Thieves' cant dictionary

A list of words in thieves' cant.

A

 * ab : instead of
 * aban : to leave (a thing)
 * abbess : madam
 * aby : horse
 * abyhin : stable
 * academy : brothel
 * affidavit man : false witness
 * ahak : arch
 * air and exercise : whipping
 * akbot : skull
 * akbotark : skeleton
 * akbun : desert
 * akfur : god
 * akoy : emerald
 * akto : leg
 * al : off
 * albir : middle
 * altan : to know (someone)
 * alub : place
 * alun : wall
 * am : nine
 * amas : garden
 * amon : to hold hostage
 * amus : beer
 * an : yes
 * angler : thief who draws in victims in order to rob them
 * ankat : lawlessness
 * anukit : pole
 * aoro : curtain
 * aram : cat
 * arch rogue : leader of a guild of thieves
 * ard : stolen
 * arhobol : prince
 * ark : man; boat
 * arkar : crowd
 * arkoba : monster
 * aron : to wander
 * arot : cold
 * asefa : drink
 * asefan : to drink
 * ashi : square
 * asin : demon
 * asorit : jail sentence
 * at : any
 * atami : eye
 * atbura : anything
 * atnau : anytime
 * aunt : harlot
 * autem diver : pickpocket

B

 * ba : way
 * babon : to rap
 * bagged flash : magic item
 * bahelan : to destroy
 * baim : sack
 * bak : passage
 * baka : meal
 * bakat : thousand
 * baker : out
 * bakre : a disguise
 * bakren : to disguise
 * bal : fire
 * balab : robe
 * balolot : amethyst
 * balsan : to burn
 * balub : sage
 * bam : cheat
 * bamat : rug
 * bamboozle : make a fool of someone
 * ban : to go
 * banal : chin
 * banasko : people
 * baral : finger
 * barbo : boat
 * barbun : to faint
 * baron : to pillage
 * barsan : to blackmail
 * bart : troll
 * basifen : thieves' cant
 * basihin : prison
 * basim : thief
 * basisala : thieves' tools
 * bawd : magistrate
 * baylan : to borrow
 * bayn : road
 * be : sapphire
 * beben : can (to be able)
 * bebol : cup
 * beef : wound
 * beef eater : soldier
 * beggar maker : tavern owner
 * behan : to pass
 * behebe : how many, how much
 * belon : to make unconscious
 * bene : good
 * beo : trail
 * beon : to trail
 * berkin : child
 * berosin : to remove
 * bersity : correctness
 * beslin : to approach
 * beti : if
 * betita : sand
 * bi : one
 * biak : head
 * bibik : mouth
 * biby : harness
 * bihe : how
 * biho : law
 * bikit : storage
 * bikitan : to store
 * bilin : to stand
 * bin : to move silently
 * bina : as, like
 * bink : first
 * binson : to open
 * bintal : electrum
 * binto : amulet
 * biny : symbol
 * bio : gallery
 * bir : past
 * bira : after
 * birds of a feather : gang, guild
 * bisfi : north
 * bislis : party
 * bitama : assassin
 * bite : trap
 * blon : red
 * bo : whether
 * boblin : pearl
 * bone : beginning
 * bones : dice
 * bora : highness
 * borob : freedom
 * boroban : to free
 * bosen : to walk
 * botu : bone
 * box-man : safecracker
 * bread : money
 * broka : division
 * brokan : to divide
 * brother of the blade : soldier
 * brother of the string : bard
 * bruiser : fighter
 * brun : to think
 * bu : from
 * buk : quilt
 * bun : to use
 * bura : thing
 * burakan : something
 * burfe : barding
 * burn the ken : to escape
 * buron : to stay
 * bus : against
 * button : fake coin
 * buzman : pickpocket
 * byb : pouch
 * bybi : flint
 * bylis : danger
 * byn : road
 * byntan : path
 * byrafak : crossbow
 * bysalik : winter
 * bysne : white

