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romani: romany, u Oipsy, or the Gipsy langiiaf^e: the 

 Speech of the Roma or Zincali. Spanish Gipsy. ,Can yoii patter 

 Romany'^, i. e. can you talk ,black^, or Gipsy lingo? Hotten 214. 

 Romany, speech or language. 8. — Vgl, Seite 550 rnmanis. Rf,mano 

 ist durch (his Suffix ano von rom Mann, Zigeuner, abgeleitet. 



mm: rum, like its opposite, queer, was formerly a niuch 

 nsed prefix, signifying fine, good, gaUant, or valuable. Rom 

 is from the Gipsy and Coptick. ,Rvmi, in the Rnbbers" lan- 

 guage of Spain (partly Gipsy), signifies a harlot. Hütten. Is59. 

 83. rome or ramm, a man, Gipsy and Coptick. Hotten 1870. 8. 

 Die Bedeutungen passen nicht. 



rnmi: vnmy^ a good woman, or girl. Gipsy cant. In the 

 Continental Gipsy, rnmi, a wouian, a wife, is the feminine uf 

 ro, a man. Plotten 217. romee, a vvoman. Gipsy. 8. Vgl. rii- 

 minl Seite 550. 



slang: slanr/, low, vulgär, iinwritten, or unauthorised 

 language. Gipsy, slang, the secret language of the Gipsies, sy- 

 nouymous with (jibherish, another Gipsy word. Hotten. .S. 234. 

 — SlaiKj ist nicht zig. 



snak: snack, booty or share, also a light repast. Old 

 Cant and Gipsy term. Hotten 2^7. Snack ist nicht zig. 



stnrahin: sturalnn, ii\\Y\&i)X\. 1 Jisf arahi n, a\)v'ison. Gipsy. 

 Hotten 7. — Engl, stdrihen, sfi'rvpen, stdrdo, stdrdi. Griech. asfa- 

 rdva ergreifen. Böhm, starihen Arrest; stardo Arrestant. Bask. 

 oatarihen. Span. eMarihel, estaripel. 



tan er: tnnner, a sixpence. Gipsy tairno, little, or Latin, 

 tener, slender? fanny, or teeny, little. Gipsy, iatvno, little. Hi>tten 

 8,253. — Vgl. engl. <<7i7io. Griech. /?'Ä;»o', Deutsch t//A:Ä;/<o. Skand. 

 fiknn. Bask. Hno. Pott 2. 281. 282. 



voker: voker, to talk; ,can you voker romany?' Can 



you speak the canting language? Latin vocare; spanish vo- 



cear. Hotten 20(5. — CJriech. vrakardva, vakerdva. TIngr. vakerä. 



Deutsch rakkeräva. Skand. rakra, rakla. Ital. i'ahvav. S])an. 



araqnerar. 



I)) Ans oinor nngodrnckton Qnollc. 



^iv. cliive a knife. Erinnert an vindva icii schneide. 



cur: ffichur, schnr thief. 



citri: chnry a knife. 



dando: dando a great eatcr. Vgl. tiand Zahn. 



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