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Table of contents :
Kriol Dictionary Title-CopyrightPage09.pdf......Page 0
KRIOL tu INGLISH 19......Page 4
List of Abbreviations......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
History and purpose of the Dictionary Project......Page 14
Development of this edition......Page 15
Guide to Using the Dictionary......Page 16
Kriol to English......Page 17
English to Kriol Section......Page 21
Sample word......Page 23
Grammar Notes......Page 29
Kriol-A-Z......Page 32
English to Kriol......Page 393
Eng-Kriol......Page 395
References......Page 477
Belize Kriol Project......Page 2
Kriol – Inglish Dikshineri English – Kriol Dictionary Compiled and edited by
Yvette Herrera Myrna Manzanares Silvana Woods Cynthia Crosbie Ken Decker Editor-in-Chief
Paul Crosbie
Belize Kriol Project
Cover design: Adapted from Yasser Musa Cover photo: Courtesy Robert Spain at 2008 Crooked Tree Cashew Fest Illustrations in the Introduction are from The Art of Reading, SIL International Literacy Department
SIL International provided linguistic consultancy to this publication of the Belize Kriol Project. The Belize Kriol Project is the language development arm of The National Kriol Council. www.sil.org
The National Kriol Council House of Culture, Regent Street P.O. Box 2447 Belize City Belize www.kriol.org.bz Belize Kriol Project P.O. Box 2120 Office: 33 Central American Blvd. Belize City, Belize The first printing of this dictionary was in 2007 and was funded by
The Ministry of Education and The National Institute of Culture and History House of Culture, Regent Street Belize City, Belize
First Edition Copyright © 2007 Belize Kriol Project Second Printing 2009 ISBN # 978-976-95165-1-9 Printed by Print Belize Belmopan, Belize
CONTENTS List of Abbreviations .......................................... iv Foreword by Sir Colville Young.............................v Preface ..................................................................... ix Acknowledgements .............................................. xi Introduction .............................................................1 Guide to Using the Dictionary ...........................3 The Kriol Writing System ........................... 10 Grammar Notes ....................................................16 KRIOL tu INGLISH ......................................... 19 ENGLISH to KRIOL ..................................... 381 References.............................................................465
List of Abbreviations adj. adv. Afr. Am. art. BK conj. Eng. foc.
adjective adverb African American article Belize Kriol conjunction English focus marker
obj. phr. pl. Port. poss. prep. pro. pro.adj.
Fr. ono. int. n. neg. NKC
French onomatopoeia interjection noun negative National Kriol Council
Misk. num.
Miskito number
ref. sal. sg. sp. Sp. subj. v. var: