GLOSSARY
- Abnue, avenue
- Agg, egg
- All ob er sutten, quickly and unexpectedly
- An, and
- Arter, after
- Arur, each, either
- Ax, ask
- Bactize, baptize
- Bague, to beg
- Barruh, barrow
- Beber, beaver
- Bedout, without
- Ben, bend, bent, been
- Berry, very
- Bes, best
- Bex, vex, vexed
- Bidness, business
- Biggin, begin, began
- Bimeby, by and by, presently
- Binner, was, were
- Bittle, victuals
- Blan, in the habit of, accustomed to
- Blanks, Blants, belongs to
- Bleebe, believe
- Bleege, obliged, compelled
- Bodder, to bother
- Bode, board, boards
- Bofe, both
- Bole, bold
- Boun, resolved upon, forced to
- Bredder, brother
- Bref, breath
- Bres, breast
- Bresh, brush-wood, to brush
- Broke up, to leave, to depart
- Brukwus, breakfast
- Buckra, white man
- Bud, bird
- Budduh, Buh, brother
- Buhhine, behind
- Bun, burn
- Buss, burst, or break through
- Cahr, carry
- Caze, because
- Ceive, deceive
- Cept, accept, accepted, except
- Chillun, children
- Chimbly, chimney
- Chune, tune
- Cist, insist
- Clorte, cloth
- Cloze, clothes
- Cohoot, bargain, agreement
- Cole, cold
- Conjunct, agree to, conclude
- Cote, court
- Crack eh teet, make answer
- Crap, crop
- Crape, scrape
- Cratch, scratch
- Cut down, disappointed, chagrined
- Darter, daughter
- Day, there, is, to be, am
- Day day, to be there
- Den, then
- Der, was, were, into
- Dest, Dist, just, only
- Destant, distant, distance
- Det, death
- Diffunce, difference
- Disher, this
- Do, door
- Dout, without
- Drap, drop, dropped
- Duh, was, were
- Dunno, don’t know
- Dut, dirt
- Edder, other
- Eeben, even
- Een, in, end
- Eenwite, invite
- Ef, if
- Eh, he, she, it, his, her, its
- Element, the sky, upper air
- En, end
- Enty, are you not, are they not, do you not, do they not, is it not
- Faber, favor
- Faid, to be afraid
- Fambly, family
- Fanner, a shallow basket
- Farruh, Farrur, father
- Feber, fever
- Fedder, feather, feathers
- Fiel, field
- Fine, supply with food, find
- Flaber, flavor
- Flo, floor
- Flut, flirt
- Foce, force
- Forrud, forehead
- Fren, friend
- Fros, frost
- Fuh, for
- Fuh sutten, for a certainty
- Fuss, first
- Gage, engage, hire
- Gedder, gather, collect
- Gelt, to girt
- Gem, to give
- Gen, gave, again
- Gie, give
- Gimme, give me
- Glec, neglect
- Glub, gloves
- Gooly, good
- Graff, grab
- Gree, agree, consent
- Grine salt, fly round and round
- Guine, Gwine, going, going to
- Haffer, have to, had to
- Hair rise, badly frightened
- Haky, Harky, hearken to, heed
- Han, hand
- Hanker, long for, desire
- Hatchich, hatchet
- Head, get the better of
- Head um, get ahead of him
- Hebby, heavy
- Holler, halloo, hollow
- Hoona, you
- Hot, to hurt
- Huccum, how happens it, why, how come
- Huddy, how d’ye do
- Ile me bade, grease my mouth
- Isself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
- Jew, dew
- Jist, just
- Juk, jerk
- Ketch, catch, reach to, approach
- Kibber, cover
- Kine, kind
- Knowledge, acknowledge, admit
- Labuh, labor
- Lass, to suffice for, to last
- Lean fuh, set out for
- Led-down, lay down
- Leek, to lick with the tongue
- Leely, Leetle, little
- Leff, to leave, did leave, left
- Leggo, to let go
- Leh, let
- Lemme, let me
- Lenk, length
- Libbin, living
- Lick, to whip, stroke of the whip
- Lickin, whipping
- Lick back, turn rapidly back
- Lief, leave, permission
- Light on, to mount
- Light out, to start off
- Long, with, from
- Lub, love
- Luk, Lucker, like
- Mange, mane
- Medjuh, measure
- Mek, make, made
- Mek fuh, to go to
- Mek out, fare, thrive, succeed
- Member, to remind
- Men eh pace, increase his speed
- Mine, mind, heed, take care of
- Miration, wonder, astonishment
- Mo, more
- Moober, moreover
- Mona, Moner, more than
- Mona dat, more than that
- Mose, almost
- Mossa, master
- Mouf, Mout, mouth
- Murrer, mother
- Mussne, must not
- Muster, must have
- Nabor, neighbor
- Narruh, another
- Nebber, never
- Nekked, naked
- Nes, nest
- New Nigger, a negro fresh from Africa
- Nigh, to draw near to
- Notus, notice, observe
- Noung, young
- Nudder, another
- Nuff, enough
- Nummine, never mind
- Nurrer, neither, another
