Chapter D

DAD, _s._ Father. _Welsh_, Tâd. _Wal._ Tat. _Rus. Gyp._ Dad.

Dado, _s._ Father. _Rus. Gyp._ Dado.

Dand, _s._ Tooth. _Sans._ Danta.

Danior, _pl._ Teeth.

Dand, _v. a._ To bite.

Daya / Dieya, _s._ Mother, properly nurse. _Sans._ Dhayas (fostering). _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] Daya. _Mod. Gr. θεῖα_. _Rus. Gyp._ Daia. _Wal._ Doika.

Deav, _v. a._ Give. _Sans._ Dā. _Wal._ Da.

Del. He gives.

Del-engro, _s._ A kicking-horse.

Del-oprey, _v. a._ To read.

Denne, _ad._ Than.

Der. An _affix_, by which the _comparative_ is formed; _e.g._ Wafodu, bad: wafodúder than dovor, worse than they.

Desch, _a._ Ten. _Sans._ Dasan. _Wal._ Zetche.

Desh ta yeck. Eleven.

Desh ta dui. Twelve.

Desh ta trin. Thirteen.

Desh ta store. Fourteen.

Desh ta pansch. Fifteen.

Desh ta sho. Sixteen.

Desh ta eft. Seventeen.

Deshko. Eighteen (?): deshko hori, eighteenpence; properly, Desh ta octo hori.

Devel, _s._ God. _Sans._ Deva. _Lith._ Dēwas. _Lat._ Deus. _See_ Dibble, Dovvel, Dubbel.

Develeskoe, _s._ Holy, divine. _Sans._ Deva.

Deyed, _pret._ of Deav. He gave.

Dibble, _s._ God. _See_ Devel.

Dic / Dico, _v. n._ To look: dic tuley, look down; dicking misto, looking well. _Sans._ Iksh (to see, look). _Gaelic_, Dearcam (to see); dearc (eye).

Dickimengro, _s._ Overlooker, overseer.

Dicking hev, _s._ A window, seeing-hole.

Die, _s._ Mother. _Rus. Gyp._ Die. _See_ Daya.

Dikkipen, _s._ Look, image. _Sans._ Driksha (aspect). _Welsh_, Drych (aspect).

Diklo, _s._ Cloth, sheet, shift.

Dinnelo, _s._ A fool, one possessed by the devil. _Wal._ Diniele (of the devil); louat diniele (possessed by the devil).

Dinneleskoe, _a._ Foolish.

Dinneleskoenoes. Like a fool.

Dinnelipénes, _s. pl._ Follies, nonsense.

Diverous. A Gypsy name.

Diviou, _a._ Mad: jawing diviou, going mad. _Sans._ Déva (a god, a fool).

Diviou-ker, _s._ Madhouse.

Diviou kokkodus Artáros. Mad Uncle Arthur.

Divvus, _s._ Day. _Sans._ Divasa.

Divveskoe / Divvuskoe, _a._ Daily: divvuskoe morro, daily bread.

Diximengro, _s._ Overseer. _See_ Dickimengro.

Dook, _v. a._ To hurt, bewitch: dook the gry, bewitch the horse. _Wal._ Deokira (to fascinate, bewitch). _See_ Duke, dukker.

Dooriya / Dooya, _s._ Sea. _Pers._ دریا _Irish_, Deire (the deep). _Welsh_, Dwr (water). _Old Irish_, Dobhar.

_Dooriya durril_, _s._ Currant, plum. Lit. Sea-berry.

Dooriya durrileskie guyi, _s._ Plum pudding.

Dori, _s._ Thread, lace: kaulo dori, black lace. _Hin._ Dora.

Dosch / Dosh, _s._ Evil, harm: kek dosh, no harm. _Sans._ Dush (bad).

Dosta, _s._ Enough. _Wal._ Destoul. _Rus._ Dostaet (it is sufficient). _See_ Dusta.

Dou, _imp._ Give: dou mande, give me. _See_ Deav.

Dou dass. Cup and saucer. _See_ Dui das.

Dovo, _pro. dem._ That: dovó si, that’s it.

Dovor. Those, they: wafodúder than dovor, worse than they.

Dov-odoy / Dovoy-oduvva, _ad._ Yonder.

Dov-odoyskoenaes. In that manner.

Doovel, _s._ God. _See_ Duvvel.

Drab / Drav, _s._ Medicine, poison. _Pers_. [Persian which cannot be reproduced] Daru. _Wal._ Otrav.

Drab-engro / Drav-engro, _s._ A pothecary, poison-monger.

Drab, _v. a._ To poison. _Wal_. Otribi.

Drey, _prep._ In.

Dubble, _s._ God: my dearie Dubbleskey, for my dear God’s sake.

Dude, _s._ The moon.

Dudee, _s._ A light, a star. _Sans._ Dyuti.

Dude-bar, _s._ Diamond, light-stone.

Drom, _s._ Road. _Wal._ Drom. _Mod. Gr. δρόμος_.

Drom-luring, _s._ Highway robbery.

Dui, _a._ Two.

Duito, _s._ Second.

Duito divvus, _s._ Tuesday. Lit. Second day.

Dui das / Dui tas, _s._ Cup and saucer.

Duke, _v. a._ To hurt, bewitch. _Sans._ Duhkha (pain). _Heb._ Dui (languor, deadly faintness).

Dukker, _v. a._ To bewitch, tell fortunes. _Wal._ Deokiea (to fascinate, enchant).

Dukker drey my vast. Tell my fortune by my hand.

Dukkering, _s._ Fortune-telling. _Wal._ Deokiere (fascination). _Mod. Gr. τύχη_ (fortune).

Dukkipen, _s._ Fortune-telling.

Dukker, _v. n._ To ache: my sherro dukkers, my head aches. _See_ Duke, dukker.

Dum / Dumo, _s._ Black. _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] (tail).

Dur, _ad._ Far. _Sans._ Dur. _Pers._ دور

Dur-dicki mengri, _s._ Telescope. Lit. far-seeing-thing.

Durro, _ad._ Far.

Durro-der, _ad._ Farther.

Durriken, _s._ Fortune-telling.

Durril, _s._ Any kind of berry, a gooseberry in particular.

Durrilau / Durilyor, _pl._ Berries.

Durrileskie guyi, _s._ Gooseberry pudding.

Dusta, _a. s._ Enough, plenty: dusta foky, plenty of people. _See_ Dosta.

Duvvel, _s._ God.

E

EANGE, _s._ Itch.

Ebyok, _s._ The sea. _Sans._ Aapa (water). _Wal._ Ape.

Eft, _a._ Seven. Few of the English Gypsies are acquainted with this word; consequently, the generality, when they wish to express the number seven, without being understood by the Gorgios or Gentiles, say Dui trins ta yeck, two threes and one.

En. A kind of _genitive particle_ used in compound words, being placed between a noun and the particle ‘gro’ or ‘guero,’ which signifies a possessor, or that which governs a thing or has to do with it: _e.g._ lav-en-gro, a linguist or man of words, lit. word-of-fellow; wesh-en-gro, a forester, or one who governs the wood; gurush-en-gre, things costing a groat, lit. groat-of-things.

Engri. A _neuter affix_, composed of the particles ‘en’ and ‘gro,’ much used in the formation of figurative terms for things for which there are no positive names in English Gypsy: for example, yag-engri, a fire-thing, which denotes a gun; poggra-mengri, a breaking-thing or mill; ‘engri’ is changed into ‘mengri’ when the preceding word terminates in a vowel.

Engro. A _masculine affix_, used in the formation of figurative names; for example, kaun-engro, an ear-fellow, or creature with ears, serving to denote a hare; ruk-engro, or ruko-mengro, a tree-fellow, denoting a squirrel; it is also occasionally used in names for inanimate objects, as pov-engro, an earth-thing or potato. _See_ Guero.

Escunyo, _s._ A wooden skewer, a pin. _Span. Gyp._ Chingabar (a pin).

Escunyes, _pl._ Skewers.

Escunye-mengro, _s._ A maker of skewers.

Eskoe, _fem._ Eskie. A particle which affixed to a noun turns it into an adjective: _e.g._ Duvel, God; duveleskoe, divine. It seems to be derived from the _Wal._ Esk, Easkie.

Eskey. An _affix_ or _postposition_, signifying, for the sake of: _e.g._ Mi-dubble-eskey, for God’s sake.

Ever-komi, _ad._ Evermore.

F

FAKE, _v. a._ To work, in a dishonest sense; to steal, pick pockets.

