1. bull
2. cattle
3. ox
4. beef
5. slow person,
begey (v)
Variation(s): begeye
to stammer, to stutter
begonya (n)
begonia
bek (n)
nib, bek grat = scratchy nib
bek (v)
Variation(s): beke
to peck, bek-beke = to peck at food
bekann (n)
bike
bekas (n)
kind of bird
bekdelyev (n)
hair-lip
beki (n)
1. crutch
2.support, help, aid
beking powder (n)
baking powder
bekinn (n)
kind of fish
beko (n)
a kiss
bekonn (n)
bacon
bekot (v)
Variation(s): bekote
to kiss, to peck
bel (azek)
big, strong, powerful, great, enormous, massive, weighty, bel lebra = strong arm
belfi (n)
daughter-in-law, stepdaughter
bell (n)
1. belly
2. cake cooked with sugar cane juice
belmer (n)
mother-in-law, stepmother
belna (n)
rolling-pin
belo (v)
to roll out (esp of dough)
belot (n)
card game
belser (n)
sister-in-law, stepsister
belye (n)
aries (the first sign of the Zodiac)
belz (n & azek)
Belgian
belzaminn (n)
kind of flower stem used for cleaning slates
belzebit (n)
the devil
Belzik (n)
Belgium
bemol (n & azek)
flat
bene (n)
1. fellow
2. simpleton, fool, booby oaf
benediksyon (n)
benediction, blessing
benefis (n)
benefit, gain, profit
benefisye (v)
to profit, to gain
benevol (azek)
benevolent, charitable
benevolman (adv)
as charity, voluntarily
beng (n)
frog
bengal (n)
Bengal
bengali (n)
person from Bengal
bengali (n)
species of bird
bengali (azek)
of Bengal
bengalo (n)
sea-side house
bengezbalzan (n)
bengue`s balsam
beni (v)
to bless, to hallow, to consecrate, dye benis! = God bless you! bondye beni = God willing
beni (azek)
hallowed, consecrated, dilo beni = holy water, dipin beni = consecrated bread , mo lame beni = I`m lucky with my hands
benitye (n)
1. stoup, font
2. clamshell
benn (n)
1. band, orchestra
2. rounded 90ฐ pipe in plumbing
3. bounce
4. sister
bennjo (n)
banjo
bennwar (n)
bath, bath-tub
bennzinn (n)
benzine
bennzol (n)
benzol
ber (n)
crib, cradle, cot
ber (v)
Variation(s): bere
to smear, to smudge, to daub, to soil
bere (n)
beret
bergamot (n)
species of citrous fruit
beri (n)
variety of fish
beriberi (n)
beriberi
berkay (n)
fold, return oberkay = return to the fold
bers (v)
Variation(s): berse
to lull asleep, to rock
bersez (n)
lullaby
berso (n)
cradle, crip, cot
bert (n)
parting of hair
berze (n)
shepherd
berzer (n)
shepherdess
bes (adv)
one`s best (esp of trying, doing)
bes (v)
Variation(s): bese
1. to bend, to stoop
2. to let down, to lower
3. to reduce the height
4. to fall (esp of prices, temperature)
5. to ebb
6. to dim
7. to abate, bes latet = submit, bes<
besak (n)
Variation(s): mang besak
variety of mango
besamel (n)
bechamel, white sauce
besann (n)
gram flour
bet (azek)
foolish, stupid, silly, fer labet = to play the fool
beta (n)
1. son
2. friend
3. simpleton, booby
betang (n)
fresh-water shrimp
betas (n)
simpleton, booby (esp of female)
betay (n)
1. variety of shell-fish
2. cattle
betel (n)
betel
beti (n)
1. daughter
2. younger woman friend
betiz (n)
1. mistake
2. stupidity
betman (adv)
stupidly, foolishly
beton (n)
concrete, beton arse = re-inforced concrete
betonez (n)
concrete-mixer
betrav (n)
beetroot
betravye (n)
beet-grower
beyesey (n)
pellet-gun, air-gun
beywar (n)
Variation(s): benwar
1. bath-tub
2. ground-floor box (esp in theatre)
bez (n)
1. trouble, problem
2. nuisance
3. bad state of affairs
bez (v)
Variation(s): beze