C

 * chaunt : song
 * click : to hit
 * clod hopper : farmer
 * cly the jerk : to receive a whipping
 * cog : cheat
 * cove : man
 * crash : to kill
 * crowdero : bard
 * cry beef : to call for the watch
 * cull : honest man

D

 * danglestuff : rope
 * darbies : manacles
 * darkmans : night
 * dawb : bribe
 * death hunter : undertaker
 * dimber damber : guildmaster
 * ding boy : mugger
 * dive : hideout; to pick pockets
 * doing the out and out : killing someone
 * dommerer : beggar
 * dowse : to hit
 * drag : to follow
 * dress up : to tie up

E

 * e : you (singular)
 * ekmel : mallet
 * ekob : darkness
 * emna : statue
 * enbra : wagon
 * enit : fountain
 * ermina : punishment
 * erminan : to punish
 * esim : country
 * eski : shadow
 * esoan : to believe
 * esten : to trap
 * esun : to ask

F

 * faburan : everything
 * fafet : locket
 * fakab : offering
 * faki : map
 * fal : year
 * falabin : to hand
 * falaka : barge
 * falat : leather
 * falati : sea
 * falsa : bank
 * falsat : banker
 * fanbo : blood
 * fanil : artery
 * fasan : ladder
 * fasren : to begin
 * fatas : strength
 * fatib : chest (torso)
 * fehin : to read
 * feku : opposite
 * fen : to talk
 * ferel : wind
 * feun : to get
 * fibbing-gloak : fighter
 * fibil : discovery
 * fikisik : sign
 * filta : paladin
 * filu : ceiling
 * firen : to win
 * flo : between
 * flogging : whipping
 * foist : pickpocket
 * fokon : stool
 * fonbak : muscle
 * foot wabbler : soldier
 * fora : consciousness
 * foram : where
 * foren : to rob
 * forkel : merchant
 * forlin : to make a thing
 * foryhab : store
 * frun : badness
 * fu : above, over, up
 * fuib : crown
 * funar : skin
 * fy : or
 * fyal : oil
 * fybkes : dragon
 * fysos : shrine
 * fysy : tower
 * fyton : to lend

H

 * haba : length
 * hal : word
 * hali : orange
 * hama : work
 * haman : to work
 * hamhin : workshop
 * hamoki : kobold
 * hanfi : stomach
 * hantak : shield
 * har : life
 * harata : rectangle
 * hari : orb
 * harn : to live (not die)
 * haro : sling
 * haron : to throw
 * haten : to ransom
 * hek : time
 * heken : every time
 * helu : spike
 * herel : park
 * heryan : to close
 * het : center
 * hetne : noon
 * hetobne : midnight
 * hibar : birth
 * hiblokni : snake
 * hibmun : nothing
 * hibni : no, not
 * hike : to escape
 * hili : bridge
 * hin : room
 * hinlan : to pay
 * hinylot : client
 * hintyn : to rest
 * hinunta : arson
 * hinuntan : to commit arson
 * hira : rations
 * hisuin : to blame
 * hliki : vase
 * hobuli : newness
 * holok : mayor
 * holyat : city
 * hos : weather
 * hue : whipping
 * huli : oldness
 * huna : secret
 * hunashin : crypt
 * hunakal : casket
 * hunar : death
 * hunaran : to die
 * hush : to kill
 * huso : basin
 * hyman : money
 * hymur : gold
 * hyutan : to interest

I

 * i : he, him, she, her, it
 * ibim : custom
 * ibit : bat
 * ibli : because
 * ihil : lock
 * ihilin : to lock
 * ii : they, them
 * ikiban : to poach
 * iloka : mound, pile
 * ily : through
 * imbo : ten
 * ime : kid
 * inat : beard
 * ine : day
 * inher : engineer
 * intan : to kill
 * iro : home, house
 * iroen : to live (somewhere)
 * iron : money
 * isala : gem
 * isili : potion
 * isimin : to arrive
 * itak : trap
 * iti : tooth
 * itu : plan
 * ituan : to plan

J

 * jaunt : specific criminal job, such as stealing or robbing

K

 * ka : on top of
 * kafun : to cover
 * kahy : wood
 * kal : box
 * kalaf : wine
 * kalakar : barkeep
 * kalan : to attack
 * kalinta : burglar
 * kalintan : to burglarize
 * kalok : cloud
 * kaltan : to step
 * kaluan : to frame
 * kam : sword
 * kamkanab : scabbard
 * kanab : chest (container)
 * kanabal : fireplace
 * kandon : to hijack
 * kanoho : mattress
 * kar : future
 * karel : scroll
 * kargel : letter
 * kartan : to counterfeit
 * kaslil : druid
 * katam : pin
 * kaual : soldier, warrior
 * kauhin : barracks
 * kauta : temple
 * kawabi : cleric
 * kem : jewel
 * ken : to steal
 * kenil : wire
 * kenon : to pilfer
 * kentis : string
 * ker : magic
 * kest : cart
 * ki : with
 * kilik : loot
 * kilikon : to loot
 * kilu : brick
 * king's pictures : money
 * kisak : million
 * kiset : barn
 * kitki : flesh
 * klin : to stab
 * klun : to hit
 * knight of the post : false witness
 * koka : defeat
 * kokan : to defeat
 * kol : fighter
 * kolen : to fight
 * kolibis : triangle
 * kolnok : medallion
 * kolta : rightness (position)
 * koma : speed
 * konba : valuables
 * konfa : nail
 * kontonken : everywhere
 * kontora : holdup
 * kontoran : to hold up
 * koret : black
 * kosohin : armory
 * kosol : weapon
 * kosolit : weaponer
 * krin : copper
 * kruteln : to plunder
 * kubak : bucket
 * kuena : cave
 * kufer : screen
 * kuho : hair
 * kulamak : illusionist
 * kulat : illusion
 * kult : trip
 * kuly : toe
 * kumba : ruby
 * kun : to buy
 * kunin : to put
 * kunsal : hill
 * kura : teacher
 * kural : mead
 * kurbe : gnome
 * kurnan : to retreat
 * kuron : to teach
 * kusal : building
 * kusuo : as soon as
 * kuta : forehead
 * kutal : lesson
 * kutin : might
 * ky : by
 * kyam : treasure
 * kymo : however, on the contrary

L

 * la : two
 * labne : yesterday
 * laf : what
 * lafe : south
 * lahin : library
 * lak : torso
 * lakan : to divert
 * lakana : diversion
 * lakat : book
 * lam : spell
 * lamin : mirror
 * lane : hour
 * lani : inspection
 * lanin : to inspect
 * lank : second (ordinal no.)
 * lary : name
 * laryn : to call
 * lator : wrist
 * lebon : to show
 * lekel : highwayman
 * lema : around
 * li : on (a wall)
 * libi : because of
 * likano : month
 * liki : neck, pillar
 * likiha : heart
 * likihyran : heartbeat
 * liko : bath
 * likob : necklace
 * lim : five
 * limenet : spy
 * limi : well
 * limok : west
 * lina : tongue
 * lino : week
 * lisema : charisma
 * lit : for
 * lo : four
 * loab : cloak
 * lobun : to sell
 * lofon : stand
 * lok : color
 * loksalik : spring
 * lonek : nose
 * lulani : ship
 * luset : salt
 * lusok : caravan
 * ly : in
 * lyket :plains
 * lyn : to give
 * lynin : to tell
 * lyny : payment
 * lyr : gift
 * lyrib : now
 * lyrne : today

M

 * mabal : ring
 * maban : to visit
 * madli : bribe
 * madlin : to bribe
 * mafit : breath
 * mafitan : to breathe
 * mahan : entrance
 * mala : poison
 * maleto : burial
 * manka : witch
 * mankero : magic-user
 * matybal : earring
 * miban : must
 * mibar : case
 * mibet : town
 * mina : holiness
 * mistis : halfling
 * mitaf : shelf
 * mofit : constitution
 * moky : but
 * moly : before
 * mon : to be
 * morukek : sky
 * mubli : snow
 * mublin : to snow
 * mun : pickpocket
 * myban : to return
 * myn : to wait
 * myo : cell
 * mys : clothing

N

 * na : at
 * nabasin : to repeat
 * nabi : endurance
 * nafen : to help
 * nakao : arm
 * nakaoka : shoulder
 * naki : wand
 * nako : bed
 * nakohin : bedroom
 * naltos : earliness
 * naman : to kidnap
 * nap : cheat
 * narak : farm
 * narko : vault
 * natuk : idol
 * nau : when
 * ne : across
 * nebi : minute
 * nekio : parapet
 * nerb : blue
 * nibe : morning
 * nilinin : to snitch
 * nio : court
 * nirahin : kitchen
 * nita : who (relative pronoun)
 * nobal : lateness
 * nolt : yellow
 * norb : during
 * norsalik : fall (season)
 * noru : brown
 * nosa : then
 * nu : below, beneath, under, down
 * nulling cove : fighter
 * nusen : to crawl
 * nusfi : earth
 * nympher : female pickpocket who distracted intended victims
 * nyo : second (of time)

O

 * o : I, me
 * obamon : to release
 * obarhobol : princess
 * obark : woman
 * oberabas : dishonesty
 * obersity : incorrectness, wrongness
 * obfiken : to lose (a thing)
 * obfora : unconsciousness
 * obina : unholiness
 * obine : night
 * obinta : unlike
 * obla : half
 * obok : slowness
 * obora : lowness
 * obsalo : third (fraction)
 * obtylo : heaviness
 * obul : behind
 * obykar : loudness
 * oe : you (plural)
 * oeo : we, us (including person spoken to)
 * okam : since
 * okob : kick
 * olarhe : language
 * olon : to take
 * om : that, which (relative pronoun)
 * omban : bracelet
 * onbom : expense
 * oo : we, us (excluding person spoken to)
 * oren : to wash
 * orib : moment
 * orni : zero
 * ornek : castle
 * oroen : to look for
 * ortob : heat
 * os : garlic
 * osalos : cupboard
 * otan : to move

P

 * plate : money
 * prince prig : leader of a guild of thieves
 * purse collector : pickpocket

R

 * rabalan : to detect traps
 * rafak : bow
 * raiga : ruins
 * rakin : to fall
 * rakomo : size
 * raoka : animal
 * rarkan : painting
 * ratik : marsh
 * reader merchant : pickpocket
 * ready : money
 * relbat : booty
 * resa : leftness (position)
 * resalik : summer
 * resen : green
 * ret : dagger
 * rimnok : fork
 * riso : rain
 * rison : to rain
 * risin : desk
 * ro : of
 * roal : scholar
 * robal : silence
 * rokatin : armorer
 * rokato : armor
 * rolko : traitor
 * rolkon : to betray
 * ronen : to strangle
 * ror : dungeon
 * ros : water
 * rosati : monk
 * roskanab : waterskin
 * rub : price; to escape
 * ruba : table
 * rubel : silver
 * ruka : throne
 * rum : good
 * ry : near
 * rybun : violet
 * ryki : without
 * rylo : human
 * ryn : to stop
 * rytena : keg

S

 * sa : beside
 * sab : that
 * sabit : insanity
 * sabnolan : to write
 * safe : food
 * safen : to eat
 * sahal : container
 * sahas : barrel
 * sakam : back
 * sakambar : backpack
 * sakana : pillow
 * sakel : hand
 * sala : equipment
 * salan : to do
 * salane : afternoon
 * salarka : body
 * salif : east
 * salo : three
 * salonk : third (ordinal no.)
 * sambil : chain
 * samun : opal
 * san : to climb
 * sanatan : to pull
 * sanili : arrest
 * sanilin : to arrest
 * sankot : brain
 * sanla : hall
 * sanlun : to climb walls
 * sany : gate
 * sarhin : guardroom
 * sarhon : to look at, to watch
 * sarum : why
 * satek : jug
 * scamp : fellow criminal or bandit
 * sen : to run
 * seyen : to tie
 * sheepskin fiddler : bard
 * si : until
 * sib : may
 * sihal : sheet
 * sihyres : museum
 * sikla : kettle
 * silkaba : saddle
 * simar : dog
 * simarhin : kennel
 * simik : alchemy
 * simikir : alchemist
 * sinkin : to distribute
 * sintur : belt
 * sio : bigness
 * siril : goblet
 * sirine : tomorrow
 * siterke : music
 * sito : six
 * slur : cheat
 * so : toward
 * solen : to know (a fact)
 * solet : gray
 * sorba : pound
 * sosan : stairway
 * stalling ken : hideout
 * ste : question particle
 * stop hole abbey : hideout
 * sublin : platinum
 * sulan : glass
 * sun : to prepare
 * sunin : intelligence
 * suon : to practice
 * sur : hundred
 * suso : forest
 * swimmer : boat
 * swod : soldier
 * swodkin : soldier
 * sy : to
 * sya : cut
 * syan : to cut
 * syet : goodness
 * syetken : goodbye
 * syetonta : hello
 * syf : date
 * syhi : about
 * syili : bench
 * syt : bird
 * syto : experience

T

 * tabo : battle
 * tafen : to find
 * tak : orc
 * taka : number
 * takali : curse
 * takan : to heat
 * takin : would
 * takobla : half-orc
 * tambon : to push
 * tan : littleness
 * tanina : moustache
 * tankan : to handle
 * tanob : question
 * tanol : necessity
 * tara : jaw
 * taron : to dress
 * tato : stone
 * tatobal : lantern
 * te : you (singular)
 * tehel : who
 * teize : whipping
 * tek : group
 * tekenon : to swear
 * teko : dwarf
 * teltan : galley
 * teltin : office
 * telu : boot
 * terabas : honesty
 * tern : to leave (a place)
 * ti : he, him, she, her, it
 * tif : helmet
 * tik : except
 * tili : target
 * tilya : quiver
 * timon : rope
 * tin : to listen
 * tiran : drawer
 * tirib : key
 * tisan : to decide
 * titani : drug
 * titanin : to drug
 * tlin : to shoot
 * tlinkit : medicine
 * to : I, me
 * toa : aunt, uncle
 * tobalon : sun
 * toe : you (plural)
 * toeo : we, us (including person spoken to)
 * toka : broach
 * tolata : pocket
 * tomuk : blanket
 * tonlub : sanctuary
 * tonta : safety
 * tontyha : stronghold
 * too : we, us (excluding person spoken to)
 * toran : to save (a life)
 * torin : to save (conserve)
 * tormentor of catgut : bard
 * tot : arrow
 * totak : honor
 * totakalan : to curse
 * tru : lock pick
 * trun : to pick a lock
 * tryn : to see
 * tufa : club
 * tulo : eight
 * tulokto : spider
 * tulon : to observe
 * tun : to come
 * tur : dart
 * tura : dexterity
 * turen : to hide
 * turyas : evidence
 * tyhin : to enter
 * tylo : lightness (weight)
 * tyn : to have
 * tyna : ear

U

 * uale : while
 * uha : choice
 * uhan : to choose
 * uhasi : tapestry
 * uhob : door
 * uhys : tinder
 * ukal : boss, chief, master
 * uket : foot
 * ul : in front of
 * ula : seven
 * ulim : elf
 * ulimobla : half-elf
 * ulof : steel
 * unahob : secret door
 * une : end
 * uneklin : to backstab
 * unen : to finish
 * unta : escape
 * untan : to escape
 * uon : to want
 * upright man : leader of a guild of thieves
 * uro : torch
 * urtel : diamond
 * usal : mountain
 * use up : to kill
 * usen : to swim
 * uta : light (illumination)
 * utan : to light
 * utho : lake

W

 * wait : bard
 * wedge : money

Y

 * ybel : floor
 * ybila : sconce
 * yhy : deal
 * ykanan : bandit
 * ykar : softness, quietness
 * yli : chair
 * ylink : to wake
 * ylo : candle
 * ymasan : to wear
 * ymus : ale
 * yran : noise
 * yta : shortness

Z

 * zany : bard