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Kanal

a

/ah/ — to, for

Kanal

a lè

/ah leh/ — on time. Source: Haitian Kreyòl a lè

Kanal

achta

/AHSH-tah/ — buy. Source: Haitian Kreyòl achte

Kanal

achtè

/AHSH-teh/ — buyer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl achtè

Kanal

adezif

/ah-DEH-zeef/ — adhesive. Source: Louisiana French adhésif

Kanal

adisyone

/ah-dees-YOH-neh/ — add up. Source: Louisiana French additionner

Kanal

administratè

/ahd-mee-nee-STRAH-teh/ — administrator. Source: Haitian Kreyòl administratè

Kanal

adwaz

/AHD-wahz/ — slate. Source: Louisiana French ardoise

Kanal

afich

/AH-feesh/ — posting, notice. Source: Louisiana French affiche

Kanal

afiche

/ah-FEE-sheh/ — post (a notice). Source: Louisiana French afficher

Kanal

aigo

/ah-EE-goh/ — oh dear (also a cry of grief). Source: Korean aigo

Kanal

ajans

/AH-zhahns/ — agency. Source: Louisiana French agence

Kanal

ajiste

/ah-ZHEE-steh/ — adjust, fit. Source: Louisiana French ajuster

Kanal

akroche

/ah-KROH-sheh/ — catch, snag. Source: Louisiana French accrocher

Kanal

alkil

/AHL-keel/ — rent. Source: Spanish alquiler

Kanal

alkila

/ahl-KEE-lah/ — rent. Source: Spanish alquilar

Kanal

almeno

/ahl-MEH-noh/ — at least. Source: Spanish al menos

Kanal

alokasyon

/ah-loh-KAHS-yohn/ — allocation. Source: Louisiana French allocation

Kanal

alto

/AHL-toh/ — alto. Source: Louisiana French alto

Kanal

amu

/AH-moo/ — enjoy, love

Kanal

an

/ahn/ — and

Kanal

anba

/AHN-bah/ — under, beneath

Kanal

anba dlo

/AHN-bah DLOH/ — under water

Kanal

anbete

/ahn-BEH-teh/ — annoy. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anbete

Kanal

anch

/AHNSH/ — hip. Source: Louisiana French hanche

Kanal

andedan

/ahn-DEH-dahn/ — inside. Source: Haitian Kreyòl andedan

Kanal

ane

/AH-neh/ — year. Source: Louisiana Creole ane

Kanal

ankora

/ahn-KOH-rah/ — again, anymore

Kanal

ankèt

/AHN-keht/ — inquiry. Source: Louisiana French enquête

Kanal

anlè

/AHN-leh/ — upper; up. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anlè

Kanal

anlè a

/AHN-leh ah/ — up top

Kanal

ann

/AHNN/ — let’s. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ann

Kanal

anpil

/AHN-peel/ — a lot, many. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anpil

Kanal

anpile

/ahn-PEE-leh/ — pile up. Source: Louisiana French empiler

Kanal

anrejistre

/ahn-reh-ZHEE-streh/ — log, register. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anrejistre

Kanal

ansam

/AHN-sahm/ — together (also ansanm)

Kanal

ansanm

/AHN-sahnm/ — together. Source: Louisiana French ensemble

Kanal

ant

/AHNT/ — between. Source: Louisiana French entre

Kanal

antere

/ahn-TEH-reh/ — bury. Source: Louisiana French enterrer

Kanal

anterman

/ahn-TEHR-mahn/ — burial. Source: Haitian Kreyòl antèman

Kanal

antra

/AHN-trah/ — enter, come in. Source: Louisiana French entrer

Kanal

antre

/AHN-treh/ — entry (in a record); intake (of water)

Kanal

antye

/AHNT-yeh/ — whole. Source: Haitian Kreyòl antye

Kanal

anvè

/AHN-veh/ — backward, inside out. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anvè

Kanal

anyen

/AHN-yehn/ — nothing. Source: Haitian Kreyòl anyen

Kanal

ap

/ahp/ — is doing, in progress (before a verb)

Kanal

aparèy

/ah-PAH-ray/ — device, apparatus

Kanal

apre

/AH-preh/ — after

Kanal

apremidi

/ah-preh-MEE-dee/ — afternoon. Source: Louisiana French après-midi

Kanal

apren

/AH-prehn/ — learn (a tune, a skill)

