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  • dot
    [probably from dirt] n. excrement. (Andros, San Sal.) —v. to defecate. (Andros, San Sal.)
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  • dose
    [i.e. of BUSH MEDICINE; cf. also Haitian this Potion TDKF] n. an evil spell: Put a dose on him (Nassau). (Black)
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  • de (2)
    /de/; dere, da, dare preverbal progressive marker [Atlantic; cf. DE1and African aspect markers such as Twi progressive "formed with the prefix
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  • de (1)
    /de/; dere, there copula [Atlantic; DJE "from there, DE, which takes the place of the omitted verb to be—poss. also with coincidental
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  • dinghy
    /dinggi/ (San Sal.); ding-a-ling (Black) [cf. TING-A-LING; cf. US dial. South ding-a-ling  idem (. Northam p.c.); DHS dingle-dangle idem] n.
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  • die
    [by hypercorrection of DEAD to die] adj. dead: 1918 If you ever eat one of dem fruit, you be die
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  • door-mouth
    [Atlantic; an African calque: cf, Yoruba enu ìloro (lit, mouth porch) threshold (Oyedeji p.c.), Hausa baki mouth, entrance DIE; cf.
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  • doorkeeper
    [cf. doorman, gatekeeper] n. door-man; attendant at doors, as at a supermarket: That door-keeper like look at people hard (Nassau).
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  • doof
    /duwf/ [from dwarf] n. a short person: A person who short we could call a little short doof (Nassau).
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  • doody
    /dúwdi/ [cf. Car. duudu idem, also Brit. DJE; cf. US Black do-do (Walker 1956: 117); NYC doody idem (from Do your duty?)
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