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  • dar
    See DE2
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  • Danish
    (Black); Daney starch (San Sal.) [etym. unknown, but cf. Daney nickname for a Danish-American (James Holm p.c.)] n. a plant,
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  • dander
    (Eleu., White); danders (Mayag.); dandrus (Black) [cf. Krio danda dandruff (Hancock p.c.); cf. Brit. dial. North, West dander slight scurf
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  • dan-dan
    [Car.; DJE "prob. fr. dandy by iteration of first syllable, but cf. Yoruba dãdã good, beautiful"] n. a child's dress.
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  • damson plum
    [Car.; DJE "fr. the resemblance of the fruit to a damson plum" (Prunus insititia)] n. a tree, Chrysophyllum oliviforme, or
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  • daddy
    [W Car.; Gul. idem (Gonzales 1922:284)] n. a title or term of address for a respected, older man (not related):
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  • dada
    /dáda/ [Vir. da idem (Highfield); OED, child's word for father, but cf. also Fon dada grandfather (Turner 1949:70)] n. a
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  • da(4)
    See DE2.
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  • da(3)
    [Car.; DJE: "prob. fr. de to be (located) + a introducer, but cf. Twi da lie, be situated...A word introducing
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  • da(2)
    [Car.] prep. (of location or direction) to, at, in, on. (Nassau)
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