Antiguan and Barbudan Creole Dictionary: Part II

Updated: 2 days ago

This page is a raw set of tables for readers who prefer not to read the Antiguan and Barbudan Creole Dictionary in PDF format. This is a supplemental publication– a full dictionary is in progress. Read Part I. The PDF version will provide a better reading experience. Read it here. Part II This document serves as a guide to the standard register of the Antiguan and Barbudan language, known as Aawitaak. Aawitaak (literally “our talk”) uses features from the various basilectal dialects of the Antiguan and Barbudan language and combines them into a controlled form suitable for technical and official usage. Orthography Aawitaak uses the Antiguan and Barbudan Language Academy’s standard orthography as laid out in part I. Table I: 975 definitions Aanteegan an’ Baabyuudan English Notes

a-go volition marker

aad hard

aadvantij teka advantage taker

aadvob adverb

aaf off

aafruo afro

aakm autumn, fall

aakmee autumnal

aalainish sequential

aalbaat account (accounting)

aalbaatin accounting

aalgikyash revenue

aamchia armchair

aamee army

aamhol underarm, armpit

aamstik underarm, armpit

aanchouba eggplant

aanda deodorant

aansa answer

Aanteega Antigua

Aanteega an' Baabyuuda Antigua and Barbuda

aanteeman gay male

Aantibyuuda Antibuda (rare shortening of Antigua and Barbuda)

Aantibyuudan Antibudan (rare shortening of Antiguan and Barbudan)

aapi happy

aapinis happiness

aapl banana little banana

aarait alright

aas ask

aashum grind corn with sugar

aasuu box hand scheme

aat art

aata after

aatanuun afternoon

aatikl article

aawi we, us

Aawilaan Antigua and Barbuda synonym, “our-land”

Aawiniega “our people”

