Boy

The Meaning of the Word:  This word refers to a boy from age 5 or 6 to age 10 or 11.  The very similar word [ díˑluˑɫ ] refers to a boy from age 10 or 11 to 17 or 18, which is to say that it refers to a young man.  These age-range definitions were given to Melville Jacobs by Annie Miner Peterson.  To hear the word [ díˑluˑɫ ], see the interview segment “Young Man, Boy”, which is the last one on our alphabetical list.