|
MIN' |
mind,
minds, heed, take care |
|
MINE
|
of,
protect, cherish, guard |
|
'MIRATION |
admiration,
wonder, astonishment |
|
MIS |
Miss,
Mrs, Mistress |
|
MISTUH
|
Mr
|
|
MO' |
more
|
|
MO'
BETTUH |
more,
better |
|
MO'
LONGUH |
more
longer |
|
MO'N
|
mourn |
|
MO'NUH |
more
than |
|
MO'NUH
DA' |
more
than that |
|
MOOBE
|
move,
moves |
|
MO'OBUH |
moreover |
|
MO,RIS,
MO'RES' |
most
|
|
MOUT' |
mouth |
|
MUKKLE
|
myrtle |
|
MUNT' |
month |
|
MURRUH
|
Mother |
|
MURRUHLAW |
mother-in-law
|
|
MUS'BZ |
must
be, must have, must have been |
|
MUSKITTUH
|
mosquito |
|
MUSSIFUL |
merciful
|
|
MUSSY
|
mercy |
|
NARITY
|
naked |
|
'NARRUH
|
another
|
|
NAVUH |
neighbor |
|
NEBBUH
|
never
|
|
NEEDUH |
neither
|
|
NEEDUHSO |
neither,
nor |
|
NEMMIN' |
Never
mind |
|
NES' |
nest |
|
|
|
|
NIGH
|
near,
also draw near to |
|
NIGH'UM |
near,
or nearing |
|
'N'INT
|
anoint |
|
NO'COUNT |
worthless
|
|
'NODDUH
|
another
|
|
NOMANNUSSUBBLE
|
impolite,
rude |
|
NOWEMBUH
|
November
|
|
NUBBUH
|
never |
|
'NUF |
enough,
abundance |
|
NUH
|
nor |
|
'NURRUH
|
another
|
|
NUSS |
nurse |
|
NUSSO
|
not
so |
|
NYAM
|
eat |
|
NYANKEE
|
Yankee |
|
NYOUNG
|
young
|
|
NYOUNGIS'
|
youngest |
|
OAGLY
|
Ugly
|
|
OB'SHAY
|
overseer |
|
OBUH |
over,
above |
|
OBUHTEK
|
overtake
|
|
OBUH'SHROW |
overthrow |
|
ODDUH |
other,
others |
|
ODDUHRES |
the
rest, remainder |
|
OFF'UM
|
off,
or off of him, her, it, them |
|
ONBUTT'N
|
unbutton |
|
ONDEESTUNT |
indecent |
|
ONDELICATE
|
indelicate,
presumptuous |
|
ONDUH
|
under
|
|
ONDUHNEET' |
underneath
|
|
ONDUHSTAN' |
understand |
|
ONDUHTER
|
undertake |
|
ONE
|
only |
|
ONE'NARRUH
ONE'NODDUH |
one
another |
|
ONETIME |
once,
once upon a time |
|
ONKIBBUH
|
uncover |
|
ONLOCK
|
Unlock
|
|
ONMANNUSSUBBLE
|
impolite,
rude |
|
ONRABBLE
|
unravel |
|
ONSAA'T'N
|
uncertain
|
|
ONSATTIFY |
unsatisfied |
|
ONTE'L |
until |
|
ONTIE |
untie |
|
'OOD |
wood |
|
OOMAN
|
woman |
|
OSIITUH
|
oyster |
|
OUGHTUH
|
ought,
ought to, ought to be |
|
OUT'UH |
out
|
|
PAA'D'N |
pardon |
|
PAA'DNUH
|
partner |
|
PAA'S'N
|
parson |
|
PAAT'
|
path |
|
PAA'T |
part |
|
PAA'TY |
party
|
|
PAPUH |
paper |
|
PARRYSAWL
|
parasol |
|
PASHUN
|
patience |
|
PASSOBUH
|
Passover
|
|
PASS'UM
|
pass,
passed, passing him, her, it, them |
|
'PORTUN' |
important
|
|
'PAWTUNCE
|
importance
|
|
'PEN'PUN
|
depend,
depends, depending upon |
|
PERUSE |
aunter,
walk in a leisurely manner |
|
'PIN |
spill,
spins |
|
PINDUH
|
peanut,
peanuts |
|
P'INT
(n and v) |
point,
direct |
|
'P'INT
|
appoint
|
|
'P'INTMENT
|
appointment |
|
'PISKUBBLE
|
Episcopal |
