BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009

ai Kriol tu Inglish baitbuttocks. Yu wahn soonkyaahn fain no pants fi fit dabig bahain weh yoo gat deh.Pretty soon you won’t be able tofind pants to fit that big bottomthat you have there. See:bakyaad, bambam, batam, bati,staan.bai 1 v. buy, purchase. Janigaahn bai shuga da shap.Johnny went to buy sugar at theshop.bai 2 prep. by. Da oal umanaalwayz paas bai mai hows.That old woman always passes bymy house.bai 3 int. good-bye, farewell. Ahwahn si yu layta den – bai. I’llsee you later then – bye. See:aarait, gudbai.Baibl n. Bible. Di Baibl seh yunoh fi tel lai. The Bible says thatyou shouldn’t tell lies.baik n. bicycle. Too man stap dibwai ahn tek weh ih baik. Twomen stopped the boy and tookaway his bike. See: baisikl.bail 1 v. boil. Pleez bail sohnpitayta fi mi, noh? Please boilsome potatoes for me, okay?bail 2 n. boil; a painful, pussfilledswelling of the skincaused by a bacterial infection.Di bwai ga wahn big bail pan ihskin. The boy has a big boil onhis skin.blain bail n.phr. a boil thathas not broken the skin. Paalgeh wahn big blain bail anda ihaam sayk a yooz tu mochaamstik. Paul got a big boil in hisarmpit because he used too muchdeodorant. See: kyat bail.bail kayk n. round dumplingmade with flour and bakingpowder served in ‘bail-op’. Ifyu bail bail kayk fi tu lang, wikaal it ‘jrongdid man’ kaa dehngeh tu hevi. If you boil thosedumplings too long, we call them‘drowned men’ because they gettoo heavy. See: domplin.bail-op n. boil-up; a dish madewith boiled tubers and servedwith fish, pig-tail and acoconut oil sauce. Yestudeh Ahmi feel fi eet wahn big playt abail-op. Yesterday I felt likeeating a big plate of boil-up.bain v. constipate; bind thebowels. If yu eet tu moch kashuih wahn bain yu. Eating toomany cashews will constipateyou. See: kaak, kaastiv.baisikl n. bicycle. Janet laan firaid ih baisikl fahn ih faiv. Janetlearned to ride her bicycle fromwhen she was five. See: baik.bait v. 1) bite. Main da daag baityu. Be careful that dog doesn’tbite you. 2) give a suddengrabbing pain. Ih mosi wahnrayn kaa mi kot di bait mi. Itmust be going to rain because I’mgetting a sharp pain where I hadsurgery. — n. bite. Dehn diaalwayz pray bifoa dehn tekdehn fos bait. They always praybefore they take their first bite.bait een...tong v.phr. biteone’s tongue to preventspeaking so as to appearbrave, or to avoid responding.Ih bait een ih tong an ih seh tuihself, “Cho! Ai noh frayd.” He38