- Nuse, use, employ
- Nussen, used to, accustomed to
- Nuss, nurse
- Nuttne, nothing
- Obersheer, overseer
- Offer, off of
- Ole, old
- Ooman, woman, women
- Out, to go out, to extinguish
- Outer, out of
- Pahler, parlor
- Passon, parson
- Pate, path
- Pen pon, depend upon
- Perwision, provisions
- Pinder, ground-nuts, peanuts
- Pint, direct, directed, point
- Pintment, appointment
- Pit, put, apply
- Playpossum, to fool, to practice deceit
- Pledjuh, pleasure
- Po, poor, pour
- Pon, upon
- Pooty, pretty
- Pose, post
- Prommus, promise
- Pruppus, on purpose
- Pusson, person
- Quaintun, acquainted with
- Quaintance, acquaintances
- Quile, to coil, coiled
- Quire, to inquire, inquired
- Rale, very truly, really
- Range, reins
- Rastle, to wrestle
- Retch, to reach, to arrive at
- Ribber, river
- Riz, rose
- Roose, roost
- Sabe, to know
- San, sand
- Sarbis, service, kindness
- Satify, Saterfy, satisfied, happy, content
- Scace, scarce
- Schway, to swear, swore
- Scuse, excuse
- Seaznin, seasoning
- Sebbn, seven
- Sed, sit, sat
- Sed-down, sit down, sat down
- Shet, shut
- Sho, sure
- Sholy, surely
- Shum, to see it, see him, see her, see them
- Sider, on the side of
- Sisso, say so
- Skade, scared
- Smate, smart
- Sofe, soft
- Soon man, very smart, wide-awake man
- Sorter, sort of, after a fashion
- Sparruh, sparrow
- Spec, expect
- Spose, expose
- Spute, contest the championship with
- State, start, begin
- Steader, Stidder, instead of
- Straighten fur, run rapidly for
- Stroy, destroy
- Sukkle, circle, fly around
- Summuch, so much
- Sutten, certain, sudden
- Suttenly, certainly, suddenly
- Swade, persuade
- Swode, sword
- Tack, to attack
- Tackle, to hold to account
- Tan, to stand
- Tarrify, to terrify, to annoy
- Tarruh, Turruh, the other
- Tase, to taste, taste
- Tay, stay
- Tek, take
- Tek wid um, pleased with him, her, or it
- Tek you foot, to walk
- Tel, until
- Ten, attend to
- Tend, intend
- Tenk, Tenky, to thank, thanks
- Ter, Teh, to
- Tetch, touch
- Tetter, potatoes
- Tick, thick, abundant, a stick
- Ticket, thicket
- Tickler, particular
- Tief, to steal, thief
- Ting, thing
- Tird, third
- Titter, sister
- Togerruh, together
- Tole, told
- Topper, on top of, on
- Tote, carry
- Trabble, travel
- Tru, through
- Truss, trust
- Trute, truth
- Tuff, tuft
- Tuk, took
- Tun, turn, return
- Tun flour, to cook hominy
- Up ter de notch, in the best style
- Usen, to be in the habit of
- Vise, to advise
- Vive, revive
- Wan, to want, to wish, want
- Warse, wasp
- Wase, waste
- Way, where
- Wayebber, wherever
- Whalin ob er, enormous, severe
- Wid, with
- Wile, while
- Win, wind
- Wine, vine
- Wish de time er day, to say good-bye, how d’ye do
- Wud, word
- Wudduh dat, what is that
- Wuffer, what for, why, what to
- Wuh, what, which, who
- Wuhebbuh, whatever
- Wuk, work
- Wul, world
- Wunt, will not, would not
- Wurrum, worms
- Wus, worse
- Wus den nebber, worse than ever
- Wut, worth
- Yad, yard
- Yearin, hearing
- Yeddy, to hear, to hearken to
- Yender, Yent, not, was not, were not
- Yent day day, is not there, are not there
- Yeye, eye, eyes
- Yez, ear, ears
- Yiz, am, is, to be, did
- Yuh, here
- Zamine, examine
NUMBERS
- One, one
- Two, two
- Tree, three
- Fo, four
- Fibe, five
- Six, six
- Sebbn, seven
- Eight, eight
- Nine, nine
- Ten, ten
- Lebbn, eleven
- Twelbe, twelve
- Tirteen, thirteen
- Foteen, fourteen
- Fifteen, fifteen
- Sixteen, sixteen
- Sebbnteen, seventeen
- Eighteen, eighteen
- Nineteen, nineteen
- Twenty, twenty
- Tirty, thirty
- Forty, forty
- Fifty, fifty
- Sixty, sixty
- Sebbnty, seventy
- Eighty, eighty
- Ninety, ninety
- One hundud, one hundred
- One tousan, one thousand
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
- Jinnywerry, January
- Febbywerry, February
- Mache, March
- Aprul, April
- May, May
- June, June
- Jully, July
- Augus, August
- Sectember, September
- October, October
- Nowember, November
- December, December
DAYS OF THE WEEK
- Mundy, Monday
- Chuseday, Tuesday
- Wensday, Wednesday
- Tursday, Thursday
- Friday, Friday
- Sattyday, Saturday
- Sunday, Sunday