAL

Port Royal

PRAISEMEETIN'

prayermeeting

PRAY (n and v)

prayer, prayers; prays, prayed, praying

'PREAD

spread, spreads, spreading

PREECHUH

preacher, preachers; minister, ministers

PREECHUH ON DE SUKKUS

the circuit or traveling preacher

PREMUSBIZ

premises

PRESINCK

precinct

PRES'N'LY

presently

PREZZYDENT

president

PRIBLIDGE (n and v)

privilege, privileges, privileged

PRIZZUNT

present, presents, presented, presenting

PRIZZUNT AA'M

present arms

PROMMUS (n and v)

promise, promises, promised, promising

PUOOBE

prove, proves, proved, proving

PROPUTTY

property, wealth

'PUBLIKIN

Republican

PUSCEED

proceed, proceeds, proceeded, proceeding

PUHAPS

perhaps

P'UHJEC'

project, projected

PUHJUH

perjure, perjures, perjured, perjuring

PUHLICITUH

solicitor, solicitors

PUHLITE

polite, politely

PUHTEK

protect, protects, protected, protecting

PUHTEKSHUN

protection

PUHTETTUH

potato, potatoes usually sweet (See "tettuh")

PUHTICKLUH

particular, particularly

PUHWIDE

provide, provides, provided, providing

PUHWID'N

providing, also provided

PUHWIDUH

provider, providers

PUHWISHUN

provision, provisions; ration, rations

PUHWOKE

provoke, provokes, provoked, provoking

PUHWOKIN'

provoking

PUHZAC'LY

exactly, precisely

PUHZISHUN

position, positions

PULBLIC

public, the public

PUNKIN

pumpkin, pumpkins

PUNKINSKIN

pumpkin colored or mulatto Negro

PUNNOUNCE

pronounce, pronounces, pronounced, pronouncing

'PUNTOP

upon, on, on top of

'PUNTOP'UI

upon top Of, on top of, at

PUSSON

person, persons

PUSSONULLY

personally

PYAZZUH

piazza, piazzas; porch, porches; veranda

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'QUAINTUN'

acquainted, acquainted with

'QUAINTUNCE

acquaintance, acquaintances

QUAWL

quarrel, quarrels

QUAWLMENT

quarrel, quarrels, quarreled, quarreling

QUAWT

quart, quarts

QUAWT'LY

quarterly

QUAWTUH (n and v)

quarter, quarters, quartered, quartering

'QUEEZE

squeeze, squeezes, squeezed squeezing

QUESCHUN SQUESCHUN (n and v)

question, questions, questioned

QUILE (n and v)

coil, coils, coiled, coiling

'QUIRE

require, requires, required, requiring

'QUIRE

inquire, inquires, inquired, inquiring

QUIZZIT

(quiz) ask, asks, asked, asking; to question, questions, questioned

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RABBISH

ravish, ravishes, ravished, ravishing

RAB'N

raven, ravens; vulture, vultures; buzzard, buzzards

RAB'NEL

Ravenel, Ravenel family name

RACKTIFY

to break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking Confuse in mind

RAIN (n and v)

rain, rains, rained, raining

RALE

real, very, truly

RAPPIT

rapid, rapidly

RASHI'N (n and v) r

ration, rations, rationed, rationing

RAYBE

rear, rears, reared, rearing

'READY

already

REB'RENT

reverend used also as a noun, as "de reb'ren'"

RECISHUN

decision, decisions

REDDUH

rather

REFEN'

defend, defends, defended, defending

REINGE

reins

REMONIA

pneumonia

RENITE

unite, unites, united, uniting

RENOINT

anoint, anoints, anointed, anointing

RENOINTED

anointed

REPEAH

appear, appears, appeared, appearing

REPLOY (rare)

reply, replies, replied, replying

REPOSE

oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing

RESPLAIN

explain, explains, explained, explaining; elucidate

RETCH

reach, reaches, reached, reaching

'RIAH

Maria

RIBBUH

river, rivers

RIDICK'LUS

ridiculous, also outrageous, scandalous

ROAS'

roast, roasts, roasted, roasting

ROKKOON

raccoon, raccoons

ROOS' (n and v)

roost, roosts, roosted, roosting

ROOSTUH

rooster, roosters

RUBBIDGE

rubbish

RUCKUHNIZE

recognize, recognizes, recognized, recognizing

RUDDUH

rather

RUPPEZUNT

represent, represents, represented, representing

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SAEB

serve, serves, served, serving

SAA'BINT (also "saa'bunt")

servant, servants

SAA'BIS (also sarbis)

service, services, use

SAA'CH

search, searches, searched, searching; also examine

SAA'F

soft

SAA'F'LY

softly

SAA'PUNT

serpent (Biblical)

SAA'T'N

certain

SAWANNUH

Savannah

SABBIDGE

savage, savages

SABE

save, saves, saved, saving

SABEYUH

the Savior

SA'LEENUH

St Helena Island, on the South Carolina coast

SAME LUKKUH(also sukkuh)

same like, like, resembling

SAN'

sand

SAT'D'Y

Saturday

SATTIFACKSHUN

satisfaction