Northumbrian Language Dictionary
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Paaky No appetite
 
Paan¹ Pawn
 
Paan² Porn
 
Pace Easter
 
Paddick Toad
 
Paid oot Tired
 
Pains Arthritis
 
Paitrich Partridge
 
Pallatic very drunk
 
Panhacketty A meal made from left over food
 
Pant A drinking fountain
 
Parlish Dangerous
 
Pash Heavy rain
 
Past Distracted
 
Paut A finger or paw
 
Pawkey Particular
 
Pay Beat
 
Paze¹ To raise
 
Paze² To force open
 
Pease puddin Ham flavoured muhy split peas
 
Pele A tower
 
Pelt To hurry
 
Peltin doon pouring with rain
 
Penker Marble
 
Peppa Pepper
 
Peth Path
 
Pick dark Pitch dark
 
Piffolo Piccolo
 
Pin Humour
 
Pit A mine
 
Pitch an toss Pitch and Toss game with pennies
 
Pitmatic The dialect spoken by mining communities in Northumberland
 
Pittle To urinate, Piddle
 
Pittrin on Complaining
 
Pity aboot ye So what
 
Pit yakkor An insult A person who is not very good at what they do
 
Plack Coin
 
Plank Put
Plank i doon heor Put it down here
 
Plantin Plantation
 
Plash To splash
 
Plissint Pleasent
 
Ploat Pluck
 
Plodge To wade in water
 
Plowd To wage in mud
 
Pluff To spit
 
Plukes Pimples, Spots, Acne
 
Poke A bag, A sack
 
Polann Poland
 
Pollis¹ Police
 
Pollis² Police officer
 
Pollis points Traffic lights
 
Poond Pound
 
Poother Powder
 
Poss To wash clothes
 
Post To walk briskly
 
Pot A mug, A cup
 
Pout Kick
 
Prod A skewer
 
Prog Poke, Prick
 
Proggle A thorn, A thistle
 
Progley Prickly
 
Pross To gossip
 
Pubble Plump
 
Puddin Dessert
 
Pump To fart
 
Pund Pound
 
Punne Pulp
 
Pushbiyuk Bicycle
 
Putte To push
 
Puttin in caad Getting cold
 
Put yersel away Get stuck in
 
Pyel Pail
 
Pyeppor Paper
 
Pyet Head