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In using the following Vocabulary the Continental manner of
pronouncing certain vowels will have to be observed: thus ava must be
pronounced like auva, according to the English style; ker like kare,
miro like meero, zi like zee, and puro as if it were written pooro.

ROMANO LAVO-LIL--WORD-BOOK OF THE ROMANY
A
ABRI, ad. prep. Out, not within, abroad: soving abri, sleeping abroad,
not in a house. Celtic, Aber (the mouth or outlet of a river).
Acai / Acoi, ad. Here.
Adje, v. n. To stay, stop. See Atch, az.
Adrey, prep. Into.
Ajaw, ad. So. Wallachian, Asha.
Aladge, a. Ashamed. Sans. Latch, laj.
Aley, ad. Down: soving aley, lying down; to kin aley, to buy off,
ransom. Hun. Ala, alat.
Amande, pro. pers. dat. To me.
An, v. a. imp. Bring: an lis opre, bring it up.

Ana, v. a. Bring. Sans. Ani.
Ando, prep. In.
Anglo, prep. Before.
Apasavello, v. n. I believe.
Apopli, ad. Again. Spanish Gypsy, Apala (after). Wal. Apoi (then,
afterwards).
Apre, ad. prep. Up: kair lis apre, do it up. Vid. Opre.
Aranya / Araunya, s. Lady. Hungarian Gypsy, Aranya. See Rawnie.
Artav / Artavello, v. a. To pardon, forgive. Wal. Ierta. Span. Gyp.
Estomar.
Artapen, s. Pardon, forgiveness.
Artaros. Arthur.
Asa / Asau, ad. Also, likewise, too: meero pal asau, my brother also.
Asarlas, ad. At all, in no manner.
Asa. An affix used in forming the second person singular of the present
tense; e.g. camasa, thou lovest.
Astis, a. Possible, it is possible: astis mangue, I can; astis lengue, they
can.
Asha / Ashaw, ad. So: ashaw sorlo, so early. Wal. Asha. See Ajaw.
Atch, v. n. To stay, stop.
Atch opre. Keep up.
Atraish, a. part. Afraid. Sans. Tras (to fear), atrasit (frightened). See
Traish.
Av, imperat. of Ava, to come: av abri, come out.
Ava, ad. Yes. Sans. Eva.
Ava, v. a. To come.
Avata acoi. Come thou here.
Avali, ad. Yes. Wal. Aieva (really).
Avava. An affix by which the future tense of a verb is formed, e.g.
mor-avava, I will kill. See Vava.
Aukko, ad. Here.
Az, v. n. To stay.
B
BAL, s. Hair. Tibetian, Bal (wool). Sans. Bala (hair).
Baleneskoe, a. Hairy.
Balormengro. A hairy fellow; Hearne, the name of a Gypsy tribe.
Balanser, s. The coin called a sovereign.

Ballivas, s. Bacon. Span. Gyp. Baliba.
Bangalo, a. Devilish. See Beng, bengako.
Bango, a. Left, sinister, wrong, false: bango wast, the left hand; to
saulohaul bango, like a plastra-mengro, to swear bodily like a
Bow-street runner. Sans. Pangu (lame). Hun. Pang, pango (stiff, lazy,
paralysed).
Bar, s. A stone, a stoneweight, a pound sterling. Span. Gyp. Bar. Hun.
Gyp. Bar. Hindustani, Puthur. Wal. Piatre. Fr. Pierre. Gr. [Greek: ]
(weight).
Bareskey, a. Stony.
Bark, s. Breast, woman's breast.
Bas / Base, s. Pound sterling. Wal. Pes (a weight, burden).
Bas-engro, s. A shepherd. Run. Bacso.
Bashadi, s. A fiddle.
Bata, s. A bee. Sans. Pata.
Bau, s. Fellow, comrade. See Baw.
Baul, s. Snail. See Bowle.
Baulo, s. Pig, swine. The proper meaning of this word is anything
swollen, anything big or bulky. It is connected with the English bowle
or bole, the trunk of a tree; also with bowl, boll, and belly; also with
whale, the largest of fish, and wale, a tumour; also with the Welsh bol,
a belly, and bala, a place of springs and eruptions. It is worthy of
remark that the English word pig, besides denoting the same animal as
baulo, is of the same original import, being clearly derived from the
same root as big, that which is bulky, and the Turkish buyuk, great,
huge, vast.
Baulie-mas, s. Pork, swine's flesh.
Bavano. Windy, broken-winded.
Bavol, s. Wind, air. Sans. Pavana. See Beval.
Bavol-engro, s. A wind-fellow; figurative name for a ghost.
Baw, bau, s. Fellow, comrade: probably the same as the English
country-word baw, bor. Ger. Bauer. Av acoi, baw, Come here, fellow.
Boer, in Wallachian, signifies a boyard or lord.
Beano, part. pass. Born.
Beano abri. Born out of doors, like a Gypsy or vagrant.
Bebee, s. Aunt. Rus. Baba (grandmother, old woman, hag); Baba Yaga,
the female demon of the Steppes.

Beng / Bengui, s. Devil. Sans. Pangka (mud). According to the Hindu
mythology, there is a hell of mud; the bengues of the Gypsies seem to
be its tenants.
Bengako tan, s. Hell. Lit. place belonging to devils.
Bengeskoe potan. Devil's tinder, sulphur.
Bengeskoe / Benglo, a. Devilish.
Bengree, s. Waistcoat. Span. Gyp. Blani. Wal. (Blani fur).
Berro, bero, s. A ship, a hulk for convicts. Span. Gyp. Bero, las galeras,
the galleys; presidio, convict garrison.
Ber-engro, s. A sailor.
Bero-rukh, s. A mast.
Bersh / Besh, s. A year. Sans. Varsha. He could cour drey his besh, he
could fight in his time.
Bershor, pl. Years.
Besh,