Amerikaens vocabulary , primarily of Germanic and Romance origin, was first formally identified as distinctive from Dutch in the late 17th century. Throughout the early modern period, Amerikaens imported influences from indigenous languages, African languages, Walloon, and Spanish while maintaining contact with the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands . In 1910, the Amerikaens lexicon began a process of standardisation, mainly in New Netherland and Tussenland . Throughout the 20th century, Amerikaens and its dialects and creoles have increasingly developed a distinct vocabularies of their own.
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There are several categories:
Acronyms
Body
Clothing and ornamentation
Colors
Countries and cities
Emotions and values
Expletives and intensifiers
Fauna (animals)
Flora
Food and cooking
Geography
Given names and surnames
Honorifics and titles
Interjections and idioms
Kinship
Legal
Locations
Medical
Numerals
Political and administrative
Religious
Social
Technological
Lexical categories:
Adpositions and conjunctions
Affixes
Determiners
Pronouns
In each category, there are six columns:
Term
Form (part of speech )
These include; Noun (n.), Verb (v.), Adverb (adv.), and Adjective (adj.)
This does not apply to lexical categories.
IPA (pronunciation of the term; use IPA Reader )
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes .
Body
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Arm
n.
/ɑrm/
Arm
From Dutch and English arm
Albow
n.
/ɑlbow/
Elbow
From English elbow
Tock
n.
/tɔk/
Limb
Tont
n.
/tɔnt/
Tooth, incisor
From Dutch tand
Val
n.
/fɑl/
Skin
Colors
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Gro
n.
/ɡro/
Grey, gray
From Dutch grauw
Countries and cities
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Jopten
n.
/ˈjɔp.tən/
Egypt
From Dutch Egypte
Eyrlandt
n.
/ˈiːr.lɑnt/
Ireland
From Dutch Ierland
Determiners
Determiners are categorized into several forms:
Article (art.)
Demonstrative (dem.)
Interrogative (int.)
Quantifier (q.).
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
De
art.
/də/
The
From Dutch de
Used in place of Dutch het in all situations.
Expletives and intensifiers
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Cock
n.
/kɑk/
Penis
Schlong
n.
/ʃlɔŋ/
Penis, dick, cock
From Yiddish
Fauna
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Bufalö
n.
Buffalo
Moes
n.
Moose
Wapiti
n.
Elk
Kwaewon
n.
Woodpecker
Anowara
n.
Turtle
Atÿron
n.
Raccoon
Pert
n.
/peːrt/
Horse
From Dutch paard
Hespon
n.
/ˈhɛs.pɔn/
Raccoon
From Munsee é·span
Sprenghon
n.
/ˈsprɛŋ.hɔːn/
Grasshopper, cricket
From Dutch sprinkhaan
Fogel
n.
/ˈfœ.χəl/
Bird
From Dutch vogel
Hondt
n.
/hɔnt/
Dog, puppy, canine
From Dutch hont
Kekeutje
n.
/ˈkæ.kœ.t͡ʃə/
Chicken, hen
From Dutch kuiken
Flora
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Taheym
n.
/tahɛim/
Strawberry, strawberries
From Unami tehim
Zengerengebom
n.
/zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈrɛŋ.ɡə.boːm/
Lilac bush
From Dutch seringenboom
Fruyt
n.
/frœut/
Fruit
From Dutch vrucht
Blaubesche
n.
/ˈblau.bɛ.ʃə/
Blueberry, huckleberry
Geography
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Regene
v.
/re.ɡə.nə/
To rain
From Dutch regenen
Given names and surnames
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Aubrom
n.
/ˈɑː.brɑm/
Abraham
Ion
n.
/jɔːn/
John
Patrus
n.
/ˈpɑː.trœs/
Peter, Petrus
Teun
n.
/tœ:n/
From Dutch Tunis
Kinship
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Zon
n.
/sœːn/
Son
From Dutch zeun
Familie
n.
/fɑˈmi.li/
Family
From Dutch familie
Vader
n.
/ˈfɑː.dər/
Father
From Dutch father
Locations
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Bouwerÿ
n.
/bɔuərɑi/
Farm
From Dutch bouwerij
Taphuys
n.
/taphœus/
Hotel, tavern
From English taphouse
Estaet
n.
/ɛsˈtɛɪt/
Estate, manor
From English estate
Religious
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Predikasie
n.
/prɛdəkʌsi/
Sermon
From English predication
Jasus Chrestus
n.
/ˈjɑː.sus ˈkrɛs.təs/
Jesus Christ
Social
Term
Form
IPA
Definition
Etymology
Usage notes
Luge
n.
/ˈluːχə/
Lie, a false statement
From Dutch leugen
Nom
n.
/nɔːm/
Name
From Dutch naam , influenced by French nom
See also