BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009

abstaaf Kriol tu Inglish badisaw the police coming. See:polees. [Term with biblicalreference, coming from theRastafarian movement and usedto express contempt for any partof the Caribbean Establishment.]babstaaf n. fishing pole; a setline left over night.bachri n. battery. Di bachri eenadi flashlait mi ded, soh wi nevaga no lait eena di blakowt. Thebattery in our flashlight was dead,so we didn’t have any light in theblackout.gi bachri v.phr. give trouble.Dis pikni oanli ku gi bachri. Ahnoh noa weh Ah wahn du widahn. This child gives a lot oftrouble. I don’t know what I’mgoing to do with him.bad adj. 1) bad. Wi hafu bayl diseptik tank kaaz ih di giv aafwahn bad smel. We have to bailout the septic tank because it’sgiving off a bad smell. See: eevl,haad, wikid. 2) good. Slang.Alison gat aan wahn bad shooz– Ah laik it. Allison has on somenice shoes – I like them. See:wikid. — adv. badly. Di piknimi-di bihayv bad; ih faiya kikaata mi an aal. The child wasbehaving badly; he was evenkicking at me.bad bowt v.phr. behavepromiscuously, sleep around.(Usually refers to women.) Dagyal ga AIDS sayk a di badbowt. That girl has AIDS becauseof her promiscuity. See: rotbowt, sleep rong.mek bad v.phr. cause trouble.Ah noh waahn tel Saydi how ihhozban di cheet pan ahn kaaAh noh waahn mek badbitween dehn. I don’t want to tellSadie how her husband ischeating on her because I don’twant to cause trouble for them.bad beli n. diarrhea. If yu eet tumoch mengo, yu wahn geh badbeli. If you eat too many mangos,you’ll get diarrhea. See: werkbeli, roninz, shitninz.bad stail n. bad manners,inappropriate andunacceptable behavior. Yoooanli ga bad stail; yu laik taakwen pipl di taak. You have verybad manners; you like to talkwhen others are talking.bada v. bother, annoy, hassle.Noh bada mi, bwai. Yu noh siAh di du sohnting? Don’t botherme, boy. Don’t you see I’m doingsomething? See: anai, ayk, bog,fos, hasl.badak v. back out on, renege,fail to follow through, beunreliable. Di man mi-di werkgud fos, bot ih staat tu badakpahn mi. The man was workingwell at first, but then he failed tofollow through for me. [Possiblyfrom ‘act bad’]badi n. body. Di bwai yooz ihhoal badi wen ih daans. The boyuses his whole body when hedances.badi-kohn-dong n.phr.fatigue. Sayk a weh Mis Sayrawerk soh haad, ih en op di gabadi-kohn-dong. Because MissSarah worked so hard, she endedup with fatigue.36