Blakbod ahn Moa!

Bileez ga lata lata bod. Wi ga pyampyam, blakbod, paarat … Bileez da wahn plays weh people weh laik wach bod lov fu kohn! Eena wahn aatikl sohn weeks abak, wi mi shyaa wid unu bowt di pyampyam (di “brown jay”). Tudeh, wi di shayaa sohn a di ada loakal bod naym dehn eena Bileez. Plos, ges wat? Yu ku fain aal a dehnya bod wod (these bird words!) eena di Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri.

 

bod (n) = bird
berd (n) = variant of “bod” for bird

banana bod bilbod blakbod (n) = blackbird; keel-billed grackle

Ah yoostu laik wayk op da maanin ahn yehr di blakbod dehn di sing eena di chree bai mi winda.


 bloobod bloo gaalin boobi bod damanika fowl
dok dov eegl faada redkyap
filis gees grong dov haak
hominbod hooyu hows bod jabaroo
jranko/jankro king jankro kiskidee koopa
koraso kowbwai bod kreech owl Krismos bod
kokriko kwam kwail  kyapmta bod
lang nek gaalin maka paarat man-a-waar mongtin pijin
mongki bod paali paarat paachrij
peekwam peel-nek jankro pijin pikayri bod
pilikin poajoa pyampyam rabin redbres
rais bod ramatutu red-nek jankro san paipa
seegol sheg sizaz-tayl staak
terki toabi fulpat tookan tapnachik
wait gaalin udpeka yalahed yalatayl

 

 

Silvaana Udz, Ed.D da fahn Bileez. If yu waahn tel shee bowt sohnting speshal fu put eena dis Kriol aatikl, eemayl: [email protected] or vizit: www.nationalkriolcouncil.org



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Kriol is the language spoken by many Belizeans, especially the Creole people of Belize. Although it is often perceived as a dialect of English, it is indeed it's own language with grammar and spelling rules. The National Kriol Council of Belize was created to promote the culture and language of the Kriol people of Belize, as well as harmony among all the ethnic groups of Belize. Please visit the website of the National Kriol Council of Belize for lots of good information about the Kriol language and the Creole people.


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