1. to beat
2. to get at attack
3. to do in
bezer (n)
loathsome person
bezer (azek)
hateful, loathsome, bezer bug = no-good man, bezer pake = no-good person
bezeted (azek)
finished (esp of a person)
bezumama (eks)
swear-word
bezwen (n)
Variation(s): bezwin
wants, needs, fer so bezwin = go to the toilet, dan le bezwin = desperately poor, needy
bi (n)
1. aim, design, purpose, end
2. goal, mark enn bi = to score, pye bi = box, box-tree
3. ballbearings
bibas (n)
loquat, pye bibas, bibasye = loquat tree
bibi (n)
domestic servant, female gardener
bibit (n)
penis
biblik (azek)
biblical
bibliografi (n)
bibliography, list of books
bibliotek (n)
1. library
2. bookcase
biblioteker (n)
librarian
biblo (n)
1. knick-knack, trinket
2. useless person
bibron (n)
baby`s bottle, donn bibron enn zanfan = to bring up a child on the bottle
bide (n)
bidet
bidon (azek)
1. rotten
2. false
bidonvil (n)
tin-pot town, shanty town
bidze (n)
budget, bidze kapital = capital budget, bidze kuran = current budget, bidze siplemanter = supplementary budget
bidzeter (azek)
budgetary
bife (n)
cupboard
biftek (n)
beefsteak
bigami (n)
bigamy
bigarad (n)
variety of citrous fruit, fey bigarad = leaves used as infusion
bigbenn (n)
kind of rum
bigismol (n)
casino game
bigorno (n)
species of shell-fish
bigudi (n)
hair-curler
bigul (n)
bugle, sufle bigul = to blow, play a trumpet, to be bankrupt
biguler (n)
bugler
bik (n)
ball-point pen
bikarbonad (n)
bicarbonate
bikini (n)
bikini
bikmanga (n)
1. beggar
2. one who bums
bikok (n)
shanty, ramshackle house, workshop
bil (n)
1. bill
2. log
bilan (n)
report
bilaryoz (n)
bilharzia
bilateral (azek)
bilateral
bileng (azek)
bilingual
bilinbi (n)
Variation(s): bilenbi
kind of fruit
bilinbilong (n)
Variation(s): bilenbilong
long version of fruit called bilinbi
bilo (n)
first class at primary
biltin (n)
Variation(s): bilten
1. bulletin
2. ballot paper, biltin linformasyon = news bulletin, biltin siklonn = cyclone bulletin, biltin meteo = weather
bilyon (n)
billion
bim (n)
beam (esp in construction)
bimansyel (azek)
twice monthly, fornightly
bimoter (n & azek)
two-engined plane
bin (n)
Variation(s): ben
bath, wash
bingo (n)
lotto, bingo
bink (n)
Variation(s): benk
1. bank-side in accounts
2. kind of paper
binn (v)
Variation(s): bine
to hoe, to dig
binok (n)
binocle
biogas (n)
source of energy from organic material (esp excrement)
biograf (n)
biographer
biograf (n)
biographer
biografi (n)
biography
biografi (n)
biography
biolozi (n)
biology
biolozi (n)
biology
biolozis (n)
biologist
biolozis (n)
biologist
biosimi (n)
biochemistry
biparti (azek)
bipartite
biped (n & azek)
biped, two-legged
biplas (n)
two-seater plane
biret (n)
oil-can
biri (n)
small cigar made from rolled leaf
biriani (n)
spicy rice dish
birmani (n)
Burma
biro (n)
1. office
2. writing table, desk
3. committee, board
birokrasi (n)
bureaucracy
birokrat (n)
bureaucrat
birokratik (azek)
bureaucratic
birokratizasyon (n)
bureaucratisation
bis (v)
Variation(s): bise
1. to encore
2. to hew, to rough-hew
bis (n)
1. bus
2. bust, statue of head and shoulders
bis (eks)
encore! once more! again!, kriye bis = to encore
bisayn (azek)
1. fishy
2. flesh
biseksyel (n)
1. having male and female sex organs
2. hetero sexual and homosexual
bisep (n)
biceps
bisik (n)
