kekl v. cackle. Yu noa enitaim di hen don lay kaa yu yehr ahn di kekl. You know whenever the hen has laid her egg because you hear her cackling. See: kya kya kya.
kemikal n. chemical; unnatural additive to foods. Mee noh eet tin food kaa dehn ga tu moch kemikal eena dehn. I don’t eat canned foods because they have too many chemicals in them.
kerikta Archaic (keRIKta) Variant: karakta.
kers (var: kos) n. curse. Wahn kers mosi deh pahn da famili kaa dehn noh mek it eena notn weh dehn du. A curse must be on that family because they don’t make it in anything that they do.
put kers pahn v.phr. curse, evoke evil upon. Gaad put wahn kers pahn Kayn kaa ih kil ih breda. God put a curse on Cain because he killed his brother. See: oabya, put mowt pahn.
kertn n. curtain. Wen di pikni dehn brok di winda, dehn tayr di kertn tu. When the children broke the window, they tore the curtain too.
kerv n. curve. Wen Taami bos rong di kerv, ih nak dong di poa man. When Tommy came speeding around the curve, he knocked the poor man down.
ketl (var: kitl) n. kettle; cooking utensil with a spout. Foar aklak evri day Mayri put aan ih ketl fi mek tee. At four o’clock every day Mary puts on her kettle to make tea.
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