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| has gloss | eng: Here are some words that are used in the Turks and Caicos Islands by locals: Some Words | class="wikitable" border="1" ! Dialect Word/Phrase !! Meaning |- |switcha/switcher||Lemonade/limeade(combination of sugar water and lime/lemon) |- |gal/gyal|| Girl |- |chile/chilen || child/children |- |chile || Used to represent emphasis on a sentence (well chile he een tell me nuttin bout that) |- |een||arent(They een goin today)or isnt(That een right)or dont(I een no nuttin bout that) |- |vel||well (usually theWandV' are exchanged with each other) eg. vednesday:Wednesday weil:veil |- |axe||ask |- |musse||must be |- |scorch|| scratch |- |jumbee||spirit or ghost |} |
| lexicalization | eng: Turks and Caicos Islands dialect |
| instance of | c/English dialects |
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