1. variety of small, tiny fish
2. clitoris, bisik bate = sexually aroused
bisiklet (n)
bicycle, bisiklet lekurs = racer, bisiklet mamzel = girl`s bike, tap bisiklet, travay bisiklet = to
biskot (n)
rusk
biskwi (n)
biscuit, biskwi du = sweet biscuit, biskwi sale = salty biscuit, biskwi manyok = manioc biscuit, bi
biskwitri (n)
biscuit-factory
bismila (n)
a prayer
bisop (n)
bishop (esp of Anglican bishop)
bisron (n)
woodcutter
bistop (n)
bus-stop
bisturi (n)
bistoury, lancet
biswa (n)
bad luck, fer biswa = to put a bad spell on someone
bit (v)
Variation(s): bite
to throw first (esp in marbles game)
bit (n)
winning-post
bitasyon (n)
sugar estate housing
bitaz (n)
work involving banking up or earthing up around a plant
biter (n)
striker (esp in football)
bitor (n &azek)
1. rough, churlish, boorish
2. boor, bully
bitul (azek)
beatles hair-style
biv (v)
Variation(s): bive
to blot
bivab (azek)
drinkable
biver (n)
drinker, drunkard, toper
bivwar (n)
blotting-paper
biw (n)
drain-pipe trousers
biyar (n)
billiards
biye (n)
1. bank-note
2. short letter, biye lotri = lottery ticket, biye avyon = air ticket, biye du = love letter
biyo (n)
chopping board
biz (n)
kiss
bizar (azek)
1. queer, odd, quaint, strange
2. shady
bizayel (azek)
great, gramer bizayel = great-grandmother, granper bizayel = great-grandfather
bizbiz (n)
1. bickering
2. there`s a problem between us
bizin (n)
Variation(s): bizen, bizwin, bizwen
must have to
bizin (v)
Variation(s): bizen, bizwin, bizwen
to need, to want
biznes (n)
1. business, casual job
2. commercial transaction
biznesmenn (n)
businessman
bizote (azek)
sloping-edged
bizu (n)
jewel
bizutye (n)
jeweller
blag (n)
joke
blag (v)
Variation(s): blage
to chat, to chatter
blagbas (n)
Variation(s): blakbas
species of fish
blager (n)
1. chatty fellow
2. chatter-box
3. one who talks big
blak (azek)
dark-skinned
blakawt (n)
power cut
blakbas (n)
kind of fresh-water fish
blaklis (n)
black-list
blakpawer (n)
black power movement
blam (n)
1. blame
2. disapprobation, shame
blam (v)
Variation(s): blame
to blame, to criticize
blan (azek)
1. white
2. blank
3. clean, untinged, untainted
blan (n &azek)
1. Franco-Mauritian, white man
2. breast of a fowl, blan lizye = white of the eye, blandef = white of egg, blandespayn = wh
blandef (n)
egg-white
blandespayn (n)
powder for making paint
blans (n)
Franco-Mauritian woman, sos-blans = white sauce, pert blans = leucorrhoea, pas enn nwi-blans = to have a sleepless night
blanser (n)
1. whiteness, cleanliness, light,
2. purity, innocence
blansi (v)
1. to whiten,
2. to whitewash,
3. to get grey (esp of hair), to exonerate, to exculpate
blansnez (n)
snow-white (esp of seven dwarfs)
blasfem (v)
Variation(s): blasfeme
to blaspheme
blasfem (n)
blasphemy
blasfemater (n)
blasphemer
blayt (azek)
pretending to be rich
blaze (azek)
bored
bldon (n)
can, miIk-can
ble (azek)
blue
blef (v)
Variation(s): blefe
to bluff
blem (azek)
pale, sallow
blennder (n)
blender
bleo (n)
Variation(s): blero
shaving brush
bles (v)
Variation(s): blese
to wound, to hurt, to offend, to grieve
blesan (azek)
wounding, offensive, mortifying
blese (azek)
wounded, injured
blesir (n)
injury, wound, ku e blesir = wounds and blows
blezer (n)
blazer
blind (v)
Variation(s): blinde
to re-inforce
blinde (n)
armoured vehicle
