Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Abbreviations
Below are listed the abbreviations employed in the Dictionary, especially in the references found in the headnotes. Fora key to the abbreviations used in quoting the sources for the Dictionary, see theBIBLIOGRAPHY.
a, adj — adjective, adjectival
A.D. — anno Domini
A-I — Anglo-Irish
arch — archaic
attrib — attributive
Austr — Australia
av — adverb
b — born
B.C. — before Christ
Brit — British
c. — approximately; century
C — item in MUNFLA Card Collection
Can — Canadian
cent — century
cm — centimetre
Co — Cornwall
CO — Colonial Office [Series]
colloq — colloquial
comb(s) — combination(s)
comp — compiler
Conn — Connecticut
cp — compare with the following term or reference
cpd — compound
CS — Colonial Series
cty, cties — county, counties
d — died
D — Devon
det — determiner
dial — dialect(al)
Do — Dorset
ed(s) — editor(s), edited by; edition
ed emend — editorial emendation
esp — especially
etym — etymology
exc — except
exclam — exclamation
ff — and the following pages
fig. — figurative
Fr — French
freq — frequent(ly)
ft — feet
gen — general
Gk — Greek
Gl — Gloucestershire
Gloss — Glossary
Ha — Hampshire
ibid — the same source
imit — imitative
imp — imperative
in. — inches
int — interjection
intens — intensifier
int pro — interrogative pronoun
Ir — Ireland, Irish
ISER — Institute of Social and Economic Research
IW — Isle of Wight
kg — kilogramme
l — litre
Lab(r) — Labrador
Lat — Latin
m — metre
M — item in MUNFLA Manuscript Collection
Mass — Massachusetts
MS(S) — manuscript(s)
m t — metric ton
MUC — Memorial University College
MUNFLA — Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive
n — noun; nominal; note
naut — nautical usage
N B — New Brunswick
n d — no date
N E — New England
neg — negative
Nfld — Newfoundland
N H — New Hampshire
N I — Northern Ireland
no — northern
No — number
N S — Nova Scotia
num — numeral
N Z — New Zealand
obs — obsolete
occas — occasionally
Ork — Orkney
p. — page
P — item submitted by a collector
PANL — Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
phr — phrase
pl — plural
poet — poetical
Por — Portuguese
ppl — present participle
ppl a — participial adjective
p ppl — past participle
pref — prefix
prep — preposition
pro — personal pronoun
prob — probably
prov — proverb(ial)
Prov — Provençal
Q — item obtained from a questionnaire
qtl — quintal 'a measure of fish'
quot — quotation
rpt — reprint
s — southern
sb — substantive
Sc — Scotland
sg — singular
Sh I — Shetland Islands
Sh & Ork — Shetland and Orkney
sig. — signature
So — Somerset
Span — Spanish
SPCK — Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge
SPG — Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
spp — species
STC — Short-Title Catalogue
subs — substitute
s w — southwest [counties of England: Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset]
T — item in MUNFLA Tape Collection
tr — translator, translation, translated by
transf — transferred sense
U S — United States
usu — usually
v — verb
v superscript — verso (of a page)
var — various, variant
vbl n — verbal noun
vol(s) — volume(s)
w — west
W — Wiltshire
Wxf — Wexford
| * | a spelling not attested in printed sources; a spelling devised to suggest an approximate pronunciation:joog* |
| ( ) | an optional spelling or inflexional ending occurs:quar(r) |
| = | 'the preceding term means':old king [= king eider] |
| ~ | 'the word being defined'; 'the word just mentioned':ochre, ~ pit |
| ~s | 'the plural of the form':sabot...~s |
| [ ] | phonetic transcription; editorial correction or emendation; a relevant quotation which does not contain the word being illustrated; date of first appearance, writing, or, if a ballad, performance |
This dictionary includes some words which are or are asserted to be proprietary names or trademarks. Their inclusion does not imply that they have acquired for legal purposes a non-proprietary or general significance nor any otherjudgement concerning their legal status.
