Fahn Septemba tu Serkl

Septemba n. September.
Bileez Indipendans Day da di tweni-fos a Septemba.
Belize's Independence Day is the twenty-first of September.



septik n. septic tank.
Ih gens di laa fi bil hows widowt septik.
It's against the law to build a house without a septic tank.



serali n. a short song sung in the midst of an Anansi story to break up the boredom of a long story.



serikoateh zericote; type of tree whose hard streaked wood is used for wood carvings. Cordia dodecandra.
Di tooris bai wahn priti berd weh mek owt a serikoateh.
The tourist bought a pretty bird that was carved out of zericote wood. [<Aztec 'siricote']



serimoni n. ceremony.
Fi dehn wedn serimoni mi priti.
Their wedding ceremony was beautiful.



serkl v. circle.
Wen yu si jranko serkl wahn hows, dehn seh sohnbadi een deh wahn ded.
People say that when you see vultures circling around a house, they say that somebody inside will die.

— n. circle.
Aal di pikni dehn hoal han ahn mek wahn serkl.
All the children held hands and made a circle.


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