|
'PISTLE
|
Epistle |
|
PIT
|
put |
|
PIT'UM
|
put
him, her, it, them |
|
PIZEN
|
poison |
|
PIZENOAK |
poison
oak, or poison ivy |
|
'PLASH
(n and v) |
splash |
|
PLATEYE
|
apparition |
|
PLAY
|
to
make believe, fool, deceive |
|
PLEASE
KIN |
please
can |
|
PLEDJUH
|
pleasure |
|
PLEDJUHR'UM
|
please,
give pleasure to |
|
|
poor,
thin, lean, low in flesh |
|
PO'BUCKRUH
|
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 |
|
POLITICUSS
|
political |
|
PO'LY
|
poor
in health |
|
POOTY
|
pretty
|
|
PO'R'UM
|
pour,
pouring it, that |
|
POSITUBBLE |
positive,
positively |
|
PRAISEMEETIN' |
prayer
meeting |
|
'PREAD
|
spread |
|
PREECHUH
ON DE SUKKUS |
traveling
preacher |
|
PREMUSBIZ |
premises
|
|
PRES'N'LY |
presently |
|
PREZZYDENT
|
president
|
|
PRIBLIDGE |
privilege |
|
PRIZZUNT |
present |
|
PUOOBE
|
prove |
|
PUSCEED |
proceed |
|
PUHAPS
|
perhaps
|
|
P'UHJEC' |
project |
|
PUHLICITUH
|
solicitor |
|
PUHTEK
|
protect,
protects, protected, protecting |
|
PUHTETTUH
|
potato,
usually sweet potato |
|
PUHTICKLUH
|
particular |
|
PUHWIDE |
provide |
|
PUHWID'N
|
providing |
|
PUHWISHUN
|
provision |
|
PUHWOKE
|
provoke |
|
PUHZAC'LY |
exactly,
precisely |
|
PULBLIC |
public
|
|
PUNKINSKIN
|
pumpkin-colored,
or mulatto Negro |
|
PUNNOUNCE
|
pronounce |
|
'PUNTOP
|
upon,
on top of |
|
'PUNTOP'UI
|
on
top of, at |
|
PUSSON
|
person |
|
'QUAINTUN'
|
acquainted,
acquainted with |
|
QUAWL |
quarrel |
|
QUAWLMENT
|
quarrel,
quarreling |
|
'QUEEZE |
squeeze |
|
QUESCHUN;
SQUESCHUN |
question |
|
QUILE |
coil |
|
'QUIRE
|
require,
inquire |
|
QUIZZIT
|
ask;
to question |
|
RABBISH
|
ravish |
|
RACKTIFY
|
to
break, confuse in mind |
|
RALE |
real |
|
RAPPIT
|
rapid |
|
RAYBE
|
rear,
rears |
|
'READY
|
already
|
|
REB'RENT
|
reverend |
|
RECISHUN
|
decision |
|
REDDUH
|
rather
|
|
REFEN'
|
defend
|
|
REINGE
|
reins
|
|
REMONIA
|
pneumonia
|
|
RENITE
|
unite |
|
RENOINT
|
anoint |
|
REPEAH
|
appear |
|
REPLOY |
reply |
|
REPOSE |
oppose |
|
RESPLAIN
|
explain |
|
RETCH |
reach |
|
RIBBUH
|
river |
|
RIDICK'LUS
|
ridiculous,
outrageous, scandalous |
|
ROAS'
|
roast
|
|
ROKKOON
|
raccoon |
|
RUBBIDGE
|
rubbish
|
|
RUCKUHNIZE
|
recognize |
|
RUDDUH
|
rather
|
|
RUPPEZUNT
|
represent |
|
SAEB
|
serve |
|
SAA'BINT |
servant |
|
SAA'BIS
(also sarbis) |
services,
use |
|
SAA'CH
|
search,
examine |
|
SAA'F
|
soft
|
|
SAA'F'LY
|
softly
|
|
SAA'PUNT
|
serpent
(Biblical) |
|
SAA'T'N
|
certain
|
|
SAWANNUH
|
|
|
SABBIDGE
|
savage |
|
SABE
|
save |
|
SABEYUH
|
Savior
|
|
SAME
LUKKUH (also sukkuh) |
like,
resembling |
|
SAT'D'Y
|
Saturday
|
|
SATTIFY