blinde (azek)
1. armoured (esp of cars)
2. re-inforced
blink (v)
Variation(s): blenk
blank
bliy (v)
Variation(s): bliye
to forget
blo (azek)
full
blok (n)
1. pad (esp of paper)
2. brick
3. block, vot blok = vote by political party, fer enn blok = to unite against, blok bagas
blok (v)
Variation(s): bloke
1. to block, to block up, to obstruct
2. to jam, to get jammed, not to work
3. to hold back, not to supply
4. to stop
5. to arrest
blok-moter (n)
engine block
blok-moter (n)
engine block
blokaz (n)
blocking, stoppage, obstruction, jam, blokaz sikolozik = arrested (psychology)
blokis (n)
1. blockage
2. impediment
bloknot (n)
notepad
bloti (v)
to curl up, to huddle
blutak (n)
putty-like glue
bluz (v)
Variation(s): bluze
to mislead, to cheat, to rob
bluz (n)
1. blouse
2. blues music
bluzon (n)
jacket, bluzon nwar = teddy boy
bo (adv)
in vain
bo (azek)
fine (esp of weather only)
boa (n)
boa
bobes (n)
socket (esp of an oil-lamp), bal bobes = dancing by oil-lamps
bobinn (n)
spool, bobbin, bobinn lagorz = Adam`s apple
bobok (n & azek)
1. fool
2. cuckold, silly
bodibilding (n)
body-building
boer (n)
Variation(s): bower
boer
bofis (n)
1. son-in-law
2. stepson
bofor (n)
bumper
bofrer (n)
brother-in-law
bogi (n)
heavy shoes
boja (n)
balls, testicles, kraz boja = to steal, to dominate, kas boja = to beat up
bojann (v)
to eat, to feed oneself
bojann (n)
meal
bojpuri (n)
name of Indian language spoken in Mauritius, Bhojpuri
bok (n)
bock (esp of beer)
boka (n)
1. card game
2. plastic shoes
bokal (n)
1. glass jar, fish-globe
2. glass container for storing food
bokla (n)
broad-bean
boks (n)
1. dock (esp in a court of law)
2. boot (esp of a car)
bokse (v)
to box, to spar
bokser (n)
boxer
boksingde (n)
boxing day
boku (adv)
Variation(s): buku
many, much
bol (n)
1. bowl
2. bowlful, bol devire, bol ranverse, bol anbalao = a kind of rice dish
bolero (n)
bolero
bolfam (n)
1. mother
2. wife
3. an old lady
bolkok (n)
Variation(s): boltok
ball-cock
bolte (v)
to flee, to escape, to abscond
bom (n)
1. balm
2. bomb
3. a good-for-nothing
4. shock
5. fart
bomatin (adv)
Variation(s): bomaten
early in the morning
bombay (n &azek)
Marathi
bomli (n)
bombay duck
bon (n)
voucher, order
bon (azek)
1. good, kind
2. fine, (esp of weather)
3. large, considerable, gayn bon = to experience sexual pleasure, to feel good
bonannza (n)
boom, prosperity
bonarse (azek)
cheap
bonatu (azek)
1. willing
2. not dainty
bonatufer (n)
domestic employee with multiple responsibilities
bonavini (adv)
quickly and poorly done
bonbard (v)
Variation(s): bonbarde
to bomb, to bombard
bonbardman (n)
bombing, bombardment, shelling
bonbardye (n & azek)
bomber
bonbe (azek)
convex
bonbon (n)
sweet, candy
bonbonn (n)
cylindrical gas container
bonde (azek)
packed, over-filled
bondye (n)
God, bondye kone = god alone knows
bone (n)
bonnet
boner (n)
1. happiness, prosperity, welfare
2. good fortune, good luck
boner (adv)
early
boner (azek)
fortunate, lucky
bonere (azek)
fortunate, lucky
bongo (n)
bongo-drum
bonis (n)
bonus
bonit (n)
kind of tuna fish
bonker (azek)
generous
bonn (n)
1. servant-maid, house-maid
2. bond, stamped paper
bonn (azek)
pleasant
bonn-nwit (eks)
good-night
bonnaniverser (eks)
happy birthday
bonnfam (n)
1. old woman
2. wife
3. mother
bonnfet (eks)
have a good party!