Kanal

apèn

/AH-pehn/ — hardly. Source: Louisiana French à peine

Kanal

arbol

/AHR-bohl/ — tree. Source: Spanish árbol

Kanal

arjan

/AHR-zhahn/ — silver. Source: Louisiana French argent

Kanal

asansè

/ah-SAHN-seh/ — lift, dumbwaiter. Source: Haitian Kreyòl asansè

Kanal

asasina

/ah-sah-SEE-nah/ — murder. Source: Louisiana French assassinat

Kanal

ase

/AH-seh/ — enough. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ase

Kanal

asosi

/ah-SOH-see/ — bitter melon. Source: Haitian Kreyòl asosi

Kanal

asosyasyon

/ah-sohs-YAHS-yohn/ — association. Source: Louisiana French association

Kanal

aster

/AH-stehr/ — now

Kanal

asye

/AHS-yeh/ — steel. Source: Louisiana French acier

Kanal

atann

/AH-tahnn/ — expect. Source: Haitian Kreyòl atann

Kanal

atansyon

/ah-TAHNS-yohn/ — careful, attention. Source: Louisiana French attention

Kanal

atelye

/ah-TEHL-yeh/ — workshop. Source: Louisiana French atelier

Kanal

atik

/AH-teek/ — article (of a rule). Source: Haitian Kreyòl atik

Kanal

atrap

/AH-trahp/ — catch. Source: Louisiana French attraper

Kanal

atravè

/ah-TRAH-veh/ — through, across. Source: Louisiana French à travers

Kanal

atè

/AH-teh/ — on the floor, on the ground. Source: Haitian Kreyòl atè

Kanal

audi

/ah-OO-dee/ — hear

Kanal

avan

/AH-vahn/ — before

Kanal

avani

/ah-VAH-nee/ — early

Kanal

ave

/AH-veh/ — with

Kanal

avi

/AH-vee/ — notice. Source: Louisiana French avis

Kanal

avèg

/AH-vehg/ — blind. Source: Haitian Kreyòl avèg

Kanal

aye

/AH-yeh/ — yesterday. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ayè

Kanal

ayere

/ah-YEH-reh/ — air (clothes). Source: Louisiana French aérer

Kanal

ba

/bah/ — bar. Source: Louisiana French barre

Kanal

bach

/BAHSH/ — tarp. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bach

Kanal

bag

/BAHG/ — ring. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bag

Kanal

bagay

/BAH-gye/ — thing. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bagay

Kanal

baget

/BAH-geht/ — chopsticks. Source: Louisiana French baguette

Kanal

baka

/BAH-kah/ — back (as in come back)