|
satisfy |
|
SAWTUH
|
sort
of |
|
SCHEMY
|
scheming,
tricky |
|
SCOLE
|
scold |
|
'SCUSSHUN
|
excursion |
|
'SCUZE |
excuse, |
|
SEB'N |
seven
|
|
SEB'NTEEN
|
seventeen
|
|
SEB'NTY
|
seventy
|
|
SECKBITERRY
|
secretary |
|
SECTEMBTUH
|
September
|
|
SEDDOWN
|
Sit
or set down |
|
SEEGYAA'
|
cigar |
|
SENCE
|
since
|
|
SEN'UM
|
send,
sending him, her, it |
|
SESSO
|
says
so |
|
SET
|
sit |
|
SETT'N'UP
|
a
small religious meeting |
|
SEZZEE
|
says
he |
|
SEZZI
|
says
I |
|
SHAA'P'N
|
sharpen |
|
SHABE
|
shave |
|
SHADDUH |
shadow
|
|
SHAYAYRE
|
share |
|
SHAYRE'UM
|
share |
|
SHE'OWN
|
her
own |
|
SHE
SHE TALK |
woman's
talk |
|
SHET
|
shut |
|
SHISH
|
such
|
|
SHO'
|
sure,
surely |
|
SHO'LY
|
surely
|
|
SHOOT'UM
|
shoot,
shoots, shooting him, her, it |
|
SHOULDUH
|
shoulder |
|
SHOULD'UH
|
should
have |
|
SHOUT |
frenzied
outcries of a religious devotee, plantation dancing festival, frequently
accompanied by beating sticks on the floor |
|
SHUB
|
shove |
|
SHUM
|
see,
sees, saw |
|
SHU'T
|
shirt |
|
SIDE'UH
|
alongside
|
|
SILBUH
|
silver
|
|
SKAY'D
|
scared
|
|
SKAYRE
|
scare,
scares, scared, scaring |
|
SKAYTODE'T' |
scare
or seared to death |
|
SKU'T
|
skirt,
skirts |
|
SLABE
|
Slave |
|
SLABERY
|
slavery
|
|
SLABERY
TIME |
slavery
times |
|
SLEEBE
|
sleeve,
sleeves |
|
'SMATTUH
|
what
is the matter? |
|
SNOW'RE
|
snore |
|
SOAD
|
sword |
|
SOBUHR'UM
|
sobers,
sobered, sobering him, her |
|
SODUH |
soldier |
|
SONNYLAW
|
son-in-law |
|
SOONMAN
|
smart,
alert, wide-awake man |
|
SPAA'K
|
Spark |
|
SPANG
|
all
the way, expressive of distance |
|
SPARRUH
|
sparrow |
|
SPARRUHGRASS
|
asparagus
|
|
SPEC
|
expect,
suspect |
|
SPECKLY
|
speckled
|
|
SPEN' |
spend |
|
SPERRITUAL |
Spiritual,
the Negro religious songs |
|
'SPERIUNCE
|
experience |
|
SPESHLY |
specially,
especially |
|
SPILE
|
spoil |
|
'SPISHUN
|
suspicion |
|
'SPIZE
|
despise |
|
'SPLAIN
|
explain |
|
SPLOTCH
|
blot,
stain |
|
'SPON
|
respond |
|
'SPOSE |
expose |
|
S'POSE |
suppose |
|
SPO'T
|
sport |
|
SPOT'N' |
sports,
sported, sporting |
|
'SPUTE |
dispute,
contest with |
|
SQUESCHUN
|
question |
|
STAA'CH |
starch |
|
STAA'T
|
Start, |
|
STAA'T
NAKID |
stark
naked |
|
STAN'
|
stand,
looks,deer stands, etc. |
|
STAN'LUKKUH |
standing
like; to look like |
|
'STEAD'UH |
steals,
stole, stealing |
|
STRAIGHT'N
FUH |
making
for; run quickly or swiftly |
|
STRENGK
|
Strength
|
|
STRETCHOUT
|
stretch
out, extend |
|
'STROY'D
|
destroy |
|
'STRUCKSHUN
|
destruction,construction
|
|
STRUCTID
|
struck |
|
STUHSTIFFIKIT
|
Certificate
|
|
STYLISH
|
stylish,
