Navigation
15 users online :: 15 Guests and 0 Registered
Most popular entries 
- Bush Medicine (132859 views)
- asue (95592 views)
- Slavery (91711 views)
- Buildings (88994 views)
- Festivals (84989 views)
- scornful (80594 views)
- slang (74569 views)
- blue hole (72633 views)
- souse water (69422 views)
- 's (63089 views)
Latest entries
- head: have a straight head (2014-02-19 13:25)
- 's (2013-03-22 01:17)
- Slavery (2013-03-22 01:07)
- laughing bird (2013-02-24 04:06)
- lart (2013-02-24 03:42)
W
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- wabby
[etym?] n. corn cake: 1966 Let we make a little wabby [corn cake] (Crowley 121). ... - waif
See WIFE. ... - wait on
[Car.; OED, obs. →1694, also US dial. ADD] v. to wait for: Erry time Rob drop me to them, he's gotty wait on me (Nassau). ... - walk
v.i. 1. [Atlantic;OED tojourney obs.→ 1513] to travel (on foot or by vehicle): 1940 "How'll you get back?" "Walk." "Walk? How? Across the sea?" "Oh, ... - walk about
/wohk bawl/ [MCC; cf. Krio meri-wakabot 'Mary walk about' a woman fond of not staying at home KED; cf. n. 2.] phr. to go out ... - walk here
[cf. Car. walk "used where Standard English would ordinarily use come or go" DIE; cf. also OED walk to go (without hesitation) arch.] phr. come ... - walk on your mouth
See MOUTH. ... - walk sloppy
phr. (of women) to swing the hips provocatively when walking. (Black) ... - walk good
[Atlantic; a calque on African idioms, e.g. Twi nante yiye or Tshiluba ends bimpe, both 'walk well' (Emanuel 1972:90); cf. also SA go well and ... - walking: somebody walking
[cf. OED walk to appear (of a ghost)] phr. There's a ghost about (said when something moves suddenly for no apparent reason). cf. SOMEBODY TRAVELING ... - walking sticks
[OED, a stick carried in the hand when walking] n. pl. stilts. = JOHNNY WALKERS, STICKS (Nassau) 216 ... - waller
/wála, vála/ v. I. [Car.; cf. OED wallow idem rare; Scots waller to roll on the ground CSD, also US dial. ADD] to roll about ... - wamper
[possibly from vampire, alluding to its sucking of blood] n. a mosquito. (San Sal.) ... - wampus, wampers
See WUMPERS. ... - want
[OED idem obs. -1684; also US NYC dial.] v., absolute to desire: 1966 The boy want. (Crowley 121). (Gen.) ... - waposta
/wapówsta/ [cf. OED impostume a purulent swelling obs? →1842] n. a large boil. (Andros) ... - warm belly
[cf. OED warm eager, impatient + Cr. belly as seat of emotions, e.g. MCC, Krio good-belly goodheartedness KED] adj. greedy. (Black) ... - war wife
n. an Englishwoman, often with children, evacuated to the Bahamas for safety during World War II (Dupuch p.c.). cf. VACKY 1371. vacky ... - was
INV Car.; cf. US dial. "I wasn't done it" ADD; from was in past progressive, but influenced semantically by African preverbal markers of anteri-or (see ... - washerwoman
[possibly from use as soap substitute; cf. WOMAN WASH BUSH] n. a plant, Achyranthes repens: 1920 (Britton 127). (Exuma) ... - wash-hand
[cf. OED wash-hand stand wash stand] n. the act of washing the hands: I could have a wash-hand? [i.e. May I wash my hands?]. (Black) ... - wash-off
[US dial. South, a bath ADD.] n. a bath with a wash cloth without a tub or shower: Catch a wash-off (Eleu.) cf. CAT WASH, ... - wash-tub bass
[cf. TIN-TUB BASS for description] n. a musical instrument. (Eleu.) cf. ... - washwoman's bush
[possibly from use as soap substitute] n. a prickly shrub, Datura stramonium: 1920 (Britton 386). = THORNY APPLE cf. WOMAN WASH BUSH (Exuma) ... - wash your skin
[Atlantic; cf. SKIN body, or quasi reflexive] v. phr. to wash (oneself or another): 1918 Mommer, come wash my skin (Parsons 126). (Gen.) ... - wass, wasses
/wahs, wahsiz/ [cf. W Car, was wasp; cf. US dial. South wassies wasps ADD; from simplification of final consonant cluster of wasp, then addition of ... - waste
[by passivization] vi. 1. to be wasted; to go to waste: 1925 Better for belly burst than good victual waste (Finlay 294). 2. [cf. WASTE MOON] ... - waste moon
[cf. OED waste (of the moon) to wane obs.→ 1600; but see quot. for folk etym.] n. the waning moon: You shouldn't plant at waste ... - watch
[cf. Krio wachpοt 'watch pot' to sit around a pot on the fire, hoping to receive some of the meal KED] v. (of a visitor ... - watch your stitches, watch your ass
[cf. DHS watch out idem; cf. ASS as quasi reflexive] v. phr. to be careful: 1973 Dey better watch their ass (Mis-sick 22). You better ... - water banana
[etym. uncertain, but cf. DJE white-house banana] n. a variety of banana. = HOG BANANA ... - water bottom
[W Car.] n. the ocean floor. (Black) ... - watergate
[DHS female pudenda; perhaps influ-enced by the CS political scandal of the 1970's; cf. EIDNE II] n. an American woman tourist, especially as courted by ... - water-head baby
n. a hydrocephalic infant: They get bout three water-head baby in the Princess Margaret Hospital (Nassau). (Gen.) ... - water pussley
[cf. OED water purslane (Ludwigia palustris) and PUSSLEY] n. an edible plant (sp?) which grows in swamps. (Andros) ... - water top
[W Car.; also Gul. (Gonzales 1924:57)] n. the surface of the water. (Black) ... - Watling's Island
[see quot.] n. the former name of San Salvador, a major island of the Bahamas: 1786 Watling I. (Fenning & Collyer, map follow-ing p. 56). ... - wattles
[OED, stakes used to form wails and roofs] n. a heavy forked stick used to support a house. cf. CRUTCH (Long, Exuma) ... - wattle tree
[cf. DIE wattle-wood (Laetia thamnia)] n. a tree (sp?) whose branches are used in making certain kinds of STRAW WORK. (Andros, Eleu.) ... - waxinate
See VACCINATE. ... - way
See WHERE. ... - way: he ways on
(Nassau); his way is on (San Sal.) [cf. Scots way anger CSD; DES in a way in a state of vexation] phr. He is in ... - wayside bean
n. a plant, Vigna sp., which has pale blue or lilac-colored flowers and bears pods. (Exuma, Eleu.) ... - we
obj. pron. [Car.; also dial. in Brit. (OED), US (ADD)] us: 1918 Let we go now (Parsons 117). 1966 All of we in the forest ... - weak back:have (or got) weak back
[cf. BACK] phr. 1. to have a weak bladder: That boy got weak back-he does wet he bed every night (Eleu.). (Black) 2. [cf. Trin. ... - weak head
[cf. US Black weak head immature out-look (Folb); Haititian te′t faible naive (Gaujean p.c.); OLD weak-headed idem] adj. dull-witted: 1940 Dem weak-head boys (Dupuch 1). ... - weak heart: have a weak heart
[cf. OED weak-hearted lacking in courage] phr. to lack courage: He heart dead weak-he even ain' get the courage to face him (Nassau). (Black) ... - wealthy off
/welti ohf/ [probably a merging of wealthy + well off] adj. rich: 1966 He guess they'll be more wealthy, wealthy off in life (Crowley 55). ... - weather, wedder
/weda/ [Car.; OED idem, now dial, and nautical] n. bad weather; a storm: 1888 Daylight found us battling with a headwind and an angry sea. ... - wectation
[from vexation] n. a state of anger or annoyance. (Nassau, Mayag.) ... - wedding husband
[cf. Jam, husband man (affectionate), whence sense of 'marrying man' (Cas-sidy p.c.)] n. 1. bridegroom: 1918 You shall be my wedding husband (Parsons 68). (Black) ... - well
adv. 1. (Car. DJE; OED idem, formerly com-mon but now only in set phr., e.g. well aware] very, greatly (before adj., past participles): The Queen's ... - well-bredded
[by hypercorrection] adj. well bred: 1929 Although she was a native of these islands and born of poor parents, she told me she was "well-breaded' ... - well done!
[Car.; from ironic use] phr. (of some-thing shocking) I can hardly believe it! (Gen.) ... - well shack
n. a well house; a structure with a roof but no walls over an open well, with seats for conversing in the shade. cf. GABBY ... - went
[Trim idem (Winer); by hypercorrection] v. to go: 1918 She had to went (Parsons 17). (Inagua) ... - west'ard
/westad/ [US dial. North, nautical pronunciation ADD] adj. westward: 1936 (Dupuch 130). cf. EAST'ARD, NORTH'ARD, SOUTH'ARD (Gen.) 807. east'ard ... - wet or wet up
v. 1.]cf. UP adv.] to drench: A truck come by and wet me up (Nassau). (Black) 2. to become wet: I aint wettin' [said by ... - what
/wa, va/ [Car.; also dial. in Brit. (Orton S5), US (ADD)] rel. pron. who, which, that: 1895 De boy met whole lot o' people swat ... - wha's