Kanal

balanse

/bah-LAHN-seh/ — rock, sway. Source: Louisiana French balancer

Kanal

ban

/BAHN/ — workbench

Kanal

bank

/BAHNK/ — bank (of cells). Source: English bank

Kanal

bann

/BAHNN/ — band. Source: Louisiana French bande

Kanal

barik

/BAH-reek/ — barrel. Source: Haitian Kreyòl barik

Kanal

bas

/BAHS/ — bass (voice). Source: Louisiana French basse

Kanal

bat

/BAHT/ — beat (a drum, a stroke). Source: Louisiana French battre

Kanal

bateliè

/bah-teh-LEE-eh/ — boatman. Source: Louisiana French batelier

Kanal

bati

/BAH-tee/ — build. Source: Louisiana French bâtir

Kanal

batiman

/bah-TEE-mahn/ — building. Source: Louisiana French bâtiment

Kanal

batman

/BAHT-mahn/ — pulse, beat. Source: Louisiana French battement

Kanal

bato

/BAH-toh/ — boat

Kanal

batri

/BAH-tree/ — drum kit. Source: Louisiana French batterie

Kanal

baz

/BAHZ/ — base (pay). Source: Louisiana French base

Kanal

bebe

/BEH-beh/ — baby. Source: Louisiana French bébé

Kanal

beinte

/beh-EEN-teh/ — twenty. Source: Spanish veinte

Kanal

bel

/BEHL/ — handsome, fine. Source: Louisiana French belle

Kanal

belmè

/BEHL-meh/ — mother-in-law. Source: Louisiana French belle-mère

Kanal

ben

/BEHN/ — well (opening a remark). Source: Louisiana French eh bien

Kanal

benefis

/beh-NEH-fees/ — benefit (fundraiser). Source: Louisiana French bénéfice

Kanal

bese

/BEH-seh/ — bow, bend down. Source: Louisiana French baisser

Kanal

beton

/BEH-tohn/ — concrete. Source: Louisiana French béton

Kanal

bidjè

/BEED-zheh/ — budget. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bidjè

Kanal

bien

/BEE-ehn/ — well, properly. Source: Louisiana French bien

Kanal

biwo

/BEE-woh/ — office. Source: Haitian Kreyòl biwo

Kanal

blan

/BLAHN/ — white. Source: Louisiana French blanc

Kanal

ble

/BLEH/ — blue. Source: Louisiana French bleu

Kanal

blese

/BLEH-seh/ — hurt, wounded. Source: Louisiana French blessé

Kanal

bliye

/BLEE-yeh/ — forget. Source: Louisiana French oublier

Kanal

blok

/BLOHK/ — block. Source: Louisiana French bloc

Kanal

blokaj

/BLOH-kahzh/ — stalemate, blockage. Source: Louisiana French blocage

Kanal

bo

/boh/ — kiss. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bo

Kanal

bokal

/BOH-kahl/ — jar. Source: Louisiana French bocal

Kanal

bokou

/BOH-koo/ — a lot, much. Source: Louisiana Creole beaucoup

Kanal

bol

/BOHL/ — bowl. Source: Louisiana French bol

Kanal

bon

/BOHN/ — good. Source: Louisiana French bon

Kanal

bon mache

/BOHN MAH-sheh/ — cheap. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bon mache

Kanal

bondye

/BOHND-yeh/ — God. Source: Haitian Kreyòl Bondye

Kanal

bonjou

/BOHN-zhoo/ — hello, good day. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bonjou

Kanal

bonswa

/BOHN-swah/ — good afternoon, good evening. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bonswa

Kanal

bor

/BOHR/ — edge

Kanal

bot

/BOHT/ — boots. Source: Louisiana French botte

Kanal

boua

/BOO-ah/ — drink. Source: Louisiana French boire

Kanal

bouason

/boo-AH-sohn/ — a drink. Source: Louisiana French boisson

Kanal

bouat

/BOO-aht/ — box, coffin. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bwat

Kanal

bouch

/BOOSH/ — mouth. Source: Louisiana French bouche

Kanal

bouche

/BOO-sheh/ — block (air). Source: Louisiana French boucher

Kanal

bouchon

/BOO-shohn/ — cork. Source: Louisiana French bouchon

Kanal

bouja

/BOO-zhah/ — move, stir

Kanal

bouje

/BOO-zheh/ — move, shift. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bouje

Kanal

bouke

/BOO-keh/ — tired of, fed up. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bouke

Kanal

bous

/BOOS/ — purse. Source: Louisiana French bourse

Kanal

bout

/BOOT/ — end (of a street). Source: Louisiana French bout

Kanal

bouteye

/boo-TEH-yeh/ — bottle. Source: Louisiana French bouteille

Kanal

bouton

/BOO-tohn/ — button. Source: Louisiana French bouton

Kanal

bouyi

/BOO-yee/ — boil; a boil (crab boil). Source: Haitian Kreyòl bouyi

Kanal

bouyon

/BOO-yohn/ — broth. Source: Louisiana French bouillon

Kanal

bouyot

/BOO-yoht/ — kettle. Source: Louisiana French bouilloire

Kanal

bra

/BRAH/ — arm. Source: Louisiana French bras

Kanal

branch

/BRAHNSH/ — branch line. Source: English branch

Kanal

bri

/BREE/ — noise; fasa bri be loud. Source: Louisiana French bruit

Kanal

brila

/BREE-lah/ — burn. Source: Louisiana French brûler

Kanal

brile

/BREE-leh/ — burner (oil); burnt. Source: Louisiana French brûlé

Kanal

bèl

/BEHL/ — beautiful. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bèl

Kanal

chaj

/SHAHZH/ — load. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chaj

Kanal

chaje

/SHAH-zheh/ — charge (to an account). Source: Louisiana French charger

Kanal

chajè

/SHAH-zheh/ — loader. Source: Louisiana French chargeur

Kanal

chak

/SHAHK/ — each, every. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chak

Kanal

chaland

/SHAH-lahnd/ — barge. Source: Louisiana French chaland

Kanal

chale

/SHAH-leh/ — heat. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chalè

Kanal

chalke

/SHAHL-keh/ — chalk (a name). Source: English chalk

Kanal

chan

/SHAHN/ — song. Source: Louisiana French chant

Kanal

chanja

/SHAHN-zhah/ — swap, switch places. Source: Louisiana French changer

Kanal

chanje

/SHAHN-zheh/ — changed. Source: Louisiana French changé

Kanal

chanm

/SHAHNM/ — shrine room; room. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chanm

