Thieves' cant dictionary

A list of words in thieves' cant.

A

 * ab : instead of
 * aban : to leave (a thing)
 * aby : horse
 * abyhin : stable
 * ahak : arch
 * 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
 * ankat : lawlessness
 * anukit : pole
 * aoro : curtain
 * aram : cat
 * arhobol : prince
 * ark : man
 * 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

B

 * ba : way
 * babon : to rap
 * 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
 * bamat : rug
 * 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
 * baylan : to borrow
 * bayn : road
 * be : sapphire
 * beben : can (to be able)
 * bebol : cup
 * behan : to pass
 * behebe : how many, how much
 * belon : to make unconscious
 * 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
 * bisfi : north
 * bislis : party
 * bitama : assassin
 * blon : red
 * bo : whether
 * boblin : pearl
 * bone : beginning
 * bora : highness
 * borob : freedom
 * boroban : to free
 * bosen : to walk
 * botu : bone
 * broka : division
 * brokan : to divide
 * brun : to think
 * bu : from
 * buk : quilt
 * bun : to use
 * bura : thing
 * burakan : something
 * burfe : barding
 * buron : to stay
 * bus : against
 * byb : pouch
 * bybi : flint
 * bylis : danger
 * byn : road
 * byntan : path
 * byrafak : crossbow
 * bysalik : winter
 * bysne : white

D

 * doing the out and out : killing someone

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

J

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

N

 * nympher : female pickpocket who distracted intended victims

S

 * 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
 * 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
 * so : toward
 * solen : to know (a fact)
 * solet : gray
 * sorba : pound
 * sosan : stairway
 * ste : question particle
 * sublin : platinum
 * sulan : glass
 * sun : to prepare
 * sunin : intelligence
 * suon : to practice
 * sur : hundred
 * suso : forest
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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
 * uro : torch
 * urtel : diamond
 * usal : mountain
 * usen : to swim
 * uta : light (illumination)
 * utan : to light
 * utho : lake

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