Advanced Thieves' Cant
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Cant to English Dictionary
Below is a reference dictionary for the advanced form of Thieves' Cant, from cant-to-English (cant words are to the left, and the definitions are on the right). The advanced form of thieves' cant is difficult to master, and is often called a second language. This "language of thieves" is used for private conversations, to hide meaning and maintain secrecy. For an introduction to this advanced form of thieves' cant, click here.
Alternatively, there is a simpler form of the Thieves' Cant:
Simple Thieves' Cant Dictionary: Simple English-to-Cant | Simple Cant-to-English
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ab | instead of |
aban | to leave (a thing) |
aby | horse |
abyhin | stable |
ahak | arch |
akbot | skull |
akbotark | skeleton |
akbun | desert |
akfur | god |
akoy | emerald |
akte | leg |
al | off |
albir | middle |
altan | to know (someone) |
alub | place |
alun | wall |
am | nine |
amas | garden |
amon | to hold hostage |
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 |
arbura | anything |
atnau | anytime |
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ba | way |
babon | to rap |
bahelan | to destroy |
baim | sack |
bak | passage |
baka | meal |
bakat | thousand |
baker | out |
bakre | 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 | thieve's cant |
basihin | prison |
basim | thief |
basisala | thieve's 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
fibil | discovery |
fikisik | sign |
filta | paladin |
filu | ceiling |
firen | to win |
flo | between |
fokon | stool |
fonbak | muscle |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
huli | oldness |
huna | secret |
hunahin | crypt |
hunakal | casket |
hunar | death |
hunaran | to die |
huso | basin |
hyman | money |
hymur | gold |
hyutan | to interest |
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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) |
isala | gem |
isili | potion |
isimin | to arrive |
itak | trap |
iti | tooth |
itu | plan |
ituan | to plan |
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ka | on top of |
kafun | to cover |
kaby | 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 |
kisak | million |
kiset | barn |
kitki | flesh |
klin | to stab |
klun | to hit |
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 |
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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 | mouth |
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 |
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mabal | ring |
maban | to visit |
madli | bribe |
madlin | to bribe |
mafit | breath |
mafitan | to breath |
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 | to pickpocket |
myban | to return |
myn | to wait |
myo | cell |
mys | clothing |
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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 |
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 |
nusen | to crawl |
nusfi | earth |
nyo | second (of time) |
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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) |
orea | to wash |
orib | moment |
orni | zero |
ornek | castle |
oroen | to look for |
ortob | heat |
os | garlic |
osalos | cupboard |
otan | to move |
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rabalan | to detect traps |
rafak | bow |
raiga | ruins |
rakin | to fall |
rakomo | size |
raoka | animal |
rarkan | painting |
ratik | marsh |
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 |
ruba | table |
rubel | silver |
ruka | throne |
ry | near |
rybun | violet |
ryki | without |
rylo | human |
ryn | to stop |
rytena | keg |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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tomuk | blanket |
tonlub | santuary |
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 |
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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 | diamon |
usal | mountain |
usen | to swim |
uta | light (illumination) |
utan | to light |
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ybel | floor |
ybila | sconce |
yhy | deal |
ykana | bandit |
ykar | softness, quietness |
yli | chair |
ylink | to wake |
ylo | candle |
ymasan | to wear |
ymus | ale |
yran | noise |
yta | shortness |