Kanal

chanta

/SHAHN-tah/ — sing. Source: Louisiana French chanter

Kanal

chantè

/SHAHN-teh/ — singer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chantè

Kanal

chapel

/SHAH-pehl/ — chapel. Source: Louisiana French chapelle

Kanal

chare

/SHAH-reh/ — tease, heckle. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chare

Kanal

charnyè

/SHAHRN-yeh/ — hinge. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chanyè

Kanal

chef

/SHEHF/ — boss. Source: Louisiana French chef

Kanal

chemiz

/SHEH-meez/ — shirt. Source: Louisiana French chemise

Kanal

chen

/SHEHN/ — dog. Source: Louisiana French chien

Kanal

cher

/SHEHR/ — dear. Source: Louisiana French cher

Kanal

chercha

/SHEHR-shah/ — look for. Source: Louisiana French chercher

Kanal

cheval

/SHEH-vahl/ — horse. Source: Louisiana French cheval

Kanal

cheve

/SHEH-veh/ — hair. Source: Haitian Kreyòl cheve

Kanal

chez

/SHEHZ/ — chair. Source: Louisiana French chaise

Kanal

chikore

/shee-KOH-reh/ — chicory. Source: Louisiana French chicorée

Kanal

chimen

/SHEE-mehn/ — way, path. Source: Louisiana French chemin

Kanal

cho

/SHOH/ — hot. Source: Louisiana French chaud

Kanal

chodyè

/SHOHD-yeh/ — boiler. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chodyè

Kanal

chofaj

/SHOH-fahzh/ — heating; heater grade. Source: Louisiana French chauffage

Kanal

chofe

/SHOH-feh/ — heat, warm. Source: Louisiana French chauffer

Kanal

chofè

/SHOH-feh/ — warmer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chofè

Kanal

chouazi

/shoo-AH-zee/ — choose. Source: Louisiana French choisir

Kanal

da

/dah/ — here

Kanal

dakor

/DAH-kohr/ — all right, agreed. Source: Louisiana French d’accord

Kanal

dam

/DAHM/ — lady. Source: Louisiana French dame

Kanal

dan

/DAHN/ — tooth. Source: Louisiana French dent

Kanal

dansa

/DAHN-sah/ — dance. Source: Louisiana French danser

Kanal

dapre

/DAH-preh/ — according to, by. Source: Louisiana French d’après

Kanal

dava

/DAH-vah/ — give

Kanal

davans

/DAH-vahns/ — in advance. Source: Louisiana French d’avance

Kanal

de

/deh/ — from, of

Kanal

debakadè

/deh-bah-KAH-deh/ — landing (for boats). Source: Louisiana French débarcadère

Kanal

debarasman

/deh-bah-RAHS-mahn/ — riddance. Source: Louisiana French débarras

Kanal

dechaja

/deh-SHAH-zhah/ — unload. Source: Louisiana French décharger

Kanal

defèt

/DEH-feht/ — take apart. Source: Louisiana French défaire

Kanal

degre

/DEH-greh/ — degree. Source: Louisiana French degré

Kanal

dejene

/deh-ZHEH-neh/ — breakfast. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dejene

