Vocabulary
A
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language Orig
Form
acqua water acqua n It , LF Acqua, akwa
B
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Speech Original Language Original Form
barkey sailor – – It barca “boat”
barnet hair (perh. esp. highly coiffured and styled) – n rhyming slang
Barnet fair = hair
bene good bene – It bene “well”
bevvy drink bevvy n It bev- “to drink”
bijou small – a Fr –
bona good bona a It buono
boner nochy good night – – – –
C
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings HYPERLINK “Pronunciation.htm”
Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form
capela hat, cap capela – n It capella
carnish meat, food carnish ka:niS n It carne “meat”
catever bad catever – – It cattivo
chavie child – – – Sp chava “girl”
chicken young boy – – – – –
D
Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form
dinarly money l dinarli n Sp dinero
dish attractive male dl – – – –
dolly pleasant g – a It dolce, “sweet” –
– smart and attractive young woman h dolly n It dolce, “sweet” –
– – h doll – – –
dona lady, landlady, woman h dona – It donna
E
Word Meaning Part of Speech Original Language
ecaf face n E (backwards sp)
eek face n E (contraction of the above) or
esong nose n E (based on backward sp)
F
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form
fake make, do fake n It faccio “I make”
fakement thing, doing, action fakement n It faccio” + Eng ‘-ment’
fatcha face fatcha – It faccia
feely young feely a It. figlie, children –
– child feele n – –
flowery lodgings, accomodation, house entertainment – – E. prison
rhyming slang? flowery dell” = cell ?
G
Word Meaning Source Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form
gam leg h gam – LF gamba
gelt money dl gelt n Ger. via Yiddish? gelt “gold”
gent money h gent – It argento “silver”
L
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form
lally leg lally n usu pl – Anglo- Chinese – lai-lo, “come here”
M
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Original Language Original Form
manky bad, poor, tasteless manky It mancare, “lack, want for”
meshigner crazy meshigner Heb. via Yiddish meshuga, crazy; meshuggener,
crazy man
muck stage makeup muck It macchia “stain” / Eng. muck
N
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Original Language Original Form
nada nothing – Sp. –
naff bad naff E. acro:
nanyarie eat, food nanyarie – –
nanti no, nothing, not, don’t nanti It niente
nix no, not, do not nix Ger nichts
nochy night nochy Sp noche (It notte, LF note)
P
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Original Language Original Form
paloni girl, young woman paloni It pollone “chick”
ponte pound sterling ponte It pondo “weight”
Polari speak Polari It. Parlare (pagliare “to speak” – ph)
punk virgin male, male homosexual – E punk Sp punto, puto –
R
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings HYPERLINK “Pronunciation.htm”
Pronunci- ation Part of Speech Original Language Original Form
riah hair riah rai@ [ri@ ?] n E back spelling –
– – – – – Sp raya “parting in the hair”
S
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Original Language Original Form Comment
savvy know, understand savvy LF, Port. sabir prob from Pidjin through
Eng.
screeve write – It scrivere –
sharper policeman – It cercare + Eng. “sharp” –
shyckle wig shykle cf. Yiddish shaytl, sheitel, from Ger. “crown of the
head, parting” – –
slang perform on stage – – – climb the slang-tree, perform on stage
slap makeup – – – –
T
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form Comment
tober road tober n Irish (back- formed) bother to tailors and tramps
V
Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Part of Speech Original Language
Original Form
varda see, look varda v cf. Venetian vardia “a look”
voche voice voche – It voce
vogue cigarette – – – –
NUMBERS
PRIVATE Word Meaning Alternate Spellings Original Language Original
Form
1 una one una It una
2 dewey two dewey It due
3 tray three tray It tre
4 quattro four quattro It quattro
5 chinker five chinker It cinque
6 say six say It sei
7 setter seven setter It sette
8 otter eight otter It –
9 nobber nine nobber It 35370
10 daiture ten daiture It dieci
The final 1st year paper by Valeria Grinevitch
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