Aawinis the quality of being Antiguan and Barbudan

aayu you all

ab have

abaata treaty, accord from Kalinago abayatara

achar a type of condiment

agud good for you

agyuu argue

ais ice

aisbaax refrigerator

aiwie highway

aiyan iron

akaardin according

Aktouba October

akuukuu season from Yoruba akoko

akuukuuik seasonal

akuukuulee seasonally

aleban eleven

alexhan election

an hand

an’ and

andrid hundred

atuulee ornament from Kalinago ataeouli

au how

aus house

avispa wasp

axent accent

axes access

axhan action

axhanwud verb

ayuudeez you all

Baabyuuda Barbuda

baada bother

baada worry

baada border

baadarieshan to be bothersome

baal bawl, cry

baal shout

baal bawl

baalwud interjection

baan born

baang to bang

baang to beat up

baang-waata-kom-ya immigrate illegally

baangal bracelet

baangdaag to beat up

baangup beat up

baasabaasa to fool around

baasman title used among males to address friends

baat bath

baatmaat bathmat

baatsuut bathing suit

baax a box, box hand scheme

baaxdung to hit with an open palm

baaxdung to slap

babash A type of rum

babilon Babylon

babilon corrupt regime

babilon United States

bad bad

badarieshan annoying

badfeelin nausea

badgiet bad habit

badjaan bully, gangster

badmaindid spiteful, envious

badtaak defame

badwud swear

bafani disability

bagsaruukuu dark skinned person

bagtwain string from a bag

bain vine

bainup to be constipated

bak back

bakaan to hit someone with the back of one’s hand

bakam bottom

bakamfut sole of a foot

bakanaal carnival

bakanaal drama

bakanaal scandal

bakanaal conflict

bakbak to go backwards

bakchaat talk back

bakl bottle

bakra slave owner, white person

baksaid excitement, disbelief

bakstaaba backstabber

bakuu spirit of a dead person

balatag shield from Kalinago ballatagle

bambuula cassava

bankin elevated row of soil

bargee an sam everybody, everyone

bart large metal tub

baskit basket

batabata a heavy load that holds someone back

batendung a tree with plenty of fruit

batendung close all windows and doors in a home

bati buttocks

batibwoi gay male

batihol anus

bedin bedding

bedpred bedspread

befuo taim a long time ago

befuotingwud preposition

beka better

belee swel bakl a bottle containing a liquid believed to deter theives

beleekutin stomach ache

bena benna music

berfes to be proud of one’s bad actions

bes best

bex to be angry or upset

bidauten without

bie bay, beach

biebee baby

bied bathe

biek to bake

biek a type of bread

bieka baker

bies vase

biesaid beachside, coastline, bayside

bighud adulthood

bigman adult man

bigniega adult

bigstuon swollen testicle

bigup to shoutout

biguuman adult woman

bihain behind

bihain buttocks

bil a handheld tool

bilij village

bilyan billion

birdspeed to move fast

birtperpa birth certificate

bitabush a type of vine

blaakail black and sticky substance

blabamaut blabbermouth

blakled pencil

blienk to ignore

blienkit blanket

bliez to hit hard

blud blood

bluda balloon

boba clothing

bobolee idiot

bra brother, bro

braata a little bit more

broda brother

brodahud brotherhood

brosh brush

bruk broke

bruum broom

buk book

bukra slave owner

bul sex

bula gay male

bulf bulb

bum to beg, to wait around a home in expectation of food

bumpa buttocks, bumper

bun burn

buod bird, penis

buon bun

buon bone

buonee bony, skinny

buring grong cemetery, graveyard

bus to burst

bush bush, scrubland, savanna, forest

bwai boy

bwail boil

chaat to chat

chakta tractor

chap to cut

chat talk

ched tread

chee tree

chee three

Cherzdee Thursday

chia chair

chiga trigger

chilyan trillion

chim trim

chimbl to tremble, to shiver

choli trolley

cholong to leave

chook to poke

chou to throw

choub strobe

chouba eggplant

chout throat

chubfish parrotfish

chuch church

churd-naiga third-person

chus to trust, to use a credit card

chuu real, true

chuun tune

chuupit stupid

chuuris tourist

chuut truth

chuuttinkin philosophy

Chuuzdee Tuesday

chweni twenty

daab to dab, to spread

daar expensive

Dadlee Dadli; shortening of Wadadli

dala dollar

damek that’s why

dat that

datermina determiner

dedtong extinct language, ghost town

dem them, they

dem plural marker

demdie those

demya these

den then

die there, there is, there’s

die day

dilee sapodilla

dina dinner

dis this

Disemba December

disya this

dokosie short person

dotish stupid

doz used to, usually

dumaar dark skinned person

dun indicates completion of an action

dung down

dungkiedam indifferent

duo door

duomaat doormat

duoman doorman

duomaut doorway

dutee dirty

duukuuna ducana

eba ever

ebee heavy

edtaak summit (meeting)