Kanal

dek

/DEHK/ — deck (the Canopy’s decks). Source: English deck

Kanal

demann

/DEH-mahnn/ — request. Source: Louisiana French demande

Kanal

deme

/DEH-meh/ — stay, remain

Kanal

demen

/DEH-mehn/ — tomorrow

Kanal

demonte

/deh-MOHN-teh/ — take apart. Source: Louisiana French démonter

Kanal

denye

/DEHN-yeh/ — last. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dènye

Kanal

depi

/DEH-pee/ — since. Source: Haitian Kreyòl depi

Kanal

depo

/DEH-poh/ — depot. Source: Louisiana French dépôt

Kanal

deranje

/deh-RAHN-zheh/ — inconvenience, bother. Source: Louisiana French déranger

Kanal

derive

/deh-REE-veh/ — drift. Source: Louisiana French dériver

Kanal

desanda

/deh-SAHN-dah/ — go down. Source: Louisiana French descendre

Kanal

desant

/DEH-sahnt/ — way down. Source: Louisiana French descente

Kanal

desen

/DEH-sehn/ — drawing. Source: Louisiana French dessin

Kanal

deside

/deh-SEE-deh/ — decide. Source: Louisiana French décider

Kanal

desine

/deh-SEE-neh/ — draw. Source: Louisiana French dessiner

Kanal

desizion

/deh-see-ZEE-ohn/ — decision. Source: Louisiana French décision

Kanal

deska

/DEH-skah/ — service desk

Kanal

devan

/DEH-vahn/ — in front of

Kanal

dey

/DAY/ — mourning; fasa dey grieve. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dèy; Louisiana French deuil

Kanal

deye

/DEH-yeh/ — behind. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dèyè

Kanal

deyo

/DEH-yoh/ — outside, left out of

Kanal

dezobeyi

/deh-zoh-BEH-yee/ — disobey. Source: Louisiana French désobéir

Kanal

dezod

/DEH-zohd/ — mess. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dezòd

Kanal

di

/dee/ — of, ’s (ekip di Delphine, Delphine’s crew)

Kanal

dializ

/dee-AH-leez/ — dialysis. Source: Louisiana French dialyse

Kanal

dies

/DEE-ehs/ — ten. Source: Spanish diez

Kanal

diesim

/dee-EH-seem/ — tenth. Source: Spanish dies + -im

Kanal

diesinueve

/dee-eh-see-noo-EH-veh/ — nineteen. Source: Spanish diecinueve

Kanal

diesiocho

/dee-eh-see-OH-shoh/ — eighteen. Source: Spanish dieciocho

Kanal

diesiseis

/dee-eh-see-SEH-ees/ — sixteen. Source: Spanish dieciséis

Kanal

diesisiete

/dee-eh-see-see-EH-teh/ — seventeen. Source: Spanish diecisiete

Kanal

dife

/DEE-feh/ — fire. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dife

Kanal

diferans

/dee-FEH-rahns/ — difference

Kanal

dimanch

/DEE-mahnsh/ — Sunday. Source: Louisiana French dimanche

Kanal

dire

/DEE-reh/ — last, endure. Source: Louisiana French durer

Kanal

direson

/dee-REH-sohn/ — direction. Source: Louisiana French direction

Kanal

diri

/DEE-ree/ — rice. Source: Haitian Kreyòl diri

Kanal

dirèkteman

/dee-rehk-TEH-mahn/ — right, directly. Source: Louisiana French directement

Kanal

diskite

/dee-SKEE-teh/ — argue. Source: Louisiana French discuter

Kanal

dispans

/DEE-spahns/ — waiver. Source: Louisiana French dispense

Kanal

distri

/DEE-stree/ — district. Source: Louisiana French district

Kanal

dlo

/DLOH/ — water

Kanal

do

/doh/ — back. Source: Louisiana French dos

Kanal

doka

/DOH-kah/ — dock (pay). Source: English dock

Kanal

dora

/DOH-rah/ — door

Kanal

dormi

/DOHR-mee/ — sleep. Source: Louisiana French dormir

Kanal

dos

/DOHS/ — two

Kanal

dose

/DOH-seh/ — twelve. Source: Spanish doce

Kanal

dosim

/DOH-seem/ — second (in order)

Kanal

dosye

/DOHS-yeh/ — file (dossier). Source: Louisiana French dossier

Kanal

douet

/DOO-eht/ — finger. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dwèt

Kanal

dous

/DOOS/ — sweet, gentle. Source: Louisiana French doux

Kanal

dousman

/DOOS-mahn/ — quietly, gently. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dousman

