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4,920 languages with published entries

Sign languages

4 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

  • British Sign Language

    117 published entries

  • American Sign Language

    50 published entries

2 words and 0 phrases found.

Jamaican Creole English

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Jamaican Creole English
fling[fliŋ]
verb
To toss or throw something with force.

“So im tel dem se, “Fling uova unu net pan di rait-an-said a di buot an unu wi fain som.””

So he said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some."

Also means
  1. to throw, to cast

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Jamaican Creole English
el[ɛl]Appears in an example
noun
A place or state of suffering and punishment.

“Aftaraal it beta fi luuz onggl wan badi paat, dan di wol a di badi get fling dong a el.”

After all, it is better to lose one body part than for the whole body to be thrown into hell.

Also means
  1. hell

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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