

Adapted
from - Ambrose E. Gonzales, The Black Border: Gullah Stories of
the
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ANUDDUH |
another |
|
ANSUH |
answer |
|
AP'UN |
apron |
|
ARUH |
each,
either |
|
ASHISH |
ashes |
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ATTACKTID |
attacked |
|
ATTUH |
after |
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ATTHR'UM |
after
him, her, it, them |
|
ATTUHW'ILE |
after
a while |
|
AX'ME |
asking
me |
|
AX'UM |
ask
or asked him, her, it, them |
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BAA'BUH |
barber |
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BAA'K |
bark |
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BAA'NYAA'D |
barnyard |
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BACTIZE |
baptize |
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BAD
MOUT' |
bad
mouth,a spell, a curse |
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BAID |
beard |
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BAIG |
beg |
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BAIG'UM |
begged,
begging him, her |
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BAIT'UM |
bait,
baits, baiting him, her |
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BAKIEN |
bacon |
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BANDUN |
abandon |
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BAPTIS' |
Baptist |
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BARRUH |
barrow,
a bacon hog |
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BAWN |
born |
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BAYRE |
bare |
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BEABUH |
beaver |
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B'DOUT |
without,
unless, except |
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BEEFU'T |
Beaufort |
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BEEHIBE |
beehive |
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B'FO' |
before |
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B'FO'
DAY |
before
day |
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B'HABE |
behave |
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B'HIN' |
behind |
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B'KAUSE |
because |
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BEHOL' |
behold |
|
BELLUH |
bellow |
|
BELLUS |
bellows |
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BEMEAN |
to
be mean to any one |
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BEN' |
bend |
|
|
very |
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BERITYWELL |
very
well |
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BERRYWELLDEN |
very
well then |
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BET' |
best |
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BETTUH |
better |
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BEX
VEX |
vexes,
angry, anger |
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BIDNFSS |
business |
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B'GIN |
begin |
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BIGGUH |
bigger |
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BIGHOUSE |
the
Master's house |
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BILE |
boil |
|
BILLIGE |
village |
|
BUMBYE |
bye
and bye |
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BIN |
been |
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BINNUH |
been,
was, was a |
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BITTLE |
food |
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BLACKBU'D |
blackbird |
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B'LONG |
belong |
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B'LEEW |
believe |
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'BLEEGE |
oblige |
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BLINE |
blind |
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BOA'D |
board,
boarding |
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BODDUN |
bother,
worry |
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BODDUHR'UM |
bothering
him, her, it, them |
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BOFF |
both |
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BOL' |
bold |
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BORRUH |
borrow |
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'BOUT |
about |
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BOWRE |
bore,boring |
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BREDDUH
(also brudduh) |
brother,
brethren |
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BREKWUS' |
breakfast |
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BRESH |
brush |
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BRESS |
bless |
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BRE'T' |
breath |
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BRITCHIS |
trousers |
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BAUK'UP |
break,
broke, broken |
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BRUKAA'M |
broken
arm |
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BRUKFOOT |
broken
foot or leg |
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BRUK'UP |
break
up, broke up |
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BRURO |
bureau |
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BUBBUH
(familiar) |
brother |
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BUCKRUH |
A
White person or persons; the white people |
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BUCKRUHBITTLE |
white
man's food |
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BUCKSLEY |
Berkeley
county |
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BU,D |
bird |
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BU'DCAGE |
birdcage |
|
BUH |
brother |
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BUHHIME |
behind |
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BU'N |
burn |
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BUS' |
burst |
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BUZZUT |
buzzard,
vulture |
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'CAJUN |
occasion |
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'CAWCH |
scorch |
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CAWN |
corn |
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CAWNFIEL' |
corn
field |
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CAWNUH
(n and v) |
corner |
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CAWPSE |
corpse,
coffin |
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CAWSS' |
cost |
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'CEEBIN' |
deceiving |
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'CEP'M |
except,
accept |
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CEP'N |
accepting;
unless |
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CHAA'STUN |
|
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CHANY |
china |
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CHAW |
chew |
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CHEER |
chair |
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CHIL' |
child |
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CHILLUN |
children |
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CHIMBLY |
chimney |
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CHRYCE |
Christ |
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CHU'CH |
church |
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CHU'CHYAA'D |
churchyard |
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CHUESDAY |
Tuesday |
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CHUNE |
tune,
tuning up |
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CHUNK |
throw
|
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CHUPID |
stupid |
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CLAWT' |
cloth |
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'CLA'TO
GAWD |
declare
to God |
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COA'SE |