Kanal

douva

/DOO-vah/ — owe; must. Source: Louisiana French devoir

Kanal

dra

/DRAH/ — sheets, linen. Source: Louisiana French drap

Kanal

dragaj

/DRAH-gahzh/ — dredging. Source: Louisiana French dragage

Kanal

drapo

/DRAH-poh/ — flag. Source: Louisiana French drapeau

Kanal

drese

/DREH-seh/ — straighten. Source: Louisiana French dresser

Kanal

drèt

/DREHT/ — right (side). Source: Louisiana French droite

Kanal

du

/doo/ — there

Kanal

dèt

/DEHT/ — debt. Source: Haitian Kreyòl dèt

Kanal

e

/eh/ — is, am, are

Kanal

echanj

/EH-shahnzh/ — exchange. Source: Louisiana French échange

Kanal

eda

/EH-dah/ — help

Kanal

egzakteman

/ehg-zahk-TEH-mahn/ — exactly. Source: Louisiana French exactement

Kanal

egziste

/ehg-ZEE-steh/ — exist. Source: Haitian Kreyòl egziste

Kanal

ekay

/EH-kye/ — fish scales. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ekay

Kanal

ekip

/EH-keep/ — crew, team. Source: Louisiana French équipe

Kanal

ekri

/EH-kree/ — written. Source: Louisiana French écrit

Kanal

ekstraksion

/ehk-strahk-SEE-ohn/ — extraction. Source: Louisiana French extraction

Kanal

elve

/EHL-veh/ — raise (a child). Source: Louisiana French élever

Kanal

endistriel

/ehn-dee-STREE-ehl/ — industrial. Source: Louisiana French industriel

Kanal

enjenyè

/ehn-ZHEHN-yeh/ — engineer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl enjenyè

Kanal

enposib

/ehn-POH-seeb/ — impossible. Source: Louisiana French impossible

Kanal

enpotan

/ehn-POH-tahn/ — important; it matters. Source: Louisiana French important

Kanal

ensiste

/ehn-SEE-steh/ — insist. Source: Louisiana French insister

Kanal

enskri

/EHN-skree/ — register (oneself). Source: Louisiana French inscrire

Kanal

envante

/ehn-VAHN-teh/ — invent. Source: Louisiana French inventer

Kanal

envenena

/ehn-veh-NEH-nah/ — poison. Source: Spanish envenenar

Kanal

epeng

/EH-pehng/ — pin; epeng cheve hairpin. Source: Louisiana French épingle

Kanal

epesè

/eh-PEH-seh/ — thickness. Source: Haitian Kreyòl epesè

Kanal

eron

/EH-rohn/ — heron. Source: Louisiana French héron

Kanal

eseye

/eh-SEH-yeh/ — try. Source: Haitian Kreyòl eseye

Kanal

eskalye

/eh-SKAHL-yeh/ — stair. Source: Louisiana French escalier

Kanal

eskiz

/EH-skeez/ — excuse. Source: Louisiana French excuse

Kanal

eskize

/eh-SKEE-zeh/ — excuse (me). Source: Louisiana French excuser

Kanal

espere

/eh-SPEH-reh/ — hope. Source: Louisiana French espérer

Kanal

espre

/EH-spreh/ — on purpose. Source: Louisiana French exprès

Kanal

esterilizè

/eh-steh-ree-LEE-zeh/ — sterilizer. Source: Louisiana French stérilisateur

Kanal

eta

/EH-tah/ — floor, story. Source: Louisiana French étage

Kanal

etajè

/eh-TAH-zheh/ — shelf. Source: Louisiana French étagère

Kanal

etenda

/eh-TEHN-dah/ — put out. Source: Louisiana French éteindre

Kanal

etikèt

/eh-TEE-keht/ — tag. Source: Louisiana French étiquette

Kanal

etranj

/EH-trahnzh/ — strange. Source: Louisiana French étrange

Kanal

explika

/ehk-SPLEE-kah/ — explain

Kanal

fab

/FAHB/ — fab shop. Source: English fab

Kanal

fabrik

/FAH-breek/ — works, factory. Source: Louisiana French fabrique

Kanal

fache

/FAH-sheh/ — angry. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fache

Kanal

fami

/FAH-mee/ — family (including chosen and adopted kin)

Kanal

fanm

/FAHNM/ — woman. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fanm

Kanal

fann

/FAHNN/ — split, crack open. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fann