Fakement, _s._ A robbery, any kind of work: a pretty fakement that, a pretty piece of work. A scoundrel—you ratfelo fakement, you precious scoundrel; a man of any kind—he’s no bad fakement after all; a girl, St. Paul’s Cathedral—what a rinkeny fakement, what a pretty girl, what a noble church.

Fashono, _a._ False, fashioned, made up. _Wal._ Fatche (to make); fatze (face, surface).

Fashono wangustis. Pretended gold rings, made in reality of brass or copper.

Fashono wangust engre. Makers of false rings.

Fenella. A female Gypsy name.

Ferreder, _a._ Better, more. _Gaelic_, Feairde.

Fetér, _ad._ Better. _Pers._ بهتر _Span. Gyp._ Fetér.

Figis, _s._ Fig.

Figis-rookh, _s._ Fig-tree.

Filisen, _s._ Country-seat.

Fino, _a._ Fine. This word is not pure Gypsy: fino covar, a fine thing.

Floure, _s._ Flower; a female Gypsy name.

Fordel, _v. a._ Forgive; generally used for Artav, or Artavello, _q.v._, and composed of the English ‘for’ and the Gypsy ‘del.’

Fordias / Fordios, _part. pass._ Forgiven.

Foros, _s._ City. _See_ Vauros.

Ful, _s._ Dung: ful-vardo, muck cart.

Fuzyanri, _s._ Fern. _Hun._ Füz (willow), fácska (a shrub), füszár (a stem).

G

GAD, _s._ A shirt: pauno gad, a clean shirt.

Gare, _v. n._, _v. a._ To take care, beware; to hide, conceal. _Sans._ Ghar, to cover.

Garridan. You hid: luvvu sor garridan, the money which you hid.

Garrivava, _v. a._ I hide or shall hide, take care: to gare his nangipen, to hide his nakedness.

Gav, _s._ A town, village. _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced]

Gav-engro, _s._ A constable, village officer, beadle, citizen.

Gillie, _s._ A song. _Sans._ Khëli.

Gillies. Songs. Sometimes used to denote newspapers; because these last serve, as songs did in the old time, to give the world information of remarkable events, such as battles, murders, and robberies.

Gilyava. I sing, or shall sing. _Hin._ Guywuya. _Mod. Gr. κοιλαδῶ_.

Gin, _v. a._ To count, reckon. _Sans._ Gan. _Hin._ Ginna.

Ginnipen, _s._ A reckoning.

Giv, _s._ Wheat. _Sans._ Yava (barley). _See_ Jobis.

Giv-engro, _s._ Wheat-fellow, figurative name for farmer.

Giv-engro ker, _s._ Farmhouse.

Giv-engro puv, _s._ Farm.

Godli, _s._ A warrant, perhaps hue and cry. _See_ Gudlie. _Span. Gyp._ Gola (order).

Gono, _s._ A sack. _Hin._ Gon.

Gorgio, _s._ A Gentile, a person who is not a Gypsy; one who lives in a house and not in a tent. It is a modification of the Persian word [Persian which cannot be reproduced] Cojia, which signifies a gentleman, a doctor, a merchant, etc. _Span. Gyp._ Gacho.

Gorgiken rat. Of Gentile blood.

Gorgie, _s._ A female Gentile or Englishwoman.

Gorgikonaes, _ad._ After the manner of the Gentiles.

Gooee, _s._ Pudding. _See_ Guyi.

Gran, _s._ A barn: I sov’d yeck rarde drey a gran, I slept one night within a barn (Gypsy song).

Gran-wuddur, _s._ A barn door.

Gran-wuddur-chiriclo. Barn-door fowl.

Grasni / Grasnakkur, _s._ Mare, outrageous woman: what a grasni shan tu, what a mare you are! Grasnakkur is sometimes applied to the _mayor_ of a town.

Grestur / Gristur, _s._ A horse. _Span. Gyp._ Gras, graste.

Gry, _s._ A horse. _Sans._ Kharu. _Hin._ Ghora. _Irish_ and _Scottish Gaelic_, Greadh.

Gry-choring, _s._ Horse-stealing.

Gry-engro, _s._ Horse-dealer.

Gry-nashing. Horse-racing.

Gudlee / Godli, _s._ Cry, noise, shout. _Hin._ Ghooloo. _Irish_, Gúl. _Rus._ Gyl=gool (shout); Gólos (voice).

