BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009

aagan Kriol tu Inglish aanaagan n. organ. Di choch needwahn nyoo aagan. The churchneeds a new organ.Aagas n. August; the eighthmonth of the year. Aagas dawahn hat hat mont. August is avery hot month.aagyu v. argue. Da weh unu diaagyu bowt now? What are youarguing about now?aagyument n. argument. Wishuda hapi ahn noh gat op noaagyument. We should be happyand not have any arguments.aaj Variant: adz.aakid n. orchid. Di blak aakidda di nashanal flowaz a Bileez.The black orchid is the nationalflower of Belize.aakitek n. architect. Di aakitekdizain mi nyoo hows. Thearchitect designed my new house.aal 1 pro. all. Di man schrang noffi bak aal a wi. The man isstrong enough to carry all of us.See: evri.aal alang adv.phr. all along,all the time, always. Gladis mami noa aal alang dat ihpregnant, an ih neva tel ih panotn. Gladys’ mother knew allalong that she was pregnant, andshe didn’t tell her dad anything.See: aalwayz.aal 2 n. awl. Mi pa yooz wahn aalfi boar wahn hoal eena mi belt.My father used an awl to bore ahole in my belt.aal foaz n. 1) card game. Migrani laik play ‘aal foaz’ ahnada kyaad gaym. My grannylikes to play ‘all fours’ and other20card games. 2) position of beingon hands and knees. Ah gehdong pahn mi aal foaz fi skrobdi floa. I get down on my handsand knees to scrub the floor.aali n. alley. Wi luk eena evri leeschreet ahn aali fi di bwai. Welooked in every little street andalley for the boy.aalwayz adv. always. Shee dozaalwayz kohn da wi hows. Sheused to always come to ourhouse. See: aal alang.aam n. armpit; body part fromabove the elbow to theshoulder, including the armpit.Da bwai aam aalwayz stinkkaaz ih noh laik put ting andaih aam. That boy’s armpit alwaysstinks because he doesn’t like touse deodorant.aamen (var: aymen) int. amen.Evribadi seh, “Amen,” wen diprees don pray. Everybody said“Amen,” after the priest prayed.aami army. n. Mi son gaahn daStayts, gaahn jain di aami. Myson went to the States and joinedthe army.aamsent n. underarm odour. Migrani yooz laim fi geh rid apikni aamsent. My granny useslime to get rid of children’sunderarm odour.aamstik n. deodorant. Tudehday moas pipl yooz aamstiksteda Speero powda. These daysmost people use deodorantinstead of Spiro powder.aan 1 adj. on. Beti lef aan di laithoal nait. Betty left the light onall night long.