Kanal

fant

/FAHNT/ — crack. Source: Louisiana French fente

Kanal

fantom

/FAHN-tohm/ — ghost. Source: Louisiana French fantôme

Kanal

farin

/FAH-reen/ — flour. Source: Louisiana French farine

Kanal

fasa

/FAH-sah/ — do

Kanal

fasil

/FAH-seel/ — easy. Source: Louisiana French facile

Kanal

fatige

/fah-TEE-geh/ — tired. Source: Louisiana French fatigué

Kanal

fatra

/FAH-trah/ — rubbish. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fatra

Kanal

fayi

/FAH-yee/ — fail. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fayi

Kanal

fen

/FEHN/ — thin, fine. Source: Louisiana French fin

Kanal

fenet

/FEH-neht/ — window. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fenèt

Kanal

feray

/FEH-rye/ — scrap metal. Source: Haitian Kreyòl feray

Kanal

ferma

/FEHR-mah/ — close, shut. Source: Louisiana French fermer

Kanal

ferme

/FEHR-meh/ — closed. Source: Louisiana French fermé

Kanal

fey

/FAY/ — leaf. Source: Louisiana French feuille

Kanal

fi

/fee/ — daughter. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fi

Kanal

fia

/FEE-ah/ — trust, rely on. Source: Spanish fiar

Kanal

fier

/FEE-ehr/ — proud. Source: Louisiana French fier

Kanal

figi

/FEE-gee/ — face. Source: Haitian Kreyòl figi

Kanal

fikse

/FEEK-seh/ — set, fix (a price). Source: Louisiana French fixer

Kanal

fil

/FEEL/ — wire. Source: Louisiana French fil

Kanal

fin

/FEEN/ — end. Source: Louisiana French fin

Kanal

fini

/FEE-nee/ — finish, end, give out

Kanal

fis

/FEES/ — son. Source: Louisiana French fils

Kanal

fisèl

/FEE-sehl/ — string. Source: Louisiana French ficelle

Kanal

fitè

/FEE-teh/ — fitter. Source: Louisiana French ajusteur; English fitter

Kanal

fièv

/FEE-ehv/ — fever. Source: Louisiana French fièvre

Kanal

flan

/FLAHN/ — glass blank. Source: Louisiana French flan

Kanal

fletri

/FLEH-tree/ — limp, wilted. Source: Louisiana French flétri

Kanal

flot

/FLOHT/ — float (float night). Source: Louisiana French flotter

Kanal

flotan

/FLOH-tahn/ — floating; kay flotan float house. Source: Louisiana French flottant

Kanal

flote

/FLOH-teh/ — float. Source: Louisiana French flotter

Kanal

fo

/foh/ — false, fake. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fo

Kanal

fom

/FOHM/ — form (document). Source: Louisiana French forme

Kanal

fon

/FOHN/ — deep. Source: Louisiana French fond

Kanal

fondasyon

/fohn-DAHS-yohn/ — founding. Source: Louisiana French fondation

Kanal

fonn

/FOHNN/ — melt. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fonn

Kanal

for

/FOHR/ — strong. Source: Louisiana French fort

Kanal

formalite

/fohr-mah-LEE-teh/ — formality. Source: Louisiana French formalité

Kanal

formasyon

/fohr-MAHS-yohn/ — training. Source: Louisiana French formation

Kanal

fors

/FOHRS/ — strain, force. Source: Louisiana French force

Kanal

fos

/FOHS/ — pit (pump pit). Source: Louisiana French fosse

Kanal

fot

/FOHT/ — fault. Source: Louisiana French faute

Kanal

foto

/FOH-toh/ — photograph. Source: Louisiana French photo

Kanal

fou

/FOO/ — oven. Source: Louisiana French four

Kanal

fouriye

/foo-REE-yeh/ — furious. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fouryè

Kanal

frapa

/FRAH-pah/ — hit. Source: Louisiana French frapper

Kanal

frape

/FRAH-peh/ — tap, knock. Source: Louisiana French frapper

Kanal

fre

/FREH/ — brother. Source: Haitian Kreyòl frè

Kanal

fredone

/freh-DOH-neh/ — hum. Source: Louisiana French fredonner

Kanal

fregat

/FREH-gaht/ — frigatebird. Source: Louisiana French frégate

Kanal

fri

/FREE/ — fry. Source: Louisiana French frire

Kanal

frota

/FROH-tah/ — scrub. Source: Spanish frotar

Kanal

frè

/FREH/ — fