BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009

ankl Kriol tu Inglish apendiksCaye.ankl (var: enkl) n. ankle. Ah twismi fut eena wahn hoal ahnsprayn mi ankl. I twisted myfoot in a hole and sprained myankle.anles (var: lesn) conj. unless. Ahnoh wahn du dat anles yu paymi. I won’t do that unless youpay me.anonks v. announce. Yu noh fianonks tu evribadi dat wi baramoni. You don’t have toannounce to everybody that weborrowed money.anpak v. unpack. Enitaim Ahgoh weh, di haadis ting da fianpak mi ting dehn wen Ahkohn bak. Whenever I go away,the hardest thing for me is tounpack my things when I comeback.ansa v. answer. Di man nevaansa non a wi kweschan. Theman didn’t answer any of ourquestions.— n. answer. Wen dehn aks dikweschan, wi ansa sopraizdehn. When they asked thequestion, our answer surprisedthem.ansesta n. ancestor, forefather.Fi wee ansesta dehn kohn fahnAfrika. Our ancestors came fromAfrica. See:grayt-grayt-grayt-granfaada.antik n. antic. Di lee bwai mi-dientatayn wi wid ih lee antiks.The little boy entertained us withhis antics. See: paiyaso.antiloap n. antelope; not a trueantelope but a species of small30deer (red brocket deer), havinga chestnut-red colour andstanding less than three feethigh. Mazama americana.apaasl n. apostle. Biblical.Jeezas mi pik Peeta az wahnapaasl. Jesus chose Peter as anapostle.apachooniti n. opportunity. Ahgeh wahn apachooniti fi ferdami stodiz wen Ah geh diskalaship. I got the opportunityto further my studies when I gotthe scholarship. See: chaans.aparayshan n. surgicaloperation. Alis geh wahnaparayshan fi gaalstoan laasweek. Alice had an operation forgallstones last week.aparayt 1 v. loosen one’sbowels. If yu jrink tu mochproonz joos, ih wahn aparaytyu. If you drink too much prunejuice, it will loosen your bowels.See: goh owt.aparayt 2 v. operate; conductone’s self in a certain way.Mee noh hoa moni ahn noh paykaa mee noh aparayt laik dat. Idon’t owe money and not pay itback because I don’t operate likethat.aparayta n. operator. Wi mihafu kaal di telifoan aparayta figeh di nomba. We had to call thetelephone operator to get thenumber.apendiks n. appendicitis. Oaltaim pipl seh dat wen yu swalagwaava seed, ih gi yu apendiks.Old people say that when youswallow a guava seed, it gives