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  • Definitions starting with A
    African Words
    Answer: It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
  • Definitions starting with A
    African Words
    Answer: It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
  • Definitions starting with T
    throw
    Answer: /trow/ v. 1. [OED, to shoot, as a missile engine] to shoot (an arrow): 1966 Jack had about three arrow...he ...
  • Definitions starting with E
    -ee, -y
    Answer: [Car.; cf. DJE -i "Meaningless sound-element; its use today, however (except as estab-lished in songs, proverbs, etc.), indicates old-fashioned dial. ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bang-bang
    Answer: [from a reduplication of bang, perhaps converging with similar African echoic words for striking, e.g. Twi bàm or Hausa bam ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    Bellaby
    Answer: /bélabi/ [cf. 1811 DVT Barnaby an old dance to a quick movement, possibly converging with African words, e.g. Kongo (e)bwela ...
  • Definitions starting with H
    he, 'e
    Answer: /hiy, hi, iy, i/ pron. [Pan-Creole: cf. i 'he, she, it' in Krio, LA Fr., Port. Guine (Taylor 1977:172); cf. ...
  • Definitions starting with K
    kindoiah
    Answer: [cf. Kongo nkhiindu noise, riot (Carter p.c.)] n., Obs. a word of unknown meaning, chanted at a FIRE DANCE: 1891 ...
  • Definitions starting with F
    Folklore
    Answer: The folklore of the Bahamas, like other aspects of its culture, has its roots in both Europe and Africa and is closely ...
  • Definitions starting with D
    de (1)
    Answer: /de/; dere, there copula [Atlantic; DJE "from there, DE, which takes the place of the omitted verb to be—poss. also with coincidental ...