icening
[Trin. idem (Winer p.c.); from icing + -ing] n. icing; frosting, such as on a cake. (Black) ...
icening sugar
[cf. ICENING; cf. Brit. icing sugar idem, from its use in making icing] n. confectioner's sugar. (Inagua, Nassau). ...
icicle
[cf. W3 Popsicle] n. sweetend, fruit-flavored drink frozen in a smal plastic bag or on a stick cf. BAGGY, CUP (Black) ...
idle bob
[cf. BOB seed of the castor oil plant] n. the castor oil plant, Ricinus sp.: 1977 (Albury 83). (Andros) ...
if
conj. 1. [Car.; from the use of if in the indirect quotation of questions] introduces questions: Moma say if you go? [i.e. she is asking ...
if God spare my life; if God give life
[cf. Atlantic if life save, if life spare idem] phr. God willing (said in reference to future plans): 1917 She rose ... promising me she'd ...
ignorance
[from the use of the word to mean 'lack of intelligence'] n. mental retardation, applied especially to manifestations such as drooling, making animal-like noises, etc. ...
ingranant
cf. Trin. igronant annoyed (Ottley 16); cf. IGNORANCE] adj. mentally retarded: Being igranant is the first stage of being crazy (Eleu.). (Black) ...
Ilathera
[cf. ELEUTHERIA ] n., Obs. an eighteenth-century name for Eleuthera, a major island of the Bahamas: 1731 The islands of Andros and Ilathera (Catesby 30).
854. ...
ill-convenient
[OED, now vulgar; also Scots CSD, US dial. ADD] adj. inconvenient: My mother said it was an ill-convenient time to come for me (COB). (Gen.) ...
I'm, I am
[probably by analogy of he's he is, he has; cf. US dial. South "I'm a good mind to (do something)" (Brown 1976)] first person pro-noun ...
in
prep. [note that the early form na (cf. IN-A) was a general locative prep. corresponding to 'in, on, onto, at' etc. (Hancock p.c.)]
1. [Trin. ...
in-a
/ína/ [cf. Atlantic ina, na in (Hancock 1969: 65) and Haitian nã and Papiamentu na idem; cf. Port. na in the (feminine), supporting the theory ...
Inagua
/ináhgwa/ [this name is found on the 1523 Turin map (Curry 1928:26), suggesting a Lucayan origin (ibid 20); however, according to Albury (1975:197) "The Lucayans ...
in-and-out
[from weaving] n. a style of plaiting STRAW1 (Wyannie Malone Museum display), (Andros, Long) ...
Indian arrowroot
/ìnjan árwut/ [DIE idem, MCC Indian arrow idem; cf. AROOT] n, the arrowroot plant, Maranta arundinacea, which produces an edible starch: 1835 Maranta. . .called ...
Indian corn
[cf. Brit, corn grain; maize was origin-ally called Indian wheat (obs. → 1746 DAE) and Indian corn (1621→ . DAE) to distinguish it from other ...
Indian spinach
[from its place of origin] n. a plant, Basella alba: 1889 Indian spinach. . .introduced from the East Indies (Gardner 402). = WHITE SPINACH (Mayag) ...
inherit
(by semantic broadening] v. to receive (a large sum of money or a reward): 1966 You will inherit ten billion pounds and that beautiful girl ...
Injun
[W Car.; also US dial. ADD] n. Indian; native American: 1936 Wun Injun who got money an' stuff pile up in he yard (Dupuch 18). ...
ink-berry
[W3, DJE different sp.; from the ink-like juice of the fruit] n. a plant, Scaevola plumieri, or ...
ink bush
[W3 different sp.] n. a shrub, Forestiera segregata: 1920 (Britton 327). cf. SWAMP BUSH ...
in quest
[perhaps from in check, influenced by conquest or inquest] phr. to admit defeat in playing cards or marbles, one says I in quest (considered a ...
insertion
n. a style of plaiting narrow strips of STRAW1 (Bannister display). (Black) ...
inside
prep. in (a book, newspaper, etc.): I read it inside one book (Nassau). (Gen).
-- adj. or adv. [cf OUTSIDE illegitimate] (of offspring, siblings, etc.) ...
instead
[OED, only adv. or with of] conj. instead of (doing, etc.): The girls just have illegitimate children, making the city more populated, instead they try ...
intelligent
[W. Car.; from intelligence, construed as plural] n. intelligence. (Black) ...
interbreed
[OED, to cross-breed (animals)] v. 1. (of ethnic groups) to intermarry. cf. BREED (Eleu.)
2. to inbreed. (Exuma) ...
into
[Car. "probably overcorrection of iina" DJE; cf. another result of hypercorrection in US dial. South "in.. .commonly used in locutions where into would be preferable" ...
Irish potato
[Atlantic; "This usage was chiefly colonial during the 17-18th cents, now gen American" DJE] n. the common white potato, in contrast to POTATO sweet potato: ...
iron
[by analogy with ironing clothes] v. to straighten hair with a hot comb. cf. CONK, PRESS (Nassau) ...
iron critter
[cf. CREETER, CRITTER creature] n. automobile (used by older people). (Exuma, San Sal.) ...
ironing stove
n. an iron pot containing coals for heating an old-style smoothing iron for clothes. (Gen.) ...
iron-rubber
n., Obs. a cloth for cleaning soot off an old-style smoothing iron. (Andros, White) ...
iron taw
/áyan tah/ [cf. TAW marble] n. a steel ball salvaged from an aerosol spray can and used in playing marbles. (Black) ...
is (1)
/iz, z/ copula [Car.; cf. Brit. dial. North I is, thou is, they is (Orion M2, 4), and Scots I'se I am CSD] I. equative ...
is (2)
/is/ introducer 1. [Atlantic; although lexically derived from a contraction of it is, the source of the syntactic function is Proto-Creole *da or *na; cf. ...
is (3)
/iz, z/ preverbal marker. [Car.; probably a reduced form of DOES identified with the English auxiliary is; cf. Gul. "Why you is walk sideways like ...
island
n. 1. [by abbreviation of OUT ISLAND] any Bahamian island except New Providence (con-sidered too sophisticated to be an island). = OUT ISLAND, FAMILY ISLAND, ...
island bean
n. a pod-bearing plant, Dolichos insularis: 1920 (Britton 195). (Black) ...
island boy (girl, man, people); islander
[cf. ISLAND] 1. n. a Bahamian from any island except New Providence (connotes a rustic): 1935 Havin' mo' fun dan a I-lun man in a ...
island grits
[from the hand-grinding of corn typical on the outer islands] n. a yellowish, coarse, and very flavorful kind of hominy grits or corn. = NATIVE ...
islandish
[cf. ISLAND 1] adj. unsophisticated; naive ; boorish: 1940 Dey get too islandish (Dupuch 68). (Black)
1336. island ...
it
[cf. HE, HIM, he, she, it, her, they] pron. 1 . her: 1966 He take out the King daughter, and going with it (Crowley 117). ...
itch
intj. [probably a softening of bitch!] an ex-clamation of surprise or pain or an incitement to fight. = ETCH (Black)
—adj. [from the general tendency ...
it is
[Car.; also US Black and dial, in Brit., US South (Hancock p.c.)] phr. there is (are, was, were): 1895 'T was a man; 'e had ...
I meet Mama-dem
(doing this) phr. People have been doing this ever since I can remember: I meet Mama-dem saying it was do Society Hall [i.e. I've always ...