chawed: (adj.) embarrassed, disgraced
cooter: (noun) a large swamp turtle
cuz: (noun) a term of address used in greeting a fellow Lumbee
damn skippy: (adj.) right! an affirmative response to a speaker’s comment
ellick: (noun) coffee
gallanipper: (noun) a large mosquito-like insect
in the pines: (prep. phrase) snobby, uppity
jubious: (adj.) strange, eerie
juvember: (noun) slingshot
mommuck (up): (noun, verb) a mess, to make a mess of
on the swamp: (prep. phrase) in the neighborhood or community
orta notta: (verb phrase) should not have
pocosin: (noun) big swamp
since the shake: (prep. phrase) in a long time
sow cat: (noun) term of endearment for a child
yurker: (noun) mischievous child
From A Dialect Dictionary of Lumbee English, by Locklear, Wolfram, Schilling-Estes and Dannenberg