/was/ [W Car.; US Black (Labov 1972a:116); cf. Scots wha who, wha's who is CSD] interg. what is: 1936 (Dupuch 130). cf. LE'S (Black) ... - what o'clock
phr. [W Car.; Gul. idem (Smiley 1919:376); cf. how much o'clock in Trin. (Winer), Krio (KED) and DJE what how much; cf. Bartlett 1848 time: ... - what's happening
/was ipnin/ [cf. US Black idern, a greeting synonymous with "hello" (Claerbaut); Cf. Sp. ¿ Que pasa? a greeting (lit, what is hap-pening?)] phr. a greeting: ... - what side
[Atlantic; cf. SIDE] interg. where?, which way? What side he want me put it? (Nassau). cf. THIS SIDE, THAT SIDE, WHICH PART?, WHICH SIDE? (Black) ... - wheel
[cf. US colloq, wheels idem] n. a bicycle: 1936 I stop ridin'. I lay muh weel down on d' sidewalk (Dupuch 13). (Gen.) ... - wheel-of-the-sea
See VEAL-OF-THE-SEA. 1375. veal-of-the-sea ... - whenever time
[W Car.] conj. whenever. (Gen.) ... - When you see so
[Car.] phr. You can be sure. (Black) ... - where, whey, way
/we/ [Car.; cf. Brit. dial. North whe who, which EDD ] adv. 1. where? (interg): 1896 Whey Brer Bobby live? (Edwards 99). 1970 Mammie, way ... - whether
[by hypercorrection of if, equivalent else-where in quoted yes/no questions ("She asked if/whether. . .")] conj. if: Whether you have only a high school or ... - whether if
conj. whether: 1940 Dey wuz goes tawk . .bout wedder if iley gun have lection (Dupuch 30). (Black) ... - whey
See WHERE. ... - which
[cf. US Black "Takes smart mens put it up, which I'm not one" (Loman 1967:97); OED idem "in erroneous or illogical use"] conj.--like particle. introduces ... - whichin
[also Guy. (Hancock 1969:67), Gul. (Gonzales 1922:338)] pron. which. (Black) ... - which part
[Car.; cf, also Krio uspat idem (Han-cock 1969:66); cf. Port. Cr. ke šitu (lit, what place) idem (Ivens Ferraz 1979:72); probably a calque: cf. Igbo olεε ... - which side
[Pan-Creole; cf. Cr. Fr. ki kote (lit. which side) where? (Taylor 1977:171; Baker 1972:124); probably an African calque; see SIDE, WHICH PART] interrg. where?, which ... - while:a good little while
[cf. OED good qualifying a definite statement of quantity, to indicate an amount not less, and usually greater, than what is stated] phr. (for) a ... - whilks
[Car.; OED whilk variant of whelk] n. sing. or pl. an edible shellfish, Cittarium pica, resemb-ling a small snail: 1782 Their shell-fish are conques. . ... - whip
[etym. uncertain; cf. US Black nail a male person (Claerbaut)] n. (among young males) a good friend: my whip (Exuma). cf. JACK, STAR ... - whips
[OED whip an object resembling a whip] n. the antenna of a crawfish: When you look through the glass, you could see the whips jucking ... - whippry
/wípri/, whipper [W Car.; cf. OED whip-ray and whipperee US1 n. a fish, the manta ray (Manta birostris): 1941 They comb their hair with a ... - whirlwind
(Eleu.), whirlwind puff (Andros) [cf. OED whirlwind a rotating wind, often violent and destructive; whirl-puff idem obs.→ 1637] n. a light puff of wind which ... - whistling bean
[from the sound of its pods rat-tling in the wind] n. a tree, Albizia lebbeck: 1920 (Britton 157). = MUSIC TREE, SINGER TREE, WOMAN'S TONGUE ... - white beefwood
[DJE idem (S. chrysophylloides); from its grayish bark] n. a tree, Schoepfla obovata: 1920 (Britton 111). (Gen.) ... - white bell
[from the color and shape of its flowers] n. an ornamental shrub, Datura sp.: 1978 White bell ... The leaves and flowers are allowed to ... - white bird
[DAR different sp.; from its plumage] n. the white egret, Egretta thula: 1918 B'o' White-Bud (Parsons 110). = WHITE GAULIN (San Sal.) ... - white bob
[cf. (Mandinka?) toubob European, in Alex Haley's Roots (seen on Bah. television)] n. a white person (youth slang). (San Sal.) ... - white cane
[Car.; from its whitish skin] n. a variety of sugar cane, Saccharum sp. (Black) ... - white catnip
[from the color of its flowers] n. 1. catnip (Nepeta cataria) as opposed to BLUE CATNIP (Nepeta coerulea): 1889 (Gardner 400). cf. CATNIP (Exuma, Andros) ... - white crab
