Folk-lore from the Dominican republic / by Manuel J. Andrade.

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Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society

cajuil, cashew (Anacardium occidentale) In Cuba and other
parts of Spanish America,
maranon.
calabasa, or calabaso, calabash;
in other parts of America,
giiira.
Calito, (Carlitos)
can, a group or a gathering of
people of questionable character, as gamblers, vagrants.
cana, the long palm leaves with
which the huts of peasants
are roofed.
canero, one who keeps company
with undesirable people. See
can.
capaperro, negosio de capaperro,
an unprofitable business, a
thankless task. From capar
perros, to castrate dogs.
caprichoso, used with the meaning of sospechoso.
car, (cae), present tense of caer.
cartucho, daring, brave.
casimente (casi)
catre, a criminal.
chalina, generic term fornecktie.
changii, dar changiii to deceive
cunningly, to hoodwink.
chele, a two'cent coin.
chepa, de chepa, (de chispa), casually.
chin, used like Castilian pizca,
mite, bit, whit.
chiveria, flirtation, from chivo,
goat.
chivo, ir de chivo, to travel as a
stowaway.
choi, well dressed.
chumeco, weakling.
chupao, intoxicated. From chupar, to suck.
churria, diarrhea.
clavai, to start out. From clavar
las espuelas, to spur a horse.
Used now for one who starts
out walking.

cocolo, an inhabitant of the adjacent islands, where Spanish
is not spoken. Some say that
it is used specially for English-speaking negroes of those
islands. The negroes of Jamaica are called inglese.
cow, (con)
comigo, (conmigo)
conuco, a small vegetable garden
(as in Cuba). It is said to be
an aboriginal Indian word.
corruto, from the obsolete Castilian participle corrupto.
coyunto, near relative.
crebo, (quebr6)
creta, vulva. From cresta, a
hen's comb.
cuantimd, (cuanto y mas), especially, even more so.
cuatro, a guitar with four strings.
cuero, a prostitute.
curtio, dirty; used specially of
clothes. From curtir, to tan.
damesana, (possibly from damajuana), demijohn.
degaritao, (desgaritado) with the
particular meaning of to scamper.
democraisa, (democracia)
denje, (desde)
dentidura, (dentadura)
detingui, (distinguir)
dentrdii (entrar), from dentro,
within.
devino, (divino)
devolvelse, to turn back.
devuelta, change; tenga la devuelta, here's your change.
di, (de) The vowel i becomes a
semiconsonant when the following word begins with a vowel: no juimo di-una ve, we
went away at once.
diba, (iba)
dial (de ahi), then, afterward.
dijien, (dijeron)
dio, (ido)