Apré, _ad. prep._ Up: kair lis apré, do it up. _Vid._ Opré.
Aranya / Araunya, _s._ Lady. _Hungarian Gypsy_, Aranya. _See_ Rawnie.
Artav / Artavello, _v. a._ To pardon, forgive. _Wal._ Ierta. _Span. Gyp._ Estomar.
Asā / Asau, _ad._ Also, likewise, too: meero pal asau, my brother also.
Asa. An affix used in forming the second person singular of the present tense; _e.g._ camasa, thou lovest.
Astis, _a._ Possible, it is possible: astis mangué, I can; astis lengué, they can.
Ashā / Ashaw, _ad._ So: ashaw sorlo, so early. _Wal._ Asha. _See_ Ajaw.
Atraish, _a. part._ Afraid. _Sans._ Tras (to fear), atrāsït (frightened). _See_ Traish.
Av, _imperat._ of Ava, to come: av abri, come out.
Avava. An affix by which the future tense of a verb is formed, _e.g._ mor-avava, I will kill. _See_ Vava.
BAL, _s._ Hair. _Tibetian_, Bal (wool). _Sans._ Bala (hair).
Balormengro. A hairy fellow; Hearne, the name of a Gypsy tribe.
Balanser, _s._ The coin called a sovereign.
Ballivas, _s._ Bacon. _Span. Gyp._ Balibá.
Bangalo, _a._ Devilish. _See_ Beng, bengako.
Bango, _a._ Left, sinister, wrong, false: bango wast, the left hand; to saulohaul bango, like a plastra-mengro, to swear bodily like a Bow-street runner. _Sans._ Pangu (lame). _Hun._ Pang, pangó (stiff, lazy, paralysed).
Bar, _s._ A stone, a stoneweight, a pound sterling. _Span. Gyp._ Bar. _Hun. Gyp._ Bar. _Hindustani_, Puthur. _Wal._ Piatre. _Fr._ Pierre. _Gr. βάρος_ (weight).
Bas / Base, _s._ Pound sterling. _Wal._ Pes (a weight, burden).
Bas-engro, _s._ A shepherd. _Run._ Bacso.
Baulo, _s._ Pig, swine. The proper meaning of this word is anything swollen, anything big or bulky. It is connected with the English bowle or bole, the trunk of a tree; also with bowl, boll, and belly; also with whale, the largest of fish, and wale, a tumour; also with the Welsh _bol_, a belly, and _bala_, a place of springs and eruptions. It is worthy of remark that the English word pig, besides denoting the same animal as _baulo_, is of the same original import, being clearly derived from the same root as big, that which is bulky, and the Turkish _buyuk_, great, huge, vast.
Bavol, _s._ Wind, air. _Sans._ Pavana. _See_ Beval.
Bavol-engro, _s._ A wind-fellow; figurative name for a ghost.