Grommena / Grovena / Grubbena, _s._ and _v._ Thunder, to thunder. _Sans._ Garjana. _Rus._ Groin (thunder). _Heb._ Ream, raemah. _Gaelic_, Gairm (a cry).

Gudlo, _a._, _s._ Sweet; honey, sugar.

Gudlo-pishen, _s._ Honey-insect, bee. _See_ Bata.

Gué. An _affix_, by which the dative case is formed: _e.g._ Man, I; mangué, to me.

Guero, _s._ A person, fellow, that which governs, operates. _Sans._ Kãra (a maker). _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] _Welsh_, Gwr (a man). In the Spanish cant language, Guro signifies an alguazil, a kind of civil officer. _See_ Engro.

Gueri, _s.f._ Female person, virgin: Mideveleskey gueri Mary, Holy Virgin Mary.

Gush / Gurush / Gurushi, _a._ Groat: gurushengri, a groat’s worth.

Guveni, _s._ Cow. _Sans._ Go.

Guveni-bugnior, _s._ Cow-pox.

Guveno, _s._ A bull. _Sans._ Gavaya. _Gaelic_, Gavuin, gowain (year-old calf).

Guyi, _s._ Pudding, black pudding. _Hin._ Gulgul. _Span. Gyp._ Golli.

Guyi-mengreskie tan, _s._ Yorkshire. Lit. pudding-eaters’ country; in allusion to the puddings for which Yorkshire is celebrated.

H

HA / Haw, _v. a._ To eat.

Habben, _s._ Food, victuals.

Hal, _v. a._ To eat: mande can’t hal lis, I can’t eat it. _Sans._ Gala.

Hanlo, _s._ A landlord, innkeeper. _Span. Gyp._ Anglanó.

Hatch, _v. a._ To burn, light a fire.

Hatchipen, _s._ A burning.

Hatch, _v. n._ To stay, stop. _See_ Adje, atch, az.

Hatchi-witchu, _s._ A hedgehog. This is a compound word from the _Wal._ Aritche, a hedgehog, and the Persian Besha, a wood, and signifies properly the prickly thing of the wood. In Spanish Gypsy, one of the words for a pig or hog is Eriche, evidently the Wallachian Aritche, a hedgehog.

Hekta, _s._ Haste: kair hekta, make haste; likewise a leap. _See_ Hokta. _Sans._ Hat’ha (to leap).

Heres / Heris, _s. pl._ Legs. _Span. Gyp._ Jerias. Coshtni herri (a wooden leg).

Hetavava, _v. a._ To slay, beat, hit, carry off, plunder: if I can lel bonnek of tute hetavava tute, if I can lay hold of you I will slay you. _Heb._ Khataf (rapuit). _Sans._ Hat’ha (to ill-use, rapere).

Hev, _s._ Hole: pawnugo hev, a water hole, a well; hev, a window; hevior, windows. _Sans._ Avata.

Heviskey, _a._ Full of holes: heviskey tan, a place full of holes.

Hin, _s._ Dirt, ordure. _Mod. Gr. χυτὸν_. _Wal._ Gounoiou. _Irish_, Gaineamh (sand).

Hin, _v. a._ To void ordure. _Sans._ Hanna. _Mod. Gr. χύνω_.

Hindity-mengré / Hindity-mescré, _s. pl._ Irish. Dirty, sordid fellows.

Hoffeno, _s._ A liar.

Hok-hornie-mush, s. A policeman. Partly a cant word.

Hokka, _v. n._ To lie, tell a falsehood: hokka tute mande, if you tell me a falsehood.

Hokkano, _s._ A lie. _Sans._ Kuhanã (hypocrisy).

Hokta, _v. a._ To leap, jump. _See_ Hekta.

Hokta-mengro, _s._ Leaper, jumper.

Hoofa, _s._ A cap.

Hor / Horo, _s._ A penny. _Span. Gyp._ Corio an ochavo (or farthing).

Horry, _s. pl._ Pence: shohorry, showhawry, sixpence.

Horsworth, _s._ Pennyworth.

Horkipen, _s._ Copper. _Hun. Gyp._ Harko.

Huffeno, _s._ A liar. _See_ Hoffeno.

Hukni, _s._ Ringing the changes, the fraudulent changing of one thing for another.

I

I, _pro._ She, it.