Chapter I: IMPEDIN’--impudence, impudent

INFLUMMASHUN--information.

INGINE--engine, engines. (See “eenjine”).

INJUN--Indian, Indians.

INTUHCEDE--intercede, intercedes, interceded, interceding.

I’ON/I’UN--(n. and v.) iron, irons, ironed, ironing.

IZ/YIZ--is.

IZICK--Isaac.

J

JACK--(n. and v.) jack, jacks, jacked, jacking.

JACKSINBURRUH--Jacksonboro.

JACKSTAN’--jack-stand--stands on which fires are kept at
night in summer settlements for protection against
mosquitoes and other insects.

JACKY-LANTU’N--Jack-o’-lantern--will-o’-the-wisp.

JALLUS--jealous, jealousy.

JAYBU’D--jaybird, jaybirds.

’JECK’--reject, rejects; object, objects, objected, objecting;
objection.

’JECKSHUN--objection, objections.

’JECK’UM--reject or rejected him, as an undesirable juror.

JEDGE--(n. and v.) judge, judges, judged, judging.

JEDUS--Jesus.

JESTUSS--justice.

JEW--Jew, Jews.

JEW--dew.

JIMPSIN-WEED/JIMSIN-WEED--Jimpson or Jamestown-weed.

JINE--join, joins, joined, joining.

JININ’--joining; adjoining. (See “eenjinin’”).

JINNYWERRY--January.

JIS’--just. (See “dis’”).

JISSO/JESSO--just so. (See “disso”).

JOHOSSEE--Jehossee--a rice-growing island of the South
Carolina Coast.

JOKOK--Jaycocks--the name of former Governor Heyward’s
overseer on the Combahee.

JOOK--jab, jabs, jabbed, jabbing.

JOOKASS--jackass, jackasses.

JUDUS CAESAR--Julius Caesar.

JUE--due, dues.

JUHRUZELUM--Jerusalem.

JU’K--jerk, jerks, jerked, jerking.

JULIP--the vanished mint julep.

JULLY--July.

JUNK--chunk, chunks, as of lightwood.

JUNTLEMUN--gentleman, gentlemen; also a woman’s “man”
or husband; as, “him juntlemun,” meaning her husband.

JUNTLEMUN’ NIGGUH--gentleman’s Negro, meaning one who
as a slave had belonged to people of position--the
“quality.”

K

’KACE--scarce. (See “sca’ce”).

’KACELY--scarcely, hardly. (See “sca’cely”).

KETCH--catch, catches, caught, catching; took, take; as: “’E
ketch ’e tex f’um de fus’ chaptuh een Nickuhdemus”--He
took his text from the first chapter of Nicodemus.
Also for reach, reached; as: “Time uh ketch de ribbuh
bank, de dog done gone.”

KETCH’UM--catch, catches, caught, catching him, her, it,
them.

KI--an exclamation. (Sometimes “kwi” or “kwoy”).

KIBBUH--(n. and v.) cover, covers, covered, covering.

KIBBUHR’UM--cover, covers, covered, covering him, her, it,
them.

KILLYBASH--calabash, calabashes; gourd, gourds.

KIN--can.

KIN--kin, kindred.

KIN’--kind, kinds; sort, sorts.

KIND’UH--kind of, sort of.

KNOCK--knock, knocks, knocked, knocking.

’KNOWLEDGE--acknowledge, acknowledges, acknowledged, acknowledging;
admit, etc.

KNOW’UM--know, knows, knew him, her, it, them.

KYAG--keg, kegs.

KYARRYSENE--kerosene.