coarse |
|
|
cold |
|
COLLUH |
color |
|
COME'YUH |
come
here |
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COONOO |
canoe |
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CUNSAA'N |
concern |
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CONTUHDIX |
contradict |
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CO'T |
court |
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CULLUD
|
colored,
colored people, the dark race |
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CRACK
' |
cracking his, her or their teeth, meaning opened her or his mouth to speak; |
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CRACKUHDAY |
cbreak
of day |
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CRAP |
crop |
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'CRAPE |
scrape,
scrapes, scraped, scraping |
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'CRATCH |
scratch |
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CREDIK |
credit |
|
CREETUH |
creature |
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CRIK |
creek |
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CROOKETY |
crooked,
tricky, unreliable |
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CUMP'NY |
company |
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CUMPOSHASHUN |
conversation |
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CUNWEENYUNT |
convenient |
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CUNWENSHUN |
convention |
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CUSS |
curse,
curses, cursed |
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CUT'DOWN,
or TEK'DOWN |
dejected,
chagrined |
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CUZ,N |
cousin |
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CYA' |
carry |
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CYAA' |
car |
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CYAAF |
calf |
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CYAAM |
calm |
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CYAA'PENTUH |
carpenter |
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CYAARIDGE |
carriage |
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CYAA'T |
cart |
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CYAN' |
can't |
|
CYAS' |
cast |
|
CYAS'NET |
castnet
used for taking shrimp and mullet from tidal creeks |
|
CYA'UM |
carry |
|
CYO' |
cure |
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DAT |
that |
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DAA'K |
dark |
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DAA'KY |
darken |
|
DAA'TUH |
daughter |
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DA'
DEY |
that
there |
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DAINJUS |
dangerous |
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DAMIDGE
|
damage |
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DAYBRUK |
daybreak |
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DAYCLEAN |
broad
daylight |
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DEBBLE'UB'UH |
devil
of a |
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DEEF |
deaf |
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DEESTUNT |
decent |
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DEM |
them |
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DEM'OWN |
theirs,
their own |
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DEMSELF |
them,
they, themselves |
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DEN |
then,
than |
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'DENTICUL |
identical |
|
DESE |
these |
|
DESEYUH |
these
here |
|
DISSO |
just
so |
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DE'T' |
death |
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DEY |
they,there |
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DEY
DEY |
there,
there; right there |
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DIBE |
dive |
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DIFFUNCE |
differ,
difference |
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DIMMYCRACK |
Democrat |
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DIS' |
this;
just |
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DISGUS' |
disgust |
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DISHYUH |
this,
this here |
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DISTRUS' |
distrust,
distrusts, distrusted, distrusting |
|
DISTRUSS |
distress
|
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Do' |
door,though,
although |
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DON' |
don't,
doesn't |
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DONE
DO' UM |
did
it, finished |
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DONE'UM |
did
it |
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DO'STEP |
doorstep |
|
DO'UM |
do
it, does it, did it, doing it |
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DRAP
|
drop |
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DREEN |
drain |
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DRIBE |
drives |
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DROBE |
drove |
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DROWNDID |
drown |
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DUB |
dove |
|
DUH |
do,
does; in, to, |
|
DUNKYUH |
don't
care |
|
DUNNO |
don't
know |
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DU'T |
dirt |
|
DU'TTY |
dirty |
|
'E |
he,
she, it |
|
EART |
earth,
world,soil, ground |
|
EBBUH |
ever |
|
EBBUHLASTIN' |
everlasting
|
|
EBE |
Eve,
also eaves |
|
EBENIN' |
evening,
"good evening," |
|
EB'N |
even
|
|
EB'NSO |
even
so |
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EB'RY |
every
|
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EB'RYT'ING |
everything |
|
EB'BYWEH |
everywhere
|
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ECKNOWLEDGE |
knowledge,
ability, understanding |
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EDDYCASHUN |
education
|
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EEDUH |
either
|
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EEDUHSO |
either,
else |
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EEGNUNT |
ignorant
|
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EEN |
in
|
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EENBITE
(also eenwite) |
invite,
invites |
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EENFAWM |
inform,
informs |
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EENHABIT |
inhabit,
inhabits |
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EENJINE |
engine |
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EENJY |
enjoy,
enjoys, experience |
|
EENSIDE |
inside
|
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EENSULT |
insult |
|
EENTRUSS |
interest
|
|
EF |
if
|
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EH,
EH! |
an
exclamation |
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ENNY |
any
|
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ENT |
ain't,
isn't |
|
EN'
T'ING |
and
things, and everything |
|
ENTY |
ain't
it, isn't it |
|
ENT
WUT' |
itotally
worthless, of no account |
|
'ESE'F |
himself,
herself, itself |
|
'E
STAN' |
it
is so, it looks so |
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EXCEED
|
succeed |
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EXCUSIN' |
excusing,
excepting |
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EXWANCE |
advance |
|
EXWANTIDGE |
advantage |
|
EDWICE |
advice
|
|
EDWISE |
advise
|
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FABUH
|
favor |
|
'F'AID |
afraid |
|
FAIT' |
faith |
|
FAIT'FUL |
faithful |
|
FAMBLY |
family |
|
FANNUH |
a
wide, shallow basket used for winnowing beaten rice, or separating the
corn husks from grist after grinding. |
|
FARRUH |
father |
|
FAU'T |
fault |
|
FAWK |
fork |
|
FAWWU'D |
forward
|
|
FEDDUH |
feather |
|
FEED'UM |
feed |
|
'FEN' |
fend,
defend |
|
FIBE |
five |
|
FLABUH |
flavor |
|
FLATFAWM |
platform |
|
FLO' |
floor |
|
FO' |
four
|
|
'FO' |
before |
|
FO'CE |
force |
|
FORRUD |