Ek op... Eksasaiz... Eks-chray

ek op v. show off with body language; draw attention to one's self. Da gyal di ek op jos kaa shee ga lang hyaa. That girl is showing off just because she has long hair. See: shoa aaf.

 

eks1 n. ex-husband or wife, or ex-boyfriend or girlfriend. Ah bok op mi eks owt a schreet yestudeh! I ran into my ex-husband on the street yesterday!
eks2 axe. Variant: aks.

 

 

eksait v. excite; arouse, stir up. Ma, stap di eksait op yuself; Ai aarait. Mom, stop getting so excited; I'm all right. See: ster, rayz.

 

 

eksaitid adj. excited. Dehn mi eksaitid wen dehn si dat di gyal mi heel fi chroo. They were excited when they saw that the girl was really healed.

 

 

eksasaiz v. exercise. Evri day wi goh da jim goh eksasaiz. Every day we go to the gym to exercise.

 

 

ekschra adj. extra. Ah neva kehr no ekschra kloaz pahn di chrip. I didn't carry any extra clothes on the trip.

 

 

eks-chray v. x-ray. Wen Ah brok mi han, di dakta eks chray it. When I broke my hand, the doctor x-rayed it.
n. x-ray. Wen yu luk pahn di eks chray, yu ku si playn how di boan brok. When you look at the x-ray, you can see plainly that the bone is broken.

 



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