[DJE idem; from its light-gray shell] n. a land crab, Cardisorna guanhumi, considered a delicacy: 1978 (Campbell 47). = WHITEY 2, POND CRAB cf. BLACK ... - white elder
n. a plant, Sambucus intermedia, used medicinally: 1978 White elder. . is perhaps the most popular plant used as a bush medicine. Applied as a ... - white flamingo
[W Car.] n. a variety of flamingo with white plumage. (Black) ... - white gaulin
[W Car.; cf. GAULIN heron] n. the snowy heron or white egret (Egretta thula): 1972 (Paterson 28). = WHITE BIRD (Black) 1622. white bird ... - white-head
n. 1. [from its plumage] the white-crowned pigeon, Columba leucocephala: 1972 (Paterson 83). = WILD PIGEON (Black) 2. [DJE idem, "with clumps of small flowers ... - white land
[cf. Scots idem, land which is not moss or peat CSD] n. land near the sea, consisting mainly of coral sand: 1888 white land or ... - white malt
[cf. DAE white marl idem; by hypercorrection] n. chalky mud deposits on the sea floor. cf. SEA RUT (Andros) ... - white on rice
See STICK LIKE WHITE ON RICE. ... - white pussley
[from its white flowers and resem-blance to PUSSLEY purslane] n. a shrub, Heliotropiurn inaguense: 1920 (Britton 364). (Black) ... - white roach
[cf. Car, white cockroach idem DJE] n. a derogatory name for a Negroid albino. (Eleu.) ... - white sage
[DIE idem (L. camara); cf. SAGE] n. a plant, Lantana involucrata: 1977 (Patterson 120). = BIG SAGE, WILD (WHITE) SAGE. (Gen.) ... - white-shield coot
[from the white frontal shield over its beak] n. a bird, the American coot (Fulica americana): 1972 (Paterson 53). (Eleu.) ... - white-skin cassava
[cf. Car, white cassada idem DIE; from its light color] n. a plant, sweet cassava (Manihot sp.) or its edible tuber. = WHITE STICK (Andros, ... - white spinach
[from its light-colored leaves, which resemble SPINACH I n. a plant, Basella alba: 1889 (Gardner 402). = INDIAN SPINACH (Black) ... - white-stick (cassava)
[Car.; from its light color; cf. STICK 2] n. a plant, sweet cassava (Manihot sp.) or its edible tuber. = WHITE-SKIN CASSAVA (Gen.) ... - white stopper
[cf. STOPPER] n. a tree, Eugenia axillaris: 1977 (Patterson 81). = ROD WOOD (Gets.) ... - white stopper
[cf. STOPPER] n. a tree, Eugenia axillaris: 1977 (Patterson 81). = ROD WOOD (Gets.) ... - white torch
n. a tree, Amyris elemifera, with white flowers and black berries: 1977 (Patterson 99).Cf. BLACK TORCH, SWEET TORCH (Gen.) ... - white town
[cf. TOWN] n. an area where white people live. (Eleu.) ... - white water
[cf. Cayman "Where the white water begins refers to the reef" (Kohlman 1969:26); cf. OED 1803 Bah. quot. idem, others 'water with breakers or foam, as in ... - whitey
[US Black idem (Major); cf. OED whity a white man, one quot. 1828] n. 1. a white person (not necessarily derogatory), or anything white: 1928 Whitey sent whitey ... - who
[Trin. idem (Winer); cf. Brit., US colloq. "Michael who?"] interg. used to ask the surname: "Da's Michael." "Who Michael?" "Michael Smith" (Exuma). (Black) —rel. pron. [OED, arch, or literary] ... - who-all
[US dial. South, Mid idem ADD; also SA "translation of Afrikaans wie-almal, lit. 'who-everyone'"; cf. YOU-ALL, US-ALL] interg. who? Who-all live there? (Nassau). Who-all comin' ... - who and you?
interg. phr. who else besides you? "Who and you sleep home now?" "Them children come when they feel like" (Acklins). ... - wholesale
[OED, profusely, indiscriminately] adv. with everything on: They sold the car wholesale [i.e. without removing the accessories] (Nassau). She jump in the water wholesale [without removing her clothes] (Nassau), ... - whole step of the way
[cf. OED step a short journey obs.→1733] n. phr. the whole way. (Gen.) ... - whop
[Atlantic; OED colloq. or vulgar] v. to strike or beat, with or without an instrument. (Black) ... - whop-up
[cf. whopped beaten (until useless) + UP intensifier] adj. I. (of a machine or instrument) non-functional, inoperative. (Black) 2. ungainly: She think she cute with her whop' ... - whore's nest
[cf. OED horse-nest mare's nest obs.→1639] n. something very untidy. cf. HOG-NEST, HURRAH NEST (White) ... - who want buy?
[MCC idem; also Gul. (Parsons 1 923 : 69); cf. lbo onye chue go azu (lit, who want buy fish) fish for sale! (Okolo p.c.)] phr. for sale! (street ... - wicky
adj. [cf. Gul. wickitty wicked (Gonzales 1924:116); from wicked] wicked: 1966 (Crowley 29). (Andros) —n. the buttocks (vulgar). (San Sal.) ... - widge
[from wags /wagz > wadz > wadzh > widzh/; cf. SUDGE Suds] v. to wag: The whale. ..widge his tail (COB). (Nassau) ... - wife
/wayf (Gen.); weyf (Cat)/ [cf. Sra. wefi, Krio wef (Alleyne 40), Cam. wεf CCD, all 'wife': Car. an overseer's mistress DJE; cf. also US dial. South wife ... - wiggle
[OED, to waggle] v. (of dogs) to wag (the tail): I think when they wiggle they tail they 's be happy (Nassau). (Black) ... - wigs
n. sing. or pl. wig: She got a wigs on her head (Nassau). ... - wild: go wild in the bush
[cf. OED run wild to revert to a state of nature; cf. BUSH hinterland] phr. (of whites) to go native; to be on intimate terms ... - wild
[cf. OED, of a plant: not cultivated] adj. (in plant names) applied to species resembling but not identical with the species that rightfully bears the name. See ... - wild avocado
n. a tree, Caesaria guidonia: 1977 (Patterson 23). (Exuma) ... - wild balsam apple
n. a plant, Momordica charantic: 1920 (Britton 425). = CERASEE (Exuma) ... - wild bamboo
n. a plant (sp?): 1978 Small cane . .resembles wild bamboo (Higgs 13). (Gen.) ... - wild basil, wild bassly
n. 1 [W Car.; cf. BASSLY ] a plant, Ocimum micranthum: 1920 (Britton 380). (Exuma, Nassau) 2. a plant, Hyptis suaveolens: 1920 (Britton 380). ... - wild bush bean
[cf. DAE wild bean (P. diversifolius)] n. a pod-bearing plant, Phaseolus lathyroides: 1920 (Britton 194). (Exuma, San Sal.) ... - wild cane
[W Car, different sp.; from its resemblance to sugar cane] n. a plant, Lasiacis divaricata: 1920 (Britton 25). = CANE GRASS cf. SMALL CANE (Gen.) ... - wild canella
[cf. Sp. canela cinnamon] n. the wild cinnamon tree, Canella alba or C. winterana: 1889 (Gardner 365). cf. BAHAMA WHITE-WOOD BARK (Eleu., Exuma) ... - wild cassada, wild cassava
[W Car, different sp.] n. a plant: 1835 Starch. . .made from the wild Cassada (Journal 40). 1905 Dipholis salcifolia . . .Wild Cassada (Shattuck 205). ... - wild cherry
[from its cherry-like fruit] n. a tree, Malpighia sp., and its fruit: 1788 The Jamaica or "Wild Cherries", Malpighia glabra and urens, which bear pleasant, sourish berries, not ... - wild coco
[W Car. Eulophia alta; cf. Coco] n. a trailing plant (sp?) bearing gourds formerly used to bail boats. (Black) ... - wild coffee
[W Car. various sp.; also Gul. (Gonzales 1924:46)] n. a plant: 1905 Colubrina colubrina (Shattuck 225). 1910 Myrstiphyllum undatum (Northrop 186). 1920 Psychotria undata (Britton ... - wild custard apple
[cf. CUSTARD APPLE] n. a tree, Anona aquatica, and its fruit: 1835 (Journa 47). = CORKWOOD, POND APPLE (Black) ... - wild dilly
see WILD SAPODILLA ... - wild down
[see quot.] n. a shrub, Calotropus procera: 1920 (Britton 341). Wild down looks like grass; it has a long stalk with wooly cotton which is picked ... - wild eddy
[from the resemblance of its inedible tubers to those of EDDY] n. a plant, Sansevieria trifasciata. LION TONGUE, SILK MANELLA (Black) ... - wild fig
/wayl fiyg/ [DAE, any one of the wild Ficus sp.] n. 1. a tree: 1804 Under a wild fig tree (McKinnen, quoted by Albury 1975:65), 1889 ... - wild geranium
[W3 different sp.] n. a plant, Ambrosia hispida: 1977 Wild geranium.. .is a lovely, lacey-looking vine that grows ... - wild ginger
[Car. idem (Costus spicatus) DJE] n. a plant: 1889 Wild ginger. . .Costus sp? (Gardner 353). Purple orchid tubers (Bletia purpurea) wild made into tea are ... - wild grape
n. 1. [DAE, any grapevine ( Vitis sp.)] a vine, Vitis munsoniana, bearing black berries: 1920 (Britton 259). (Black) 2. [DJE, any of various sp. of Coccolobaj a ... - wild guava
[W Car. (Psidium guayabita); from the guava-like fruit] n. a shrub: 1905 Tetrazygia bicolor (Shattuck 207). 1920 Anamomis bahamensis (Britton 306). 1977 Catesbaea spinosa (Patterson 63). Psidium longipes ... - wild hibiscus
[from its showy pink blossoms] n. a shrub, Phymosia abutiloides: 1977 (Patterson 15). (Black) ... - wild licorice, wild liquorice
[DJE idem] n. a vine, Abrus precatorius, which smells of licorice: 1889 (Gardner 377). = BEAD VINE, BLACK-EYED SUSAN, MACKABEE, RED-EYE SUZY (Inagua, Exuma) ... - wild madeira
[from its resemblance to MADEIRA WOOD] n. a tree, Alvaradoa amorphoides: 1977 (Patterson 107). + TASSEL PLANT (Black) ... - wild mammee
[Car. different sp.; cf. MAMEE] n. a tree: 1905 Lucuma multiflora ... wild mammee (Shattuck 220). 1956 Clusia rosea (Higgs 4). = AUTOGRAPH TREE (Exuma) ... - wild manilla
[from its resemblance to MANELLA] n. a plant (Agave sp?). (Black) ... - wild mulberry
n. a plant, Morinda royoc: 1910 (Northrop 186). cf. LIMBURGER VINE (Exuma) ... - wild mustard
[W3 different sp.] n. a plant: 1835 Cleome pentaphylla. Wild mustard ... this plant, cooked like spinach, is much eaten ... The leaves, boiled or ... - wild okra
[DJE idem (H. abelmoschus); from its resemblance to okra (H. esculentus)] n. a shrub, Hibiscus brittonianus: 1977 (Patterson 15). (Black) ... - wild olive
[W Car. various sp.] n. a tree: 1782 They have ... the Lucca olive, as well as the wild kind (Bruce, quoted by Albury 1975:80). ... - wild onion
[DAE different sp.; from its onion-like bulb] n. 1. a plant wich grows on trees: 1910 Tillandsia bulbosa ... "wild onion" on mangroves in the ... - wild orange
[DJE, W3 different sp.] n. a pod-bearing tree, Capparis cynophallophora: 1977 (Patterson 33). (Black) ... - wild pear
[W Car. different sp.; from its fruit, which is shaped like and smells like the northern pear but is inedible] n. a tree, Clethra tinifolia: 1889 (Gardner ... - wild pigeon
n. the white-crowned pigeon, Columba leucocephala: 1972 (Paterson 85). = WHITE-HEAD 1 (Gen) ... - wild pine, wild pineapple
[cf. Car, wild pine idem DSE; from their resemblance to the PINE or pineapple plant] n. epiphytic plants of the genus Tillandsia: 1788 A parasitical ... - wild pussley
[cf. PUSSLEY] n. a plant (sp?). (Gen) ... - wild saffron
n. a plant, Bumelia loranthifolia: 1920 (Britton 323). = MILKBERRY cf. SAFFRON (Exuma) ... - wild sage
[DJE idem] n. a plant, Lantana sp.: 1889 Lantana crocea or L. involucrata (Gardner 398). cf. BIG SAGE, WHITE SAGE (Gen.) ... - wild salve
n. a shrub, Helicteres semitriloba: 1920 (Britton 276). (Black) ... - wild sapodilla, wild dilly
[cf. DILLY sapodilla) n, a tree or its fruit: 1905 Wild sapodilla. . .Mimusops sieberi (Shattuck 222). 1910 M. dissecta, M. floridana (Northrop 123,174). 1920 Wild dilly... ... - wild sisal
n. a plant, Furcraea macrophylla: 1920 (Britton 77). (Black) ... - wild spice
n. the allspice tree, Pimenta dioica. = SWEET SPICE cf. SPICE TREE (Nassau, San Sal.) ... - wild star-apple
[Car. DJE] n. a tree, Chrysophyllum oliviforme: 1889 (Gardner 390). = OLIVE PLUM, SAFFRON cf. DAMSON PLUM (Exuma, Inagua) ... - wild tamarind
/wayl tambran/ [DJE different sp.] n. a tree, Lysiloma sp.: 1905 Lysiloma (Wild Tamarind) (Shattuck 202). 1920 Lysiloma bahamensis (Britton 158). cf. MONKEY TAMBRAN (Gem) ... - wild thyme
[DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Rhachicallis americana: 1910 (Northrop 184). = HOG BUSH, SALT-WATER BUSH, SANDFLY BUSH (Inagua) ... - wild thyme
[DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Rhachicallis americana: 1910 (Northrop 184). = HOG BUSH, SALT-WATER BUSH, SANDFLY BUSH (Inagua) ... - wild tobacco
n. 1. [W Car. (Pluchea sp.) "from the shape of the leaf" DJEj a plant, Pluchea odorata: 1920 (Britton 445). = COUGH BUSH, SOUR BUSH (Black) 2. ... - wild watermelon
[from the appearance of its fruit] n. a climbing plant, Passiflora cuprea, a kind of passion flower: 1910 (Northrop 169). = DEVIL'S PUMPKIN (Eleu.) ... - wild white sage
n. a plant, Lantana involucrata, used medicinally: 1978 (Higgs 23). = BIG SAGE, WHITE SAGE, WILD SAGE (Black) ... - wild wormwood
[DJE idem] n. a plant, Parrhenium hysterophorus: 1889 (Gardner 388).= POUND-CAKE BUSH 1, WHITE-HEAD 2 (Exuma) ... - wild yam
[W Car., various sp.; from their edible tubers) n. a plant: 1889 Rajania hastata (Gardner 357); Cissus sicyoides (ibid 373). 1905 Maurandia antirrhiniflora (Shattuck 263). 1920 Rajania ... - wine
[W Car.; cf. DSS wine dark navy rum, nautical] n. rum. (Black) ... - wind
/wayn/ [Car.; OED wind to writhe, wriggle obs. except dial.] v. 1. to gyrate the hips provocatively in walking or dancing. (Black) 2. (of worms) to ... - wind
/win(d)/ [OED, to deprive of breath] v. to let the air out of a deepwater fish: When you pull it from deep, fish got wind-all ... - wind at somebody
/wayn/ [cf. WIND 1] v. to gyrate the hips at somebody insultingly or provocatively. cf. BAKIMBA (Andros) ... - winding bakimba
See BAKIMBA ... - Windward Islands
[cf. the prevailing Bah. winds out of the southeast; elsewhere the term refers to the southern group of the Lesser Antilles] n. the southeastern islands of the ... - wine purp
[cf. OED wind pipe, with the alternate pronunciation /waynd payp/, via simplification of the final consonant cluster of /waynd/ and hypercorrection of /ay/ in /payp/ to ... - wing
[OED, occasionally applied to the enlarged fins of flying fishes; DHS wing an arm, nautical]. n. 1. the fin of a fish. (Mayag.) 2. the wing-like front leg of ... - winge
/winj/ [cf. Brit. dial. East winge to shrivel, as fruit kept too long obs. 1 v, to wilt (a plant) over heat. cf. SWINGE 2 (Black) ... - wingey
/wínji/ [W Car,; cf. WINGE] adj. small, puny: He give me one li'l wingey piece o' melon (Nassau). cf. SQUINCHY, TINCHY (Black) ... - wing-worm
n. 1. [from the wing-like appendages with which it propels itself] a sea creature, the pteropod (Clio sp.): 1788 Two species of wing- worms (Clio), the ... - winter('s) cherry
n. a plant, Physalis linkiana: 1889 (Gardner 396). (Exuma) ... - wipe-off
n. washing the body with a cloth without using a tub or shower: Catch a wipe-off (Exuma). = CAT WASH, COW BOY, WASH OFF (Black) ... - wipe off
[OED idem obs. → 1672] v. to cut off with a blow: 1918 Hunterman draw his long knife, an' he wipe off de monkey nine ... - wire-peg
[cf. PEG] n. a fish spear: 1977 The early settlers caught some [fish] with hand lines, and speared some with what were called "wire-pegs" (Albury ... - wire weed
[DJE, W3 different sp.; from its wiry stems] n. a small shrub, Sida carpinifolia, with yellow flowers whose stems are used to make brooms: 1889 (Gardner ... - wise woman
[OED a woman skilled in magic, now dial, or arch.; Scots a witch or herbalist CSD; cf. also Haitian fanm-say, Fr. sage-femme idem TDKF] n, a woman ... - witch
[OED idem →1801; from the attributive n.] adj. bewitched: 1918 It was a witch cocoanut (Parsons 96). (Inagua, San Sal.) -n. in the phrase: work witch (US Black ... - witch bush
n. a grass-like plant (sp?): 1974 (Bullard 84). (Grand Bah.) ... - witchcraft
[cf. Gul. witchcraft 'ooman (Writers' Program 1940:49)) n. witch or wizard: 1918 Dere's an ol' man once, seemed to be a witchcraf', cuttin' down de trees wi' ... - witchman
[also Cam. CCD, Krio KED, Gul. (Parsons 1923:25); OED idem] n. a man who practices witchcraft: 1918 Ol' witch-man (Parsons 95). (Black) ... - witch-woman
[also Cam. CCD, Krio KED; Scots idem CSD] n. witch: 1918 His mother was a witch-woman (Parsons 69). (Black) ... - witchy
[OED idem; cf. Scots witchy witch-like EDD] adj. 1. magically endowed: 1966 (Crowley 29). (Black) 2. like (that of) a witch: That cat lookin' all skinny and witchy [of ... - with
prep. 1. [Trin. idem (Winer); OED "after full, now replace by of"] in the phrase: full with: I had a pot full with water (COB). ... - wither-up
/wída op/ [cf. OED withered of the body; shrivelled up by disease or age] adj. (of people) thin; gaunt, cf. VILLID UP (Andros) ... - withery
/wídari/ [cf. OED idem, wilting, inclined to wither rare] adj. (of people) wrinkled from age: They got some withery old woman live in that same ... - within myself
[cf. OED within oneself mentally, without outward expression] phr. as for me; privately: Within myself I do agree with some of the people's complaints (COB). ... - with pickin
[cf. with child and PICKIN', PICKANINNY child] phr. pregnant (old term). (Eleu.) ... - wobble
[OED to move from side to side] v. to walk with a limp. (Eleu., Exuma) ... - woman
/wúman, úman/ [Pan-Creole; cf. Port. cf. bwe mwala cow (from Port. bol ox + mulher woman) (Ivens Ferraz 1979: 60), cf. Haitian man-man bef vache ... - woman head: have woman head on her body
phr. (of a woman) to have mature judment: 1974 Her pa een no good and she ma een gat no woman head on she body ... - woman's tongue
[Car.; DJE 1909→] n. a tree, Albizzia lebbek: 1880 Trees ... [with] seeds like the bean, in pods... about eight inches long, which, being swayed ... - woman wash bush
[from its use as a soap substitute] n. a shrub (sp?). cf. WASHWOMAN'S BUSH (Mayag.) ... - Wong
[from a Chinese surname well known in Nassau] n. a Chinese person (slang). cf. LEEKIE (Black) ... - wood dove
/wúdav, wúdow/ [OED different sp.; cf. Scots wood-doo stock dove CSD] n. a large dove, Zenaida amabilis: 1880 (Cory 138). (Gen.) ... - wood-gather
[cf. OED wool-gathering indulging in wandering thoughts or idle fancies; influenced by wood] adj. absentminded: My head get all wood-gather (Nassau). ... - wood-packer
