
ABÁSHO (L) below, abashár
abásho = to go down . Los de abásho
= the departed, the dead. Tódo sta de arríva
abásho= everything is upside down.
ABASTÁDO (P) almighty
omni- potent referring to God
MA (I) but, why
MAALÈ (T)
street, Turkish quarters, neighborhood. Maalé
yahudí =Jewish quarters
MAARÁV (H)
west
MAASE (H)
story, event Kontar un maasè=tell a story
MABÙL (H)
deluge, downpour, torrent. No kyerro tanto, me
dátes mabul= I don't want so much, you
gave me plenty
MACHARÁ (LT) spool
of thread
Al has used the common pronounciation of Ladino words which often differe from the proper Turkish or Hebrew pronounciations
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