Romnis

Setting
Romnis, or Anglo-Romani is a Gypsy creole. It uses English grammar and Romani vocabulary.

Dictionary
adrey in

aj stay

akai here, away

bootie work

beng devil

besha years

bish ta pansh twenty five

baulo pig (policeman)

chav (Romani) boy(, son?)

chin cut

chinger to shout, argue

dad father

dadus father

del give, hit, punch

dikkin looking (kushta diken - looking), look, see

divya crazy

drom road

dobba this one > him

doj mother

dukker ache

duvri distant

duvvel god

gavver cop, villager

gav city, village

gorger non-Romani

goudli fuss, noise

gry horse

hobbin food

jalling walking

jel to go

jib tongue, language

kek negation word (mandi can kek ker lis - I can't do it. Kekə pani left in kuvə kuri - There's no water left in this bucket.) No, Don't

kellin dancing

ker do

kenna house (in the kenna - at home)

kokkero alone

kom like (mandi kom - I like)

kor fight

kuvə this

kuri bucket

kushta good, happy

lenna in the summer

lesti at/to him > him

lis it

mandi I, me

mar beat, hit

minge vagina, vulva

moi mouth, face

mush man

pal brother

pani water

pen sister

pogadi broken

pogadi jib broken language (a British term for Anglo-Romani)

posh'n'posh half and half (a British term for Anglo-Romani)

pur stomach

pukker to have a conversation, to tell, to ask

rai gentleman

rakli girl

rawni lady

rinkna pretty

rokker speak

Romnis Anglo-Romani (the US term for Anglo-Romani)

sar-shen? how are you?

tachibens truth

tan house, place, camping place

(tarno youth?)

terno young (can be rendered as tawno)

tute you

wafedi bad

yaki clever

yog fire