Words - Romany

Language > Rom - Sin > Romany

Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

chai	fem. of CHAL, a fellow, a person.
chal	a fellow, a person.
corey cory	(vulg.) the penis. [Romany kori, thorn].
deek	(verb, only in imperative) look, see.
didakai didicoi didicoy diddicoy didakei	an itinerant tinker or scrap-dealer, not a true gypsy.
dukkeripen	fortune-telling.
gadgie gauje gaudgie gadje	a fellow
gajo gorgio gadjo	a word for a non-gypsy.
nark	a police informer; (verb) to inform on, to annoy. [Romany nak, nose].
rom	a gypsy man > ROMA or ROMS.

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