appropriate,dignified, suitable |
|
SUDD'NT
|
sudden,
suddenly |
|
SUFFUHRATE
|
separate;
also divorce |
|
SUH
|
sir |
|
SUH
|
that,
say |
|
SUKKLE |
circle |
|
SUKKUH
|
same
like, resembling |
|
SUKKUHR'UM |
same
like him, her, it, them |
|
SUMP'N'NURRUH |
something
or other |
|
SUNDOWN
|
sunset
|
|
SUNHIGH
|
late
morning, about the middle of the forenoon |
|
SUNHOT |
sunshine,
heat of sun |
|
SUNLEAN
|
period
of the day when the sun begins to decline, and its declining |
|
SUN'UP |
sunrise
|
|
SUPPLOY
|
supply |
|
SUPSHUN
|
substance,
strength of food, as of a juicy roast |
|
SUSSO |
say
so, says so |
|
SUH
|
so
|
|
SUTT'N |
certain,
certainly |
|
SUTTINLY
|
certainly
|
|
SWALLUH |
swallow |
|
SWALLUHB'UM
|
swallow,
swallowed, swallowing him, her, it |
|
SWAWM
|
swarm |
|
SWAY |
swear |
|
I
SWAYTOGAWD |
I
swear to God |
|
SWEETMOUT'
|
sweet
mouth, flattery |
|
SWEETMOUT'
TALK |
sweet
talk |
|
SWELLUP
|
swelled,
swollen up, puffed up with anger, importance or authority |
|
SWINGE |
Singe |
|
SWINK
|
shrink |
|
SWONGUH |
swagger,
swaggering, boastful |
|
'TACK
|
attack |
|
'TACKTID |
attacked |
|
TACKLE |
tackle,
hold accountable |
|
'TAGUHNIZE |
antagonize |
|
TALK'UM
|
talk,
speak out |
|
TALLYGRAF |
telegraph,
telegram |
|
'TAN' |
stand |
|
'TAN'UP |
standing
up |
|
'TARRYGATE |
interrogate,
questioned |
|
TARRIFY |
terrify |
|
TARRUH
|
the
other |
|
TAS'E
|
taste |
|
TAS'E
' |
something
appetizing to eat |
|
T'AW'T |
thought |
|
' |
stay |
|
TAYRE
|
tear |
|
TAYRE'UM
|
tear
it, them |
|
TEDAY
|
today
|
|
TEET' |
tooth,
teeth |
|
TEET'ACHE |
toothache
|
|
TEK |
take,
takes, took, taken, faking |
|
TEK'CARE |
take
care |
|
TEK'ESELF |
take,
himself, herself |
|
TEK
ME FOOT EEN ME HAN' |
hurried,
speeded up |
|
TEK'UM |
take,
took, taken him, it, them |
|
TEK'WAY |
take,
takes, took, taking away |
|
TEK
WID'UM |
taken
with, pleased with him, her, it, them |
|
'TELL
|
till,
until |
|
'TEN' |
attend,
intends |
|
T'ENGKFUL |
thankful |
|
T'ENGK'GAWD |
thank
God! |
|
T'ENGKY |
thank
you |
|
TEP |
step |
|
TETCH |
touch |
|
TETCH'UM
|
touch
him, her, it, them |
|
'TETTUH
|
potato |
|
T'ICK |
thick
|
|
'TICK |
stick |
|
'TICKLUH
|
particular |
|
'TICKY |
sticky |
|
T'IEF |
thief |
|
T'IEFIN' |
thieving
|
|
TIE'UM
|
tie
him, her, it, them |
|
TIE
UP ' |
tying
up his, her, or their mouth or mouths; meaning held his, her, or their
speech |
|
T'ING
|
thing |
|
'TING
|
sting
|
|
T'INK
|
think |
|
TITTUH
|
sister |
|
TODDUH
|
the
other |
|
'TOOP |
stoop |
|
TOOT' |
tooth,
teeth |
|
'TOP |
stop |
|
'TOOPUH |
on,
on top of |
|
TOWN
|
|
|
TRABBLE |