bonnvolonte (n)
good will
bonom (n)
Variation(s): bolom
1. old man
2. husband
3. evil old man to threaten children with, an ogre,
bolom log = ogre,
bolom lulu = wicked old man who attacks children
bonoy (n)
brother-in-law
bonswar (n& int)
good evening, good night
bonte (n)
goodness, kindness, ena la-bonte ... = to be so good as to...
bonzur (n & int)
good morning, good afternoon, good day
boper (n)
1. father-in-law
2. stepfather
bopre (n)
bowsprit
bor (n)
1. edge, margin, brim, brink
2. side (esp of road)
3. shore (esp of the sea)
4. bank (esp of a river)
bord (n)
1. town council
2. committee, council
3. disciplinary board
bord (v)
Variation(s): borde
1. to park (esp of a vehicle)
2. to moor (esp of a boat)
3. to line
4. to put a border (esp of a dress)
5. to tighten (esp of sails) bord lor = to accost
bordel (n)
brothel
bordir (n)
border, edge
bordmar (n)
Variation(s): sard
fish species
bordo (n)
a variety of local wine
bordro (n)
paid option on land being sold
borike (azek)
containing boric acid
borlamer (n)
1. the docks
2. the seaside
born (n)
1. landmark
2. milestone
3. cornerstone
4. serious obstacle depas born = to go too far, poz enn born = to produce a turd, to snit
borstal (n)
reformatory
bos (n)
1. hump, hunch
2. bump, lump
3. employer, master, boss
bos (v)
Variation(s): bose
1. to hold down
2. to hug, bos trankil = to keep quiet about something
bosi (n & azek)
hunchback, hunchbacked
bosko (n & azek)
a poor devil
bostok (n)
big shoes
bostonn (n)
boston, type of dance
bot (n)
1. boot
2. truss (esp of straw), lev bot = to start a fight
bot (v)
Variation(s): bote
to kick, to boot
botani (n)
botany
botanik (azek)
botanical, zardin botanik = botanical garden
botanis (n)
botanist
bote (n)
1. beauty
2. a beautiful woman
3. a paragon, grin de bote = beauty-spot, mole
bote (azek)
shoe-ed, byin bote = with good shoes on
botel (n)
bottle
botinn (n)
short boots for women
botris (n)
worm medicine
bow (eks)
when child falls
bower (n)
Afrikaner of South Africa, boer
bowji (n)
sister-in-law
boy (n & azek)
1. servant
2. buoy
boykot (v)
Variation(s): boykote
to boycott, to protest by abstaining
boyo (n)
bowel, gut, ranpli boyo = to stuff oneself, to feed oneself, boyo ranpli = not to be hungry
bradsibradsu (adv & azek)
arm-in-arm
braket (n)
1. bracket (esp in carpentry)
2. brackets (esp in punctuation)
brakonn (v)
Variation(s): brakone
to poach
brakonye (n)
poacher
bralul (n)
penis
braminn (n)
a caste
brankar (n)
shaft (esp of a cart)
brans (n)
1. branch, bough, twig
2. section
brans (v)
Variation(s): branse
1. to branch off
2. to tap (esp of telephone)
3. to flee, to escape
branse (azek)
tapped (esp of telephone)
bras (v)
to swim breast-stroke
bras (n)
breast-stroke
brasar (n)
brassard, armlet
brasle (n)
bracelet, bangle, brasle guvernman = handcuffs
brasyer (n)
brassiere
brav (azek)
brave, courageous
bravat (n)
type of pulse
bravo (eks)
bravo! well done
bray (v)
Variation(s): braye
1. to bawl, to shout
2. to sing noisily
brayar (n)
bawler
brayb (n)
bribe
brayb (v)
to bribe
braye (v)
to bawl
braz (v)
Variation(s): braze
to weld with oxy-acetylene
brebi (n)
lamb
bred (n)
edible leaves of some creepers, shrubs and plants,
bred murum, bred malbar, bred sinnwa, bredesinn, bred susu,
breduy (adv & azek)
empty-handed, having caught nothing
bref (azek)
brief, short
brek (n)
school break, lunch-time, pause
brekdawn (n)
breakdown
brenn (v)
Variation(s): brene
to masturbate
brenndi (n)
brandy
brenngenn (n)
brengun
bres (n)
gap, breach, crack
brese (v)
to breach, to crack
bresing (n)
brushing with hairdryer
bretel (n)
braces
breton (n)
Breton
brevyer (n)
breviary
Brezil (n)
Brazil
Brezilyin (n & azek)
Variation(s): Brezilyen
Brazilian
briani (n)
Variation(s): briyani, briye
spicy rice dish
briches (n)
hunting trousers
brif (v)
to brief
brifing (n)
briefing
brifkes (n)
brief-case
brigad (n)
brigade, squad
brigan (n)
naughty
brij (n)
game of bridge
brik (n)
brick
brikbrak (azek)
1. any old how
2.
