ENGLISH–POLARI DICTIONARY
(X–Z)
yacht. jaugering lati aun worta [with a slayt or dha slaytz]
yarmulke. kipa
year. besh. -year-old. in beshiz (He’s a twenty-year-old/he’s twenty [years old]. Sheez dui laung deja in beshiz.). years of age. beshiz (He was a young man of around twenty [years of age]. Shee wauz a feeli-homi auv reon dui laung deja beshiz.). two years in/ two years’ prison. dui beshiz in dha keyr fa dha lagz
yell. karn
yellow. jala
yellowness. jalerarjhio
yes. vali
yesterday. lars dives. yesterday morning. lars sorlo
yet vid. in not
yolk. jala a dha kakeling fart
yonder. dhat ayjax
you. u, v’u; wouni. You don’t say! Ann nanti or no moge!
young. been, feeli. young man. feeli-[h]omi. young person. been[-]kove, feeli[-kove]. young woman. feeli-pelone
your. ya, yor. your place. shay v’u
yours. Bona tu u (as in signing off a letter)
yourself. wouni self, yor self
yourselves. yor self
youth. been-kove, feeli-kove; been-kovichude, beenichude
youthful. beenichudinosa
youthfulness. beenichude
zero. noul
zucchini. Koudurreeni