travel |
|
'TRAIGHT
|
straight |
|
'TRAIGHT'N |
straighten |
|
'TRANGLE
|
strangle |
|
T'RASH
|
thrash |
|
TREDJUH
|
treasure, |
|
T'REETIME |
three
times |
|
'TRETCH
|
stretch |
|
T'RETCHOUT |
Straighten
out |
|
TRIMBLE
|
tremble |
|
'TRING |
string
or snapbeans |
|
T'ROAT |
throat,
throats |
|
T'ROW
|
throw |
|
T'ROWBONE
|
throw
"bones" (dice) |
|
T'HOW'D
|
threw |
|
|
throw
away |
|
TRUTE
|
truth |
|
TRUTEMOUT' |
one
who will not lie |
|
TUCKREY
|
turkey |
|
TUHRECKLY |
directly
|
|
TUHR'UM
|
to
him, her, it, them |
|
TUK
|
took |
|
TUMMUCH
|
too
much, intensely, fervently |
|
'TUMP |
stump |
|
T'UNDUH
|
thunder, |
|
TU'NFLOUR
|
turned
flour, scalded corn meal, mush or porridge |
|
TU'NUP |
turnip |
|
TU'N
UP |
turns,
turned, turning up |
|
TWIS' |
twist |
|
TWIS'UP
|
twist
or twisted up |
|
TOW
CHUESDAY, Two T'URSDAY |
the
second Tuesday or the second Thursday in the month |
|
TWO
PLACE |
second
place |
|
TWO
TIME |
twice
|
|
TWOT'REE
|
two
or three |
|
USE'N
|
used
to be, in the habit of |
|
USETUH |
used
to, accustomed to |
|
WAAGIN
|
wagon |
|
WAA'MENT
|
varmints,
destructive animals or birds |
|
WAH
|
war
|
|
WARRUH
|
what,
what is that |
|
W'ARY
|
weary |
|
WAS'E
|
waste |
|
WASHUP
|
worship
(religious) |
|
WATUHMILYUN |
watermelons
|
|
WAWN |
warn |
|
WAWSS' |
wasp |
|
WAWSS'NES'
|
wasp
nest |
|
WE
|
our,
us |
|
WEGITUBBLE |
vegetable |
|
WE'OWN
|
our
own, our |
|
WERRY
|
very
|
|
WE'SELF
|
ourselves
|
|
WHOEBBUN |
whoever
|
|
'WlCE
|
advice,
advises |
|
W'ICH
,N |
which
|
|
W'ICH
EN W'Y |
contradictory
talk |
|
WICKIT |
wicked |
|
WIN' |
wind |
|
WINE |
vine
|
|
WINEGUH |
vinegar
|
|
'WISE |
advise,
advises |
|
WISH
DE TIME UH DAY |
salutation,
greeting |
|
WISIT |
visit |
|
WU'D |
word |
|
WUDDUH
DA' |
what
is that |
|
WUFFUH
|
what
for, why |
|
WUH
|
what,
that |
|
WUHEBBUH |
whatever
|
|
WU'K |
work |
|
WU'LL'
|
world |
|
WUNT
|
won't |
|
WURRUM
|
worm |
|
WUS'DEN'EBBUH |
worse
than ever |
|
WUSSUH |
worse
|
|
WUT'
|
worth |
|
W'YMEKSO |
what
makes it so, why |
|
YAA'N
|
yarn
|
|
YAAS
|
yes
|
|
YAAS'SUH
|
yessir
|
|
YALLUH
|
yellow
|
|
YANDUH |
yonder
|
|
YEAH
|
ear |
|
YEARIN'
|
hearing
|
|
YEDDY
|
hear |
|
YERRY
YEDDY'UM |
hear,
hears, heard, or hearing him, her, them |
|
YELLIN'
|
yearling |
|
YENT
|
ain't,
is not, are not |
|
YEYE
|
eye |
|
YEZ
|
ear |
|
YISTIDDY
|
yesterday |
|
YO
|
your |
|
YOU'OWN
|
your
own, yours |
|
YUH
|
here
|
|
YUH
HIM |
here
he, she, it is, or they are |
|
'ZACKLY
|
exactly |
|
'ZAMMIN' |
examine,
question |
|
'ZYD'N
|
presiding |
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