ee he

eebnin evening

een in

eena in

eewuu decree, edict from Igbo iwu

ej edge

elt health

eng hang

expolikietid excused, forgiven

faada father

faak fork

faala to follow

faib five

farid forehead

faris forest

Febweri February

feda feather

fes face

fet fete

fia fair, just

fiahaus court

fianis fairness, justice

fiftee fifty

fifteen fifteen

flim film

flipflaap flip flop

fluo flow

fluxee unripe fruit

forin foreign

fraat gibberish

Fraidee Friday

frak dress

fried afraid

frij refrigerator

friken frighten

fruuzee bad body odour

fu to, whose, for

fu’om its

fuaawi our, ours

Fuaawidie Antiguan and Barbudan diaspora

fuaayu for you all

fuhi his

fumi my

funjee fungee

fuo four

fuos force

fuotee forty

fuoteen fourteen

fus first

fus-naiga first-person

fushi hers

futingwud pronoun

fuujuu cool, ripe

fuwud possessive

fuyu yours

fweet fleet

gaad guard

gaadee godparent

gaan to leave

gaan agwasa lost, confiscated

Gad God

gee to give

geevuot referendum

gens against

gibinz expense

gikyash income

go to

gobamen government

gobamenl governmental

graba guava

grada bulldozer

grangou strong, fighting person

grong ground

grongwata groundwater

gruo to grow

gruonut peanut

gubna governor

gut stomach

guta gutter

gyal girl

ha present tense marker

ha it

ha of

haada order, writ

Haagas August

haal all

haalain index, series, sequence

haan an emission of light from Akan hann

haanhaus lighthouse

haaz as soon as

habie sticking out the tongue

habuu chalkboard stick

hanaal also, as well, too

hax ask

holheep many

holheep-a-ting plural, many

hongl only

honglis only

hongs ounce

hu who

hud hood

iaplog earplug

Iebrl April

iefluo airflow

iefuos air force

ienga hanger

iepuot airport

ier air, hair, to hear

ierbrosh hairbrush

ieree aerial, airy

ierjaia hairdryer

ierklip hairclip

iet eight

ietee eighty

Ietee Haiti

ieteen eighteen

il hill

inchuumin instrument

instraal intestine

intanet internet

jaap drop

jaf draft

jai dry

jaia dryer

jaib to drive

jaiba driver

jain to join, group

jain-up group, cursive, to unite

jaina joiner

jaitaim dry season

jaitaimee of or relating to the dry season

jak I mean it, will you

jam to jam, to poke

Janweri January

jed dread

jedlaak dreadlock

jednut coconut

jes dress

jibl to dribble, drool

jinaraal general

jingkpaut water fountain

jongk drunk

jongkaad drunkard

jongl jungle

Julai July

jumbee ghost

juuie fiddler crab

Juun June

kaak cork

kaakl cockle

kaan corn

kaana corner

kaat cart

kaatin curtain

kag copy, cheat, copycat

kaga copier

kagkorukl template

kai sky

kakanafuun to tumble

kakaruoch roach

kakaweel a used thread spool

kambou scar on the limbs

kapa one cent

kasaada cassava

kasi cactus

kata catta

kauch couch

kaunt count

kech to catch

kee quay

keep keep

keepup maintenance, celebration

kenip guinep

kie care, cay

kiek cake

kies case

kimbou kimbo

kin skin

kiswinsi constituency

klaak clock

klaat cloth

klafee idiot

klamee sticky

klapa mouth

klouz close

kodenguu specimen from Ewe kpɔ̀ɖɛŋu

kokobie leprosy

kol cold

kola color, cola

kolaled coloured pencil

kolatik crayon

kolcha culture

konchi country

konchilaa constitution

kongkongsa to take sides, to be biased

kongou eel, Congo

kongsl council

korukl stuff, apparatus, mess, system

kraab crab

kraap scratch

krai cry

kraiwaata tears

kranana zero, nothing

kranee skinny

kreeol creole

krufee dry skin

kuda could’ve

kudum cousin

kuf to hit on the head

kumkumsa one who falsely deems themself knowledgable

kunumunu fool, a man who is subservient to a woman

kuom

kuom comb

kurantman electrician (male)

kurantniega electrician

kurantuuman electrician (female)

kus curse

kuu to look

kuua looker, observer

kuura department from Kalinago courara

kuushuu cashew

kuushuuma cashew apple

kwaat twenty-five cents

kwarel quarrel

kwie care, cay

kwilt quilt

kyaa car

kyaalij college

kyaalijish collegiate

kyaan can

kyaan can’t

kyaanpen budget

kyaant can’t

kyaateefa carjacker

kyabnit cabinet

kyakl cattle

kyanal canal

kyapm captain

kyarn can’t

kyash cash

laa law

laaba to talk, to gossip

laak lock

laak aaf turn off

laak on turn on

laakdung lockdown

laam alarm

laaman lawyer (male)

laamklaak alarm clock

laamp lamp

laan land

laan learn

laaniega lawyer

laauuman lawyer (female)

laba talk, gossip

laf laugh

lai lie

laiaad liar

laka alike

lakawa very

langwij language

las last

lebin leftovers

lef leave

lego let go

lemi let me

lenkuu intelligence agency, secret police from Kalinago huelencou

lib to live

liba liver

lie leave

liecheen latrine

likl little

likllaa by-law, ordinance

lisn to listen

loko train, locomotive

lokotaap train stop

long long

lub love

luut to beg

ma marrow

Maach March

maakit market

maanin morning

maas moss

maasee moss that accumulates at the bottom of ponds

maaskeeta mosquito

maat mat

maatal mortal

mad mad, angry

madnis madness

man man

mas mas

mash to mash, to destroy

mata matter, pus

maut mouth

max mask

meegou Arab

meekain meat

meera mirror

mek make, let, allow

meko meadow

melee gossip, rumour

mi me, I

Mie May

migl middle

milichi military

milyan million

min past tense marker

Mingo Santo Domingo

misa mister

Mondee Monday

monee money

moneeruul finance

mongkee monkey

mont month

mumuu idiot

mung everybody, everyone

munku large bump

musee must be

muun moon

na don’t

na not

na ‘taal not at all

na min did not, was not

naal not

naiganiem demonym

nain nine

naindee ninety

nainteen nineteen

nais nice

nait night

naitstaan nightstand

naiz noise

nak hit, strike

nakaad pressure

nakstrok work

neba never

neegl dragonfly, needle

neenyam food

nieba neighbour

niebahud neighbourhood

niebee navy

niebl navel

niega people

niegajain people group, ethnic group

niegakaunt census

niegalaan country

niegatiet republic

nort zero

nuh indicates a statement of fact at the end of a sentence

numba number

numbawud numeral

nuos nose

nuosuol nostril

Nuovemba November

nut nut

nyaasi nasty

nyam to eat

nyuu new

nyuuz news

oba over

obeea obeah

oda other

okro okra

om it

oulaad oh lord

ozbaan husband

paa path

paach to roast

paalimen parliament

paanee used paint can, large water container

paasa pasture

paasan pastor

paat part, division

paatikl particle

padlaak padlock

pafyuum perfume

pai spy

pain pine, pineapple

pampalam vagina

pan on (upon)

