http://www.gullahgeecheecorridor.org/pdfs/Gullah_grammar_sketch.pdf
BAIT’UM -- bait, baits, baited, baiting him, her
B’DOUT -- without, unless, except
BEX VEX -- vexes, vexing; angry, anger, angers, angered
BITTLE -- food
BUMBYE -- bye and bye
BUCKRUH -- A White person or persons; the white people
BUCKRUHBITTLE -- white man’s food
‘CAJUN -- occasion, occasions
CRACK ‘E TEET -- crack, cracks, cracked, cracking his, her or their teeth, meaning opened her or his mouth to speak; as: ‘E yent crack ‘e teet
CROOKETY -- crooked; also tricky, unreliable
DAYCLEAN -- broad daylight
DEBBLE’UB’UH -- devil of a
FUH TRUE -- in truth, for truth, it is so
FULL’UP -- filled up, as a hive with honey, or a lady with wrath
GRUNNUTS -- groundnut, peanuts
GUBNUH -- governor
HUCCOME -- how come, how came;
LEAN FUH -- lean for set out for with haste and speed
LEM’LONE -- let, lets him, her, it, them alone
LICK BACK -- turn, turns, turned, turning back, while moving rapidly
LIGHT ON -- light on mount, mounts, mounted, mounting
LIGHT OUT -- to start, start off, or away
MANNUSSUBBLE -- Well mannered, polite
MEN’ ‘E PACE -- mend his, her, its, their pace; hurry, hurry up, etc
MIDDLEDAY -- midday, noon
MIDDLENIGHT -- midnight
MO’ BETTUH -- more better, better
MO’ LONGUH -- more longer, longer
MONSTROSITY -- monstrous
MY’OWN -- mine, my
NO’COUNT -- no account, worthless
NOMANNUSSUBBLE -- impolite, without manners, rude
NYAM -- eat, eats, eating, ate; sometimes “nyamnyam,” a epetition for emphasis
ONMANNUSSUBBLE -- unmannerly, impolite, rude
PENITENSHUS -- penitentiary
PERUSE -- to saunter, walk in a leisurely manner
PINDUH -- pindar, peanut, peanuts
PLATEYE -- A ghostly apparition
PLAY -- ‘Possumto make believe, to fool, deceive
PLEASE KIN -- please can – a redundancy; as: “please kin gimme”
PO’BUCKRUH -- a poor white man, the poor whites
PRAISEMEETIN’ -- prayermeeting
QUIZZIT -- (quiz) ask, asks, asked, asking; to question, questions, questioned
RACKTIFY -- to break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking Confuse in mind
SAWANNUH -- Savannah
SAWTUH -- sort of after a fashion
SCHEMY -- scheming, tricky
SHE SHE TALK -- woman’s talk, gabble
SHO’LY -- surely
SHUH -- pshaw!
SOONMAN -- A smart, alert, wideawake man
SPANG -- all the way, expressive of distance
SQUESCHUN -- question sometimes used for the more common “quizzit,” which see
‘STEAD’UH (also ‘stidduh) -- instead of STEAL steal, steals, stole, stealing
SUPSHUN -- substance, sustenance, strength of food, as of a juicy roast: “Da’ meat hab supshun een’um”that meat has much nourishment
SWEETMOUT’ -- sweet mouth blarney, flattery
SWELLUP -- swelled, swollen up, puffed up with anger, importance or authority
SWONGUH -- “swank,” swagger, swaggering, boastful
TALK’UM -- talk, talks, talked, talking; talking it, speak out, etc
TAS’E ‘E MOUT’ -- put a taste in his, her or their mouth or mouths; meaning something appetizing to eat
TEET’ -- tooth, teeth
TEK ME FOOT EEN ME HAN’ -- “tek him foot een ‘e han”‘Took my foot in my hand, took his or her foot or their feet in his, her, or their hand or hands meaning hastened, hurried, speeded up
TIE UP ‘E MOUT’ -- tie, ties, tied, tying up his, her, or their mouth or mouths; meaning held his, her, or their speech
TOWN -- Charleston, “the City” (See “Chaa’stun”)
T’ROWBONE -- throw “bones” (dice) play craps
TRUTEMOUT’ -- truth mouth one who will not lie
TWIS’MOUT’ -- twist mouth twistmouthed
TOW CHUESDAY, Two T’URSDAY, etc. -- the second Tuesday or the second Thursday in the
month
UP TUH DE NOTCH -- Up to the notch to the Queen’s taste, perfect
WASHUP -- worship (religious)
WEEKDAY -- a week day
W’ICH ,N -- which
W’ICH EN W’Y -- which and why as: “W’ich en’ w’y talk’
contradictory talk
WICKIT -- wicked, wickedness
WlL’CAT -- wild cat, the baylynx of the Southern swamps
WISH DE TIME UH DAY -- pass de time uh day”a salutation, greeting
YERRY YEDDY’UM -- hear, hears, heard, or hearing him, her, it, them
YENT -- (ent) ain’t, is not, are not; so pronounced when
preceded by a soft vowel sound
YEYE -- eye, eyes; so pronounced when preceded by a soft vowel sound ” ‘E yeye red”his or her eyes are bloodshot with anger
YUH -- here
Crow en corn can't grow in de same fiel'.
Winter grape sour, whedder you kin reach 'im or not.
Mighty po' bee dat don't make mo' honey dan he want.
De howlin' dog know w'at he sees.
Blin' hoss don't fall w'en he follers de bit.
Looks won't do ter split rails wid.
One-eyed mule can't be handled on de bline side.
Moon may shine, but a lightered knot's mighty handy.
Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.
De proudness un a man don't count w'en his head's cold.
You k'n hide de fier, but w'at you gwine do wid de smoke?
Termorrow may be de carridge-driver's day for ploughin'.
De pig dat runs off wid de year er corn gits little mo' dan de cob.
Watch out w'en you'er gittin all you want. Fattenin' hogs ain't in luck.