baaba 1 n. barber. Wi kehr di bwai da di baaba kaaz ih hyaa mi tu lang.
We took the boy to the barber because his hair was too long.
baaba 2 v. dribble, drool, salivate. Di baybi di baaba, soh wi put aan di bib.
The baby is dribbling, so we put on the bib. See: jrool, geda waata.
— n. dribble, drool, saliva. Di baybi wet op wid baaba sayk a weh ih di kot teet. The baby is wet with drool because he’s cutting teeth. See: jrool, mowt waata.
Sohn nais nais pigitayl food weh mek fi mee baaba jrap:
| KRIOL | ENGLISH |
| baabikyoo pigtail | bar-b-qued pigtail |
| bail-op (wid fish AHN pigtail) | boil up (with fish AND pigtail) |
| schoo akstayl | stew oxtail |
| schoo beenz wid pigtail | stew beans with pigtail |
| schoo pigtayl (pahn dukunu er rais) | stew pigtail (on ducunu or rice) |
| split pee soop wid pigtail | split pea soup with pigtail |
bail-op n. boil-up; a dish made with boiled tubers and served with fish, pig-tail and a coconut oil sauce.
Yestudeh Ah mi feel fi eet wahn big playt a bailop.
Yesterday I felt like eating a big plate of boil-up.
Fu mee, pigtayl mek eni food nais nais nais!
Silvaana Udz, Ed.D da fahn Bileez. If yu waahn tel shee bowt sohnting speshal fu put eena dis Kriol aatikl, eemayl: sudz142@gmail.com
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