2. in a jumble
brike (n)
cigarette-lighter
brikol (v)
Variation(s): brikole
to do odd jobs
brikolaz (n)
hand-made things or repair jobs
brikoler (n)
amateur handyman
bril (v)
Variation(s): brile
1. to burn
2. to be hot (esp of spicy food), bril so laservel = to blow out his brains
brilan (azek)
burning, torrid, hot
brilir (n)
1. burn
2. part in primus stove, brilir lestoma = heartburn, burning stomach
brin (n)
Variation(s): bren
enn brin lerb = a blade of grass, enn brin difil = a bit of thread, enn brin seve = a hair, enn bri
brin (azek)
Variation(s): brinn
brown (esp of complexion), dark-skinned
brini (v)
to turn brown (esp of the complexion)
brinzel (n)
1. aubergine, egg-plant, bringel,
pye brinzel = egg-plant
2. penis,
brinzel maron = wild aubergine,
brinzel farsi, bristol (n)
thin card-board
brit (azek)
1. any old how
2. brutal, rough
brit (n)
rough, brutal person
brital (azek)
rough, brutal
britalite (n)
brutality, brutishness
britaliz (v)
Variation(s): britalize
to use brutally
britanik (azek)
British
brito (n)
wax, floor polish
briy (v)
Variation(s): briye
1. to shine, to glitter, to sparkle
2. to dazzle
3. to stir, to mix
briyan (azek)
1. shiny
2. bright
3. noisy
briyani (n)
Variation(s): biriani, briye
spicy rice dish
briyantinn (n)
brilliantine
briye (n)
spicy rice dish
briyo (n)
pot-scourer
briyos (n)
bun
brizan (n)
coral reef, breakers
brize (n)
path in the woods
brize (azek)
self-tightening (esp of washer)
brizer-lagrev (n)
scab
brizfer (n & azek)
clumsy
brod (v)
Variation(s): brode
1. to embroider
2. to elaborate, add on to (of a story)
brodri (n)
embroidery
brok (n)
jug
broket (n)
Variation(s): kulu-broket
tack, tiny nail
bromir (n)
bromide
brons (n)
bronchus
bronsit (n)
Variation(s): bronswit
bronchitis
bronz (v)
Variation(s): bronze
to tan, to bronze
bronz (n)
bronze
bronzaz (n)
bronzing
bros (v)
Variation(s): brose
1. to brush
2. to clean
3. to scratch, to graze
bros (n)
brush, brooch, bros lakaz, bros koko = coconut half, bros-a-dan = tooth-brush, bros tablo = blackboa
brosadan (n)
tooth-brush
brosir (n)
brochure
bruet (n)
wheelbarrow
bruklaks (n)
kind of laxative, brooklax
brumwed (n)
stone-crusher
brusay (n)
undergrowth, bushes
brut (v)
Variation(s): brute
to graze, to browse
bruy (n)
quarrel
bruyar (n)
mist, fog, haze
bruyaz (n)
interference (esp on radio and television)
bruyon (n)
rough draft, rough copy
brway (v)
Variation(s): brwaye
to grind, to pound, to crush
bu (n)
Variation(s): bubu
sister
bubu (n)
1. hurt, sore, pain
2. weakness, failing, foible
bud (v)
Variation(s): bude
to sulk, to pout
buda (n)
buddha
budin (n)
Variation(s): buden
black-pudding
budis (n & azek)
buddhist
budu (n)
fool
buduf (n)
fat, flabby person
bue (n)
buoy
buf (v)
Variation(s): bufe
to eat, to stuff oneself
buf (n)
big ox
bufalo (n)
buffalo
bufant (azek)
puffed, baggy
bufe (n)
puff, whiff
bufi (azek)
swollen, bloated
bufon (n & azek)
1. buffoon, clown
2. ridiculous, contemptuous
bufonad (n)
buffoonery, a ridiculous act
