Manfri's Word List: H-P

H
hair - bal, balum, hummel
half - posh
halfbreed Gyspy - poshrat
hammer - deloméskro
hand - faster, morler, vast, wast
handkerchief - stook
hang, to - nash
happen, to - wel
har - haydi
hare - konéngri, morgan
hat - stardi
hatchet, a - chinner
haunted by a dead person - múladi
hay - kas
head - sharo, sherro
head person, foreman - shora, shura
hear, to - shoon
heart - ozi
heather, ling - griga
hedge - bor
hedgehog - hotchi
herbs used in cures - pattríensis
here - 'kai, 'koi (akai)
here - akai
hide, to - gav
hide, to - pug
high-court judge - pókinyos
hold, to - tool
honey - píshomgúdlo, spishi
hoof - petál
hops - lévinorméngris, scroops
horse - grai, groi, gry
horse-dealer - groiéngero, graiéngro
hot - tatti
house - ker, ken, kenner
house-dweller - kennick, keréngro
hundred - shel
hunger, hungry - bocklo: are you hungry? - si tut bocklo?
hungry - panish

I
I; me - mandi, man, me
ice - haréef
ill - nafli, násfalo
in, into, within - adrey, 'drey
inn - kitchima
iron - saster

J
Jesus Christ - Develésko mush
judge, magistrate - bístering mush

K
kettle - kaba, kavvi, kharvi, kekkávvi
kettle iron - kávvisáster, sásterkábakósh
kiss - chooma
knife - cheuri, churi
know, to; understand, to - jin

L
lady - rauni
lame - bungy, bongo
landlord - holéno
language - jib
lawyer - póokersaméngri
leaf - patrin
leave, let - muk
leek - póorami
leg - pero
leg; wheel of vehicle - hero
legend, story, fairy-tale - páttrimíshi
license, summons - slang
lie, fraud, deceit - hóokamen, hóckaben
life - jívaben
light - deram, dood
little, small - bitti
lock - klissin
long - duro
look, to; to see - dik
louse - joob
lousy - joobly
love - kom
love, friendship - kámmoben
love, to - kam
lovely, beautiful - odjus
luck - bak, bok: good luck - kushti bak
lucky - bakalo: happy - baktalo

M
magpie - kackarátchi
make, to or mend, to - fake
mallard - rómanirétchka
man - moosh, mush
man, chap, fellow - chal
mare - grasni
market, fair - foros
market; a fair - wélgora
married - romered, ramádo
marry, to - rummer
match - conger
meat - mas
milk - tood
mirror - dikkoméngro, dikkoglimmer; TV set - dinilo's dikkaméngro
money - poshes, wongur
monkey - púgurus
month - moon
moon - dood
mother - daia, dai
mule - moaker, mukka
my; mine - mandi's

N
naked - nongo
name - nav
name, word - lav
nanny-goat - stagni
nephew - palésko
niece - penyáki
night - rarti
nightingale - rártigíllichal
nine - inneon
no, not - kek, kekka
non-Gypsy - Gorgio, Gaujo
non-Gypsy man and woman - Geyro, Geyri
nose - nok
nut - petlar

O
obstinate (used mainly to describe a horse) - nappy
ocean; "the great salt water" - the bori lon pani
old - pooro, poori, puro
old mare recently in foal - tit
on the ground, in the field - prey o poov
on the river or lake - prey o pani
once - yéckorus
one - yak, yeck
onion - purum, strangli, strangler
other - wavver
owl - wéshimúlo
own - nogo
ox, bull - grov, groovno, gurno

P
parson - tompad, tonpad
partridge - bíttikánni
pay, to - pester
pea - boobi
peaceful, quiet - konyo
peacock - bárripóari
pear - ambrol, broller
pegs - faida
penis - kari
people - folki
pepper - táttikovi
petticoats - chuffas
pheasant - bárrikánni
pig - grunter
pigeon - wiffler
pike - moolyin matchi
pint - shant
pipe - swiggler
plate - skóodalin
play, to; do, to - kel
playing cards - wardis
plenty, enough - doosta
pocket - pootsi
poison - drab
policeman - baulo, gavver, gav mush, mushgro, musker
poor - chori
pot - cóokerell
potato - póover, poovéngro
pound note, a - bar
priest, parson, minister - rashái
prison, gaol - stíraben, stúraben
prophecy - drúkkerébema
prostitute - lóoverni
pub, ale-house, inn - lévinorkénna
pudding - gooi
pull, to - tarder
putting - chiving

taken from In the Life of a Romany Gypsy by Manfri Frederick Wood

A-G R-Y


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