pangkiek pancake

pankuua onlooker

pankuut idiot

pap porridge

parasuol umbrella

parish parish

parishal parochial

parishhud parishhood

paut spout

peek summit (top), peak

peesa piece of

pen spend

pepa pepper

pepa paper

pia avocado

piaran parent

piaranhud parenthood

pien pain

pigee piggy, vagina

pigl to urinate

pijin pidgin, pigeon

pik pick

pikcha picture

pikiniega children

pikinish childish

pikni child

piknihaus school, playgroup

piknihud childhood (state of being a child)

piknisolja child soldier

piknitaim childhood (time in which one is a child)

pilaa pillow

pilaakies pillowcase

pit spit

plat to braid

plenti plenty

plienman pilot (male)

plienniega pilot

plienteefa hijacker

plienuuman pilot (female)

plonja plunger

pompa oversize

prangrana pomegranate

pring spring

pringee springy (relating to the spring)

puot port

pusee cat

puup to fart

pwail to spoil

Raabak Antiguan and Barbudan language

raas ass

rada rather

Radawnda Redonda

rag-up destroy

raintaim rainy season

raintaimee of or relating to the rainy season

raispap type of porridge

rait write

raittiebl desk

rak rack

rampl wrinkle

rang wrong

rata rat

rax spit

rech reach, arrive

redmem very light-skinned

riba river

ribaej dyke

ridim rhythm

rien rain

rienee rainy

rienfaris rainforest

rij ridge

rog rug

rong round

rongxhan disturbance

ruop rope

ruuka ministry from “ruul” and “kuura”

ruukaman minister (male)

ruukanaiga minister

ruukauuman minister (female)

ruul rule

ruulhud authority

ruulting statute

ruultingish statutory

saabis sensible, handy, precocious

saach search

saan sand

saanrij shoal

sabana savanna

sad sad

sadnis sadness

saf soft

saians science

saidlis neutral

santapee centipede

sapee wet overcooked food

Satdee Saturday

sebm seven

sebmdee seventy

sebmteen seventeen

see sea

seegaad coast guard

sef self

sekan-naiga second-person

Septemba September

shai to trick someone into flinching

shaligou blue crab

shap shop

shasha cornbread

shi she, her

shuga diabetes, sugar

shuu shoe

shuubaax shoebox

shuubrosh shoe brush

sidung sit down

siekid sacred

sista sister

sistahud sisterhood

six six

sixtee sixty

sixteen sixteen

slabee obese person

slak indecent behavior

sleep sleep

sleepmax sleep mask

slieb slave

slipa slipper

sluuee slippery

smadee somebody

snuo snow

solja soldier

soma summer

somee summery (relating to the summer)