bug (n)
man, fellow, chap, bloke
bugibugi (n)
kind of dance
buginviye (n)
Variation(s): bugenviye
bougainvlllea
bugres (n)
girl-friend, lover
buk (v)
to reserve
buk (n)
1. he-goat
2. buckle, loop
3. lock (esp of hair), curl
buk-baynding (n)
book-binder
bukann (n)
Variation(s): bukane
to smoke (esp of meat)
buke (n)
bouquet, garland
bukefler (n)
bouquet
bukin (n)
Variation(s): buken
book
buking (n)
booking, reservation
bukinn (v)
Variation(s): bukine
to browse
bukle (v)
1. to curl (esp of hair)
2. to buckle
3. to reserve (esp of a hall)
bukle (azek)
curly (esp of hair)
buklye (n)
shield
bukmeker (n)
bookmaker, bookie
buku (azek)
Variation(s): boku
. many, much
bul (n)
1. ball, football
2. lump, bul ble = washing blue, bul tamarin = ball of tamarind
bul verse (azek)
. upset, distressed
bulanze (n)
baker
bulanzri (n)
bakery
bulbul (n)
1. kind of bird
2. bubbles
buldenez (n)
chain of events, snowball effect
buldog (n)
1. bulldog
2. mastiff
buldozer (n)
bull-dozer
bule (n)
cannon-ball
bulet (n)
ball, bulet pwason = fish ball, bulet lavyann = meat-ball
bulfit (azek)
lost face
bulkaskot (n)
1. a children`s game, stingers
2. tennis-ball
bulkes (n)
leather casing of football
bulo (v)
to work
bulo (n)
job
bulon (n)
1. bolt
2. a bad film, fini manz enn bulon aster manz enn zekru = to go from bad to worse, kalson bulon = jeans
bulonn (v)
Variation(s): bulone
1. to bolt
2, to dance well
bultang (n)
fish species
bulvar (n)
boulevard
bulvav (n)
sea-urchin
bulvers (v)
Variation(s): bulverse
1. to upset, to distress (esp of a person)
2. to be upset, be distressed (esp of a person)
3. to turn around unexpect-tedly (esp of events)
4. to overturn
bulversan (azek)
upsetting, staggering, distressing
bulversman (n)
commotion, confusion, turmoil, distressed
bulwar (n)
Variation(s): buywar
kettle
bulzay (n)
bull`s eye (esp in darts)
bum (n)
1. over-head irrigation
2. economic boom
bumrang (azek)
boomerang (esp of effect)
bunndi (n)
Variation(s): bunndya
sweet cake
bur (v)
Variation(s): bure
1. to run away, to escape
2. to avoid (esp of someone)
3. to eat, stuff oneself
4. to fuck
burazdikrann (n)
brain-washing
burbak (n)
fool, idiot
burbone (n)
people from Reunion Island (abusive)
burdonn (v)
Variation(s): burdone
to buzz, to hum
burdonnman (n)
1. buzzing, humming
2. singing (esp in the ear)
burik (n)
1. donkey, ass
2. ass, fool (fig)
burling (v)
Variation(s): burlinge
to tease, to irritate, to pester
buro (n)
1. hangman, executioner
2. butcher, a cruel person
burrburrya (n)
trouble-maker
burs (n)
1. fish species
2. purse
3. scholarship, burs malin = kind of `burs` fish
bursay (v)
Variation(s): bursaye
to drive away, to scare away
bursye (n)
Variation(s): bursyer
scholarship-winner
burzon (n)
bud, shoot
burzonn (v)
Variation(s): burzone
to bud, to put out young shoots
burzwa (n)
1. employer, boss, ti-burzwa = petty-bourgeois
2. kind of fish
burzwazi (n)
bourgeoisie, burzwazi istorik = traditional bourgeoisie, burzwazi deta = bourgeoisie having got access to ownership of means of production through state power
