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Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by George Henry Borrow
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En. A kind of genitive particle used in compound words, being placed
between a noun and the particle 'gro' or 'guero,' which signifies a
possessor, or that which governs a thing or has to do with it: e.g.
lav-en-gro, a linguist or man of words, lit. word-of-fellow; wesh-en-
gro, a forester, or one who governs the wood; gurush-en-gre, things
costing a groat, lit. groat-of-things.

Engri. A neuter affix, composed of the particles 'en' and 'gro,'
much used in the formation of figurative terms for things for which
there are no positive names in English Gypsy: for example, yag-
engri, a fire-thing, which denotes a gun; poggra-mengri, a breaking-
thing or mill; 'engri' is changed into 'mengri' when the preceding
word terminates in a vowel.

Engro. A masculine affix, used in the formation of figurative names;
for example, kaun-engro, an ear-fellow, or creature with ears,
serving to denote a hare; ruk-engro, or ruko-mengro, a tree-fellow,
denoting a squirrel; it is also occasionally used in names for
inanimate objects, as pov-engro, an earth-thing or potato. See
Guero.

Escunyo, s. A wooden skewer, a pin. Span. Gyp. Chingabar (a pin).

Escunyes, pl. Skewers.

Escunye-mengro, s. A maker of skewers.

Eskoe, fem. Eskie. A particle which affixed to a noun turns it into
an adjective: e.g. Duvel, God; duveleskoe, divine. It seems to be
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