Chapter L: LAA’CENY--larceny

LAA’D--lard.

LAA’GIN’--enlarging, swaggering, boastful.

LAA’N--learn, learns, learned, learning.

LAB’RUH--laborer, laborers.

LAM’QUAWTUH--lamb’s-quarter--an edible wild herb of which,
like the tender leaves of the pokeberry, the Negroes
are very fond, using it for boiling.

LANGWIDGE--language, talk.

LAS’--last, lasts, lasted, lasting; last (adverb); shoemaker’s
last.

LAS’YEAH--last year, last year’s.

LAUGH--(n. and v.) laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing.

LAVUH--(n. and v.) labor, labors, labored, laboring.

LAWFULLY LADY--a Negro’s legally married wife.

LEABE--leaf, leaves.

LEABE--(n. and v.) leave, leaves, left, leaving (see “lef’”);
permit, permission.

LEAN FUH--lean for--set out for with haste and speed.

’LEBEN/’LEB’N--eleven.

LEDDOWN--lay, lays, laid or lie, lies, lay, lying down.

LEEK--lick, licks, licked, licking--with the tongue.

LEELY/LILLY--little, in size or quantity.

LEETLE--little, in size or quantity.

LEF’--leave, leaves, left, leaving. (See “leabe”).

LEF’ HAN’--left hand or left handed, “lef han’ foot,” or “lef
han’ feet”--left foot or left leg.

LEF’UM--leave, leaves, left or leaving him, her, it, them.

LEGGO--let go, lets go, letting go.

LEH--let, lets, letting.

LEH WE--let us.

LE’M--let them.

LEM’LONE--let, lets him, her, it, them alone.

LEMME--let me.

LEN’--(v.) lend, lends, loaned, lending.

LENGK--length, lengths.

’LESS--(or onless) unless.

LIAH/LIE--liar, liars.

LIB--live, lives, lived, living.

LIBBIN’--living.

’LIBE--alive.

LIBBUH--liver, livers.

’LIBBUH--deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering.

LICK--(n. and v.) a blow; to whip, whips, whipped.

LICK BACK--turn, turns, turned, turning back, while moving
rapidly.

LICKIN’--(n. and v.) a licking, lickings, whipping, etc.

LIGHT ON--light on--mount, mounts, mounted, mounting.

LIGHT’OOD--lightwood--resinous pine-wood.

LIGHT OUT--to start, start off, or away.

’LIJAH/’LIJUH--Elijah, the prophet.

’LIJUN--religion.

LIKESO/LIKEWISE ALSO--likewise, also.

LIMUS-COOTUH--a small, malodorous black terrapin, held in
contempt by both races.

LINNIMENT--liniment.

LISS’N--listen, listens, listened, listening.

LOBLOLLY-PINE--the great short-leaf pine growing in low
ground.

LOCUS PASTUH--local pastor, or preacher.

’LONG--along, along with.

LONGIS’--longest.

LONGMOUT’--long mouth--descriptive of the surly or contemptuous
pushing out of the lips of an angry or
discontented Negro.

’LONGSIDE--alongside.

LONG TALK KETCH RUN’WAY NIGGUH--meaning long talk or
conversation by the roadside often causes or caused
runaway slaves to be caught by the “patrol.”

LONGUH--longer.

’LONG’UM--along with, or with him, her, it, them.

LOSS--lose, loses, lost, losing.

’LOW’UM--allow, allows, allowed, allowing him, her, it, them.

LUB--(n. and v.) love, loves, loved, loving; like, likes, liked,
liking.

LUK--like, alike.

LUKKUH--like, like unto, resembling.

LUK’UM--like or resembling him, her, it, them.