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  • last-last
    /lás las/ [Atlantic; by reduplication of last; cf. Mandinka lábang-labango the very end (Rowlands 1969b:158)] adj. the very last. (Black)
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  • last: I give you last
    [cf. Car. last lick, DJE Krio gi las KED, both idem; cf. Brit. dial. North last bat poison, West last
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  • last
    /las/ [cf. DJE las' y last or youngest child;Krio las sista youngest sister KED] adj. youngest (in a family): my las'
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  • larzhan
    /lahzhán/ [Haitian from Fr. l'argent the money] n. money (used with Haitians). (Exuma)
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  • lart
    /laht/, lartin, /láhtin/ [cf. OED lath idem] n. stick or sticks used as a foundation for THATCH in making a roof;
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  • lapli
    /laplíy/ [Haitian from Fr. la pluie the rain] n. rain (used with Haitians). (Eleu.)
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  • lap
    [US Black idem (Faucet 1927:261); cf. US dial, lap from obs, lop, the loppings of a tree ... a treetop
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  • Language
    Bahamian terms referring to language suggest that Bahamians had a very accurate perception of the linguistic realities of their country
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  • land somebody off
     [ cf. OED land to set on shore, to set down from a vehicle; cf. Brit. dial. North, Scots land
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  • land-paper
    [cf. DJE birth-paper birth certificate] n. a deed; a title (to land): We don't have to take land papers; Father
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