Chapter I: A feminine and neuter termination: e.g. Yag engri, a

fire-thing or gun; coin _si_, who is she? so _si_, what is it?

Inna / Inner, _prep._ In, within: inner Lundra, in London. _Span. Gyp._ Enré.

Iouzia, _s._ A flower.

Is, _conj._ If; it is affixed to the verb—e.g. Dikiomis, if I had seen.

Iv, _s._ Snow. _Hun. Gyp._ Yiv. _Span. Gyp._ Give.

Iv-engri / Ivi-mengri, _s._ Snow-thing, snowball.

Iuziou, _a._ Clean. _Mod. Gr. ὑγιὴς_ (sound, healthy). _See_ Roujio.

J

JAL. To go, walk, journey. This verb is allied to various words in different languages signifying movement, course or journey:—to the Sanscrit Il, ila, to go; to the Russian Gulliat, to stroll, to walk about; to the Turkish Iel, a journey; to the Jol of the Norse, and the Yule of the Anglo-Saxons, terms applied to Christmas-tide, but which properly mean the circular journey which the sun has completed at that season: for what are Jol and Yule but the Ygul of the Hebrews? who call the zodiac ‘Ygul ha mazaluth,’ or the circle of the signs. It is, moreover, related to the German Jahr and the English Year, radically the same words as Jol, Yule, and Ygul, and of the same meaning—namely, the circle travelled by the sun through the signs.

Já, _v. imp._ Go thou!

Jal amande. I shall go.

Jal te booty. Go to work.

Jalno / Java / Jaw, v.a. I go. _Sans._ Chara.

Jas, jasa. Thou goest: tute is jasing, thou art going.

Jal, 3_rd pers. pres._ He goes.

Jalla, _f._ She goes.

Jalno ando pawni, _v. a._ I swim. Lit. I go in water.

Jaw, _ad._ So: jaw si, so it is. _See_ Ajaw, asá, ashá.

Jib, _s._ Tongue. _Sans._ Jihva.

Jib, _v. n._ To live, to exist. _Sans._ Jiv. _Rus._ Jit. _Lithuanian_, Gywenu.

Jibben, _s._ Life, livelihood. _Sans._ Jivata (life), Jivika (livelihood). _Rus._ Jivot, Tchivot.

Jivvel, _v. n._ He lives: kai jivvel o, where does he live?

Jin / Jinava, _v. n._ To know. _Sans._ Jna.

Jinnepen, _s._ Wisdom, knowledge. _Sans._ Jnapti (understanding).

Jinney-mengro, _s._ A knowing fellow, a deep card, a Grecian, a wise man, a philosopher.

Jinney-mengreskey rokrapénes. Sayings of the wise: the tatcho drom to be a jinney-mengro is to dick and rig in zi, the true way to be a wise man is to see and bear in mind.

Jongar, _v. n._ To awake. _Sans._ Jagri. _Hin._ Jugana.

Jôbis, _s._ Oats. _Sans._ Java (barley). _Wal._ Obia. _See_ Giv.

Joddakaye, _s._ Apron; anything tied round the middle or hips. _Sans._ Kata (the hip, the loins), Kataka (a girdle).

Ju, _s._ A louse. _Sans._ Yuka.

Juvalo, _a._ Lousy.

Juvior, _s. pl._ Lice.

Juggal / Jukkal, _s._ Dog. _Sans._ Srigãla (jackal).

Jukkalor. Dogs.

Jukkaelsti cosht, _s._ Dog-wood; a hard wood used for making skewers.

Juva / Juvali, Woman, wife.

Juvli, _s._ Girl. _See_ Chavali.

K

KAEL, _s._ Cheese.

Kaes, _s._ Cheese.

Kah / Kai, _ad._ Where: kai tiro ker, where’s your house? kai si the churi, where is the knife? _Sans._ Kva.

Kair, _v. a._ To do. _Sans._ Kri, to do; kara (doing).

Kair misto. To make well, cure, comfort.

Kairipen, _s._ Work, labour. _Sans._ Karman.

Kakkaratchi, _s._ Magpie; properly a raven. _Mod. Gr. κορακαζ_.

Kanau / Knau, _ad._ Now.

Karring. Crying out, hawking goods. _Span. Gyp._ Acarar (to call). _See_ Koring.

Kaulo, _a._ Black. _Sans._ Kãla. _Arab._ [Arabic which cannot be reproduced]

Kaulo chiriclo, _s._ A blackbird.

Kaulo cori, _s._ A blackthorn.

Kaulo durril, _s._ Blackberry.

Kaulo Gav, _s._ Black-town, Birmingham.

Kaulo guero, _s._ A black, negro.

Kaulo guereskey tem, _s._ Negroland, Africa.

Kaulo-mengro, _s._ A blacksmith.

Kaulo ratti. Black blood, Gypsy blood: kaulo ratti adrey leste, he has Gypsy blood in his veins.

Kaun, _s._ An ear. _Sans._ Karna.

Kaun-engro, _s._ An ear-fellow, thing with long ears; a figurative name for a hare.

