Kriol – Inglish Dikshineri. English – Kriol Dictionary 978-976-95165-1-9

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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: