Chapter C: ’CAJUN--occasion, occasions

CALLICRO--calico.

CANNIBEL--cannibal, cannibals.

CANTUH--canter, canters, cantered, cantering.

CATT’RACK--cataract, cataracts (eye).

’CAUSE--because. (See “bekase”).

CAW CAW SWAMP--a great low-country savanna.

’CAWCH--scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching.

CAWN--corn.

CAWNFIEL’--corn field, corn fields.

CAWNSTALK--corn stalk, corn stalks.

CAWNUH--(n. and v.) corner, corners, cornered, cornering.

CAWPRUL--corporal, corporals.

CAWPSE--corpse, corpses; coffin, coffins.

CAWPSUS--“corpus;” as: “cawpsus politicksus”--body politic.

CAWSETT--corset, corsets.

CAWSS’--(n. and v.) cost, costs, costing.

’CEEBE/’CEIBE--deceive, deceives, deceived.

’CEEBIN’/’CEIBIN’--deceiving.

’CEITFUL--deceitful.

’CEP’/’CEP’M/’CEP’N--except, excepts, excepted, excepting; accept,
accepts, accepted, accepting; unless.

CHAA’GE--charge, charges, charged, charging.

CHAA’STUN--Charleston, S. C. (See “Town”).

CHANY--china, chinaware.

CHANYBERRY--Chinaberry, or Pride of India tree.

CHAW--chew, chews, chewed, chewing; also noun, as of
tobacco.

CHEEP--cheep, cheeps, cheeped, cheeping.

CHEER--chair, chairs.

CHICAGYO--Chicago.

CHICKIN--chicken, chickens.

CHILE--child, children.

CHILLUN--child, children.

CHIMBLY--chimney, chimneys.

CHINKYPEN--chinquapin, chinquapins.

CHIZZUM--Chisolm--a low country family name.

CHOP’TONGUE--hounds with short yelp; the cry of the modern
English fox-hound, as distinguished from the long
bell-like notes of the Carolina deer-hounds.

CHRIS’MUS--Christmas.

CHRYCE--Christ.

CHU’CH--church, churches.

CHU’CHYAA’D--churchyard, churchyards.

CHUCKWILLUH--Chuck-Will’s Widow, used to indicate the
wide-open mouth of a hungry child.

CHUESDAY--Tuesday.

CHUNE--(n. and v.) tune, tunes; tune, tunes, tuned, tuning
(up).

CHUNK--(n. and v.) chunk, chunks, chunked, chunking.

CHUPID/CHUPIT--stupid.

CLAWT’--cloth.

’CLA’ TO GAWD--declare to God--a mild oath.

CLIMB--climb, climbs, climbed, climbing.

COA’SE--coarse.

’COAT--petticoat, petticoats (man’s “coat” is always “jacket”).

COAX--coax, coaxes, coaxed, coaxing.

COCKSPUHR--cockspur, cockspurs.

COHOOT--cahoot, agreement, association with, as: “Me en’
Joe gone een uh cohoot fuh kill de buckruh’ cow.”

COHORT--colleague, colleagues.

COL’--cold.

COLLUH--collar, collars, collared, collaring.

COLLUH--color, colors (“we colluh,” our color, or Negroes).

COME--come, comes, came, coming.

COME’YUH--come here.

COMMIKIL--comical, peculiar.

CONKYWINE--concubine, concubines; used for masculine as
well as for feminine affiliations.

CONNOO/COONOO/CUNNOO--canoe, canoes.

CONSAA’N/CUNSAA’N--(n. and v.) concern, concerns,
concerned, concerning.

CONSECRATE LYE--concentrated lye.

CONSUMPSHUS/CUNSUMPSHUS--consumption.

CONTESTUSS--contested, contesting.

CONTUHDIX--contradict, contradicts, contradicted, contradicting.

COOK--cook, cooks, cooked, cooking.

COOTUH--cooter, cooters; terrapin, terrapins.

CO’SE--course, courses, as of a stream.

’CO’SE--course, of course.

CO’T--(n. and v.) court, courts; court, courts, courted, courting.

COULDN’--could not.

COULD’UH--could have.

COUNSTUBBLE--constable, constables.

COW--cow, cows; bull, bulls; ox, oxen; cattle.

COW-PAAT’--cow-path.

CRACK ’E BRE’T’--crack his or her breath; same as “crack ’e
teet’.”

CRACK ’E TEET’--crack, cracks, cracked, cracking his, her or
their teeth, meaning opened her or his mouth to
speak; as: “’E yent crack ’e teet’”--She never
opened her mouth.

CRACK-UH-DAY--crack or break of day.

CRAP--(n. and v.) crop, crops; crops, cropped, cropping.

’CRAPE--(n. and v.) scrape, scrapes, scraped, scraping.

’CRATCH--(n. and v.) scratch, scratches, scratched, scratching.

CREDENSHUL--credential, credentials.

CREDIK--(n. and v.) credit, credits, credited, crediting.

CREETUH--creature, creatures. Commonly applied to a beast
of burden.

CRIK--creek, creeks.

CROOKETY--crooked; also tricky, unreliable.

CROSS-ROAD--the cross roads.

CRUCIFY--crucify, crucifies, crucified, crucifying; also improperly
used for testify, testifies, testified, testifying.

CUCKLEBUHR--cockleburr, cockleburrs.

CUHLUMBIA--Columbia.

CUHLUMBUS--Columbus.

CULLOO--curlew, curlews.

CULLUD--colored, colored people, the dark race

CUMBEE--the Combahee river, also the lands lying along the
stream. This is, by the way, the correct pronunciation.

CUMPLAIN--(n. and v.) complain, complains, complained,
complaining; complaint, complaints.

CUMP’NY--company, companies.

CUMPOSHASHUN/CUMPUHSHASHUN/COMPUHSHASHUN--conversation,
talk, parley, interrogatories, argument.

CUNDEMN/CONDEMN--condemn, condemns, condemned, condemning;
but more frequently used to denote guilt or the
appearance of guilt; as: “W’en uh ketch Joe
wid de hog, ’e look so cundemn.”

CUNFUSHUN--confusion.

CUMPLAIN--(n. and v.) complain, complains, complained.

CUNTRADY--contrary, provoking.

CUNWEENYUNT--convenient, conveniently, convenience.

CUNWEENYUNTLY--conveniently.

CUNWENSHUN--convention, conventions.

CUSS--(n. and v.) curse, curses, cursed, cursing.

CUT’DOWN, or TEK’DOWN--dejected, chagrined.

CUZ/CUZ’N--cousin, cousins. (Shakespeare’s “coz”).

CYA’--carry, carries, carried, carrying.

CYAA’/CYAAR--car, cars.

CYAAF--(n. and v.) calf, calves; to calve, etc.

CYAAM--calm, calms; “uh cyaam sea.”

CYAA’PENTUH/CYAA’P’NTUH--carpenter, carpenters.

CYAARIDGE--carriage, carriages.

CYAA’T--cart, carts.

CYACKLY/CACKLE--cackle, cackles, cackled, cackling.

CYAN’--can’t.

CYAS’--cast, casts, casting.

CYAS’NET--cast-net used for taking shrimp and mullet from
tidal creeks.

CYA’UM--carry, carried, etc., him, her, it, them.

CYO’--cure, cures, cured, curing.