B

babur, babor

steam, steam engine or boat, locomotive. [TM] Fr. vapeur. Arabic lacks the v and p sounds. G uses the second form, and glosses only as “ steam-boat. Note that [o]/[u] are not phonemically distinct in Arabic.

bâbord

port (side)

bacalau

codfish

baciar

kiss

bagatela

a trifle. baga+yla dy cwldy. This trifle of a solde. [SLE 70b, 133a]

bagno

bath

baguette

stick. wcbt fy qlbha wwaHd lbagy+. And I found a stick in it. [SLE 50a]

baile

ball (=dance) kan eml wwHad albayyly kbyr. He had arranged a big ball. [SLE 68a]

bakchich (Turkish)

tip, bribe

balek

look out! [G] Ar. also in TM.

balla

(canon-)ball

ballo

ball

banco

bank

bandiera

flag

bandiera arriva

hoisted flag [RR]

bandiera bassa

lowered flag [RR]

banqueroute

bankrupt. H+a yeayy+w bnqrw+. Until they cry· "bankrupt!" [SLE 126a]

baracca

hut

barba

beard [Sch 71]

barbaresco

of Barbary

barbaria

Barbary [Sch 75]

barbaro

savage

barbero

surgeon [Sch 78]

barmil

barrel [Dict] [Sch 72]

barra

bar

barretta

cap

Bascia

Pasha (Turkish title) [D8]

basciar

go down, lower

bassar

lower

bastanza

enough [D6]

bastimento

building, ship

bastonada

beating [Sch 79]

bastone

rod

bastonnara

beat, bastonade [CT 27]

battello

boat

bello

beautiful

bene

well

benedetto

blessed

benque

although

bentana

window

benvenuto

welcome

berbiere

barber

bernus

(Arabic) mantle

besef, bezef

(Arabic) much [Sch 73, 85]

bestia

animal

bevidor

drinker

bevir

drink

biancador

washerman

bianco

white

bibir

drink [Sch 85] [TM]

bibri

nearly [G] Fr. (à) peu près.

bibliothèque

library. wdkl byh llbybyw+yk· And he took it into the library. [SLE 42a] Probably influenced by the pronunciation of ll in southern Spanish as y.

biera

beer

bilancia

balance

biondo

blond

birchè

because [RR]

bisogna

need

bisogno

need; also:
sign of the future tense [Dict] [Sch 71]

bititre

perhaps [G] Fr. peut-être

Bitte Casanadale

Beit el Khaznadar= Treasurer's Residence (Arabic) [RR]

Bitte Laùdo

Beit el Oudu= Rest House (Arabic) [RR]

blu

blue

boca

mouth [Sch 79]

bollir

boil

bomba

bomb

bombarda

bomb-vessel

bombardar

bombard

bombardimento

bombardment

bona

good [The Sultan Sidi Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah speaking to the first American ambassador to the Barbary States:] "As soon as we (Ambassador Thomas Barclay and Colonel David Franks) bowed to him (the Sultan) he cried: bona! bona! and began to complain of the treatment he had receiv'd from the English." Cited in Priscilla H. Roberts and James N. Tull, "Emissary to Barbary" in Aramco World, September-October, 1998, p. 34 The meeting took place in June 1786, in Marrakesh. See also bono, bonu infra.
Martha Brummett points out that the name of the "daring young man on the flying trapeze" in the song by George Leybourne, British songwriter (1842-1884) is Signor Bona Slang, which is probably a joke appreciated by the circus people familiar with Polari. The song inspired a remarkable short story by William Saroyan. The links here enable you to read Leybourne's lyrics, and hear the melody. Christopher Beeching, et al. are researching Leybourne.

bonacia

calm

bonàzzi

lull [RR]

bonjòrno

good morning [RR]

bono

good, well [Sch 71, 78, 81] [TM] G glosses also utile “useful.”

bonu

good

borrico

ass's colt [TM]

borsa

purse

botega

shop

botone

button

boum boum

(sound made by canon) [Sch 85]

bourrico

donkey [Sch 85]

bouteille

bottle. wweamrwlw wwaHd lbw+a dlma mn bHar awqyynws. And they filled for him a bottle with water from the sea called "okeanos". [SLE 51a]

bove

bull

bracciar

light

braccio

arm

bravura

heroic deed. $af sydw acwl+an had albrabura dy eml. His master the Sultan saw this brave act which he had done.

brillante

diamond

brodo spelled brodu

broth

brossa

brush

bruciar

burn

bruqueta

match

buba

plague [Sch 72] cf. abuba

bueno

good [Sch 78]

bullegar

move

bunu

good, well [D2]

buona, buono

good [Sch 70]

bureau, biru

office. anftaH dlbyrw rahw taHt racw. The key of the office is under his head. [SLE 118b] [G] Note spelling of anftaH.

burrichia

ass

butia

bottle