bus (v)
Variation(s): buse
1. to cork, to stop up, to obstruct
2. to silence someone,
buse!, bus to fes, bus to lagel = shut your trap!,
bus nene
busabus (n)
mouth-to-mouth respiration
buse (n)
1. butcher
2. mouthful
buse (azek)
dull-witted
busert (n)
bush-shirt, safari suit
buskil (v)
Variation(s): buskile
to bully
busol (n)
compass
buson (n)
cork, stopper, top
busonn (v)
Variation(s): busone
to shut someone up
bustifay (n)
feed, stuffing, prog, grub
bustru (n)
1. a children`s game
2. stopgap, substitute
but (n)
1. piece, bit
2. end, extremity, tip, top, zwenn le de but = to make ends meet, sakenn rod so but = each one for himself, but par bu
but-but (n)
scraps
but-but (azek)
in small pieces
butanbut (adv & azek)
thorough, thoroughly
butey (n)
bottle, butey kase = bits of broken glass
butik (n)
shop
butikye (n)
shopkeeper
butir (n)
slip, cutting
buton (n)
1. button
2. bud
3. pimple, pustule, pock, buton lizye = stye, buton lafyev = fever-blister , cold-sores, buton zenes =
butonn (v)
Variation(s): butone
to button
butonyer (n)
button-hole
buyabes (n)
fish soup
buyant (v)
Variation(s): buyante
to dip in hot water, to boil, to scald
buyant (azek)
boiling, boiling-hot
buyer (n)
boiler
buyon (n)
soup, buyon bred = vegetable soup, buyon mifunn = noodle soup, buyon krap = crab soup
buyonn (v)
Variation(s): buyone
1. to bubble, to froth up, to boil over
2. to put puffs (esp in a dress)
buyot (n)
hot-water bottle
buywar (n)
Variation(s): bulwar
kettle
buz (v)
Variation(s): buze
1. to budge, to stir, to fidget, to move
2. to remove
3. to shake oneself (esp in dancing) latet buze = slightly mad
buze (azek)
loose (esp of teeth)
buziy (v)
Variation(s): buziye
to botch, to bungle, to spoil, to ruin
buzwar (n)
candlestick
bwa (n)
1. wood, forest
2. tree
bwar (v)
1. to drink
2. to get drunk, to booze
3. to gaze at a woman (esp of a man), bwar kuma tru = to.drink like a fish
bwat (n)
box,
bwat dite = tea-caddy,
bwat konserv = tin, can,
bwat olet = letter box,
bwat denwi
bwat (v)
Variation(s): bwate
to limp
bwaze (azek)
wooded
bwazefore (n)
forestry department
bwem (n)
running bean
bweter (n)
1. kind of fish
2. one who is always bumming off others
bwi (v)
1. to boil
2. to be excited or angry
byin (adv)
Variation(s): byen
1. well
2. very
byin-bon (eks)
Variation(s): byen-bon
1. that`s good!
2. serves you right
byin-dir (eks)
Variation(s): byen-dir
well said!
byin-done (adv)
Variation(s): byen-done
well and truly given
byin-elve (azek)
Variation(s): byen-elve
well-bred, well brought up
byin-fe (adv)
Variation(s): byen-fe
well done
byin-fe (eks)
Variation(s): byen-fe
eks well done!
byin-sir (eks)
Variation(s): byen-sir
certainly
byinet (n)
Variation(s): byenet
well-being, byenet sosyal = social welfare
byinto (adv)
Variation(s): byento
soon, before long, shortly
byinveni (eks)
welcome!
byinveni (adv & azek)
welcome
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