Ke, _prep._ Unto. Likewise a _postposition_—_e.g._ lenké, to them.

Keir / Ker, _s._ A house. _Sans._ Griha.

Ker / Kerey / Ken, _ad._ Home, homeward: java keri, I will go home.

Keir-poggring. House-breaking.

Keir-rakli, _s._ A housemaid.

Kek, _ad. a._ No, none, not: kek tatcho, it is not true.

Kekkeno, _a._ None, not any: kekkeni pawni, no water.

Kekkeno mushe’s poov, _s._ No man’s land; a common.

Kekkauvi, _s.f._ Kettle. _Mod. Gr. κακκάβη_.

Kekkauviskey saster, _s._ Kettle-iron; the hook by which the kettle is suspended over the fire.

Kekko, _ad._ No, it is not, not it, not he.

Kekkomi. No more. _See_ Komi, Ever-komi.

Kek-cushti. Of no use; no good. _See_ Koshto.

Kem, _s._ The sun. _See_ Cam.

Ken. A _particle_ affixed in English Gypsy to the name of a place terminating in a vowel, in order to form a genitive; _e.g._ Eli_ken_ bori congri, the great church of Ely. _See_ En.

Ken, _s._ A house, properly a nest. _Heb._ [Hebrew which cannot be reproduced] Kin.

Kenyor, _s. pl._ Ears. _See_ Kaun.

Ker / Kerava _v. a._ To do; make: kair yag, make a fire. _Sans._ Kri. _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced] _Gaelic_, Ceaird (a trade), ceard (a tinker). _Lat._ Cerdo (a smith). English, Char, chare (to work by the day).

Kerdo. He did.

Kedast, 2_nd pers. pret._ Thou didst.

Kedo, _part. pass._ Done.

Kerri-mengro, _s._ Workman.

Kerrimus, s. Doing, deed: mi-Doovel’s kerrimus, the Lord’s doing. _Sans._ Karman (work).

Kerrit, _p. pass._ Cooked, boiled. Anglo-Indian word, Curried. _Fr._ Cuire. _Gaelic_, Greidh (to cook victuals).

Kettaney, _ad._ Together. _Wal._ Ketziba (many). _See_ Kisi.

Kidda, _v. a._ To pluck.

Kil, _v. a._ To dance, play. _Hin._ Kelná. _Sans._ Kshvel.

Killi-mengro, _s._ A dancer, player.

Kil, _s._ Butter.

Kin, _v. a._ To buy: kinning and bikkning, buying and selling. _Heb._ Kana (he bought).

Kin aley. To ransom, redeem, buy off.

Kinnipen, _s._ A purchase.

Kinnipen-divvus, _s._ Purchasing-day, Saturday.

Kindo, _a._ Wet.

Kipsi, _s._ Basket. _Span. Gyp._ Quicia.

Kinyo. Tired. _Span. Gyp._ Quiñao.

Kisaiya. A female Gypsy name.

Kisi, _ad._ How much, to what degree: kisi puro shan tu, how old are you? _Wal._ Kitze. _Span. Gyp._ Quichi. _Sans._ Kati (how many?)

Kisseh / Kissi, _s._ A purse. _Sans._ Kosa. _Pers._ [Persian which cannot be reproduced]

Kistur, _v. a._ To ride. _Wal._ Keleri.

Kistri-mengro / Kistro-mengro, _s._ Rider, horseman.

Kitchema, _s._ Public-house, inn. _Hun._ Korcsma. _Wal._ Keirtchumie.

Kitchema-mengro, _s._ Innkeeper.

Klism / Klisn, _s._ A key. _Rus._ Cliotche. _Mod. Gr. κλείσμα_ (shutting up).

Klism-engri, _s._ A lock. Lit. key-thing.

Klism-hev, _s._ A keyhole.

Klop, _s._ A gate, seemingly a cant word; perhaps a bell. _Wal._ Klopot.

Kokkodus. Uncle: kokkodus Artáros, Uncle Arthur.

Komi, _adv._ More: ever-komi, evermore.

Koosho, _a._ Good: kooshi gillie, a good song. _Sans._ Kusala.

Kora / Kore, _v. a._ To riot. _Wal._ Kiorei (to cry out, bawl, make a tumult). _Heb._ Kara (he convoked, cried out).

Koring, _part. pres._ Rioting. _Heb._ Kirivah (proclamation).

Kora-mengro, _s._ A rioter.

Kore, _v. a._ To hawk goods about, to cry out, to proclaim.

Koring lil, _s._ Hawking-licence.

Koring chiriclo, _s._ The cuckoo.

Koshto, _a._ Good. _Pers._ خوب

Koshtipen, _s._ Goodness, advantage, profit: kek koshtipen in dukkering knau, it is of no use to tell fortunes now.

Kosko, _a._ Good.

Koskipen, _s._ Goodness.

Krallis, _s._ King. _Rus._ Korol. _Hun._ Király. _Wal._ Kraiu.

Kushto, _a._ Good: kushto si for mangui, I am content.