[cf. /e, a/ alternation in DREG drag, DRAGS dregs, etc.] n, the woodpecker. cf. WOODY-PECKER (Eleu., Andros) ... - woods
[from the mass noun] count n., pl. pieces of wood; boards: If a hurricane is coining, cover all the glass windows with woods (COB). Plywoods (Nassau). cf. ... - wood skin
[Pan Creole; cf. Djuka udu-bubu (lit. wood skin) bark (Alleyne 114); cf. LA Fr. lapo bwa (lit, skin-wood) bark (Taylor 1956:410); an African calque: cf. ... - woody pecker, woody woodpecker
[cf. Woody Woodpecker, a cartoon character] n. woodpecker. cf. WOODPACKER (Eleu., White) ... - work
[DJE idem; OED, to practice (an occupation) arch., to do (something harmful) obs. →1613] v. to practice (witchcraft): 1918 De ol' woman work obeah (Parsons 138). 1917 ... - work field
(Gen.); work the field (Andros) [cf. OED work till, cultivate (land)] v. phr. to do farm work; to be a small farmer: All them work field, ... - work out
[Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:40); cf. OED out away from a recognized place] phr. to work (as a maid) in someone else's home: 1918 She was workin' out. ... - work witch
See WITCH ... - work your head
[cf. OED work to exercise (a faculty)] phr. to use one's intelligence: 1936 Nassau peepul cud wurk dey head (Dupuch 86). (Gen.) ... - worm
See WORRUM ... - worm-da-fuse
[from vermifuge] n. a plant (sp?) used medicinally for worms. (Exuma, Grand Bah.) ... - wormwood, wormvine
[OED, DAE different sp.] n. a climbing plant, Vanilla articulata: 1910 (Northrop 148). = LINK-VINE (Black) ... - worrum
/wóram, vóyam/ [Atlantic (Hancock 1969: 48); cf. OED wurem 13th century, and worom worm in Brit. dial. West EDD, US dial. South ADD; the epenthetic vowel has ... - worry
n. [cf. Atlantic wari idem (Hancock 1969: 54), from Twi wáre, Fante oware idem DJE, influenced by worry] a game played on a board with two ... - worry
v. [OED, to vex with reiterated demands; to cause distress of mind] 1. to bother (to do something): Don't worry to close the door (Eleu.). (Gen.) 2. to ... - worser
/wó(y)sa/ [Car.; OED, formerly standard, now dial.] adj., adv. worse: 1940 And d' peepul —why da's wusser (Dupuch 43). (Gen.) ... - worsest
/wó(y)sis/ [Car.; dial. in Brit. (EDD), US (ADD)] adj., adv. worst: Tha's the worsest I ever see him look (Nassau). (Gen) ... - worth
/wo(y)t/ [W Car.] v. to be worth: 1940 Y' toughts don't worth a cupshell (Dupuch 49). That old kaprang he call he bicycle can't worth nothing ... - would, woulda
[Car.; from would('ve); cf. interchangeable use of COULD, COULDA and SHOULD, SHOULDA] preverbal marker 1. will: 1918 If you can't call Auntie name, I wouldn' pay you ... - wrack
[OED wrack a wrecked ship dial.; the goods therefrom arch. ] n. a shipwreck; the wreckage which washes ashore: 1832 Heard of a wrack being at Graham's ... - wracking
[cf. OED wrecking idem, Bah. quot. 1804→] n. salvaging goods from a wrecked ship: 1788 Some call it "going a raking" from "to rake", searching for ... - wreck
[probably from the association of goods from shipwrecks coming as gifts] n. the birth of a child: 1977 The birth of a child was referred ... - wrastle, rassle
/ras1/ v. 1. [also Scots (CSD), US dial. (ADD)] to wrestle, struggle: 1918 His head get jam in de shoal, so he wrestle an' wrastle until he ... - wriggle
[OED, to writhe, squirm] v. (of dogs) to wag (the tail). cf. WIGGLE (Andros) ... - write
(Black) v. [cf. Trin, write fuh she idem (Winer); ] Also write the house (Eleu.) to write a letter asking for a girl's hand in marriage: ... - wrong
See GIVE SOMEBODY ALL THE RIGHT/WRONG. ... - wrong side
[W Car.; cf. OED wrong side out idem] adj. phr. (of clothing) inside out: 1979 Put on the wrong side (La Roda 71). (Gen.) ... - wrop
OED, a dial, variant of wrap, formerly more current] v. to wrap: Take the big blanket and wrop him up (Acklins). ... - wumpers, wampus, wampers
/wómpaz/ [cf. Cayman warn pers idem (Fuller 69)1 n. sing. or pl. a sandal made from the rubber of a car tire: 1942 The wampus is cut out ... - woman head: have woman head on her body
phr. (of a woman) to have mature judgment: 1974 Her pa een no good and she ma een gat no woman head on she body ... - wild oak
n. a tree: 1910 Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Northrop 163). 1920 Lasiocroton bahamensis (Britton 227). 1977 Bucida buceras (Patterson 61). cf. LIGHTWOOD 1, OLIVE BARK, WILD OLIVE ...