Sondee Sunday

sou so

spaar friend

spek glasses

spich to dive

sudn something

swaatee obese

sweet sweet

sweetee candy, sweetie

swel swell

taa star

taam time

taap stop

taaree starry, stellar

taat tart

taikl title

tailit toilet

tailitbrosh toilet brush

taim time

tait tight

taitong speech disorder

tambrin tamarind

tamp-up to stomp on

tan stand

tan-up stand up

tanaad standard

tangou beef from an old cow

tangx thanks

tantee aunt

tap top

tari story

tark talk

tata stutter

taual towel

tauzan thousand

teecha teacher

teef to steal

teefa stealer

teefman male stealer

teefuuman female stealer

teelee penis

teema steamer

teet teeth

tek to take

tekeen to catch (an illness), to faint

tekumwie independent, wild

tem stem

ten ten

tenait tonight

tensel chamber pot

tiebl table

tieblkata tablecloth

tiekawie subtract

ties to taste

tiet state

tietjain federation

tif stiff

tik stick

tilet toilet

ting thing

tingk think, stink

tingwud noun

tirtee thirty

tirteen thirteen

titimus tetanus

tomara tomorrow

tomuk stomach

tong town, tongue

toris tourist

tralala confusion, scandal, argument

trang strong

triet straight

tukl turtle

tump to punch

tun turn

tunkuu steam roller

tuu two

tuut everybody, everyone

twelb twelve

twiti friction from Akan twitwi

tyaad tired

ubukuu military officer from Kalinago ubutu

uol old, hole

uolee holy

up up

uufa whose

uumach how much

uuman woman

vais voice

valees valise

vejee vegetable

vim cleaning powder

vuom to pass quickly

vuot vote

vuotpepa ballot

wa what

waajuob wardrobe

waak walk

waasklaat washcloth

waata water

wach to watch

Wadadlee Wadadli

wai why

wajee used clothing

wamek why

wan one, indefinite article

wan-ting singular

wantalee intentionally

wari warri

warihee buttocks

wash wash

watabed aquifer

watapaut water spout, fountain

watateefa pirate

weda weather

week week

wel water well

wen when

wentaim when

Wenzdee Wednesday

wi will

wich which

wichpaat where

wie where

wikid evil

wikidman villain (male)

wikidniega villain

wikiduuman villain (female)

wil will

wilk whelk

win Wind

winchee wintry

winda window

winta winter

wod to curse, word

wotlis worthless

wud word

wud wood

wuda would’ve

wudbuk dictionary

wudchienja adjective

wudjaina conjunction

wusara worse, intensifier

yaaba cooking vessel

yai eye

yampee rheum

yap talk

yap to yap

yia year

yieyie eye

yu you, your

yuuman human

yuuniversitee university

yuut youth

zaboka zaboca

zamee lesbian

zanana pineapple

zingk zinc

zuutuupeg uncultured

zwaag promiscuous woman  Table II: 160 definitions Aanteegan an’ Baabyuudan English Notes

a it’s, it is

aacha archer

aachanaat astronaut

aachanama astronomer

aafisa officer

aak to act

aan on

aat hot

aatis artist

aatleet athlete

aaxhin auction

aaxhinia auctioneer

alektrishan electrician

aprieshan operation

aprieta operator

aprietin operating

baaba barber

bam bum (buttocks)

bambam bumbum (buttocks)

biebee wacha babysitter

bienk bank

bienka banker

bilda builder

bukhaus library

bukhausman librarian (male)

bukhausuuman librarian (female)

chek check

chibyuut tribute

chied trade

chieda trader

chusish fiduciary

chusman trustee (male)

chusniega trustee

chustee trusty, trustworthy

chusuuman trustee (female)

chuu through

daakta doctor

dairekta director

diktieta dictator

elp help

elplis helpless

elpliswud deixis

famblee family

fas fast

fejaal federal

fejieshan federation

fia-jielin due process

fram from

fuoman foreman

gaad guard

gaadn garden

gaadna gardener

gib-laachek certiorari

gras grass

gree agree

gruosha grocer

gruoshree grocery

gruoshree tuo grocery store

gwaan going on

hafuting liability

iemen amen

if if

inbenta inventor

inbesta investor

injaneer engineer

injaneerin engineering

jaakee jockey

jaikleena drycleaner

jiel jail, prison

jiela jailer

jielin jailing

jinaraal general

joj judge

jojaada court order

jom drum

joma drummer

kanfejieshan confederation

karal coral

kazmou cosmos

kil kill

kila killer

king king

kleen clean

kleena cleaner

kom come

kom-fram to come from

kuol cold

kus cuss, curse

kween queen

kyaan-nis ability

laachek judicial review

laanrait right to use land, easement

laif life

laifgaad lifeguard

lichree literary

liklbad tort

luukwaam lukewarm

meegou-uuman Arab female

meegouman Arab male

mekaawi let’s, let us, make us

mesinja messenger

musa must be, must’ve

myuuzik music

na-fejaal unitary, not federal

na-iebl unable

nas nurse

non nun

nyamhaus restaurant

nyuuz news

nyuuzman journalist (male)

nyuuzuuman journalist (female)

onta hunter

pai spy, investigator

palitishan politician

pataalajis pathologist

pes pest

pes kila exterminator

powa power

prafesa professor

praim minista prime minister

prie pray

priea prayer

prizm prism

raas ass, to beat

reef reef

reschaant restaurant

rexamin regiment

riejaalajis radiologist

rienj range

rienja ranger

ruulpowa jurisdiction

saang song

sluo slow

subm something, thing

subn something, thing

syuu sue

syuurait locus standi, legal standing

taakelpa interpreter

taapaada injunction

taip type

taipis typist

terichree territory

tiela tailor

tuo store

tyuuta tutor

um kom-fram it comes from; it is attributed to

uolruul precedent

waadn warden

waam warm

weld weld

welda welder

wieb wave

wil will (legal term)

wilchek probate

willis intestate

wudbaadi corpus

ya here

yaidaakta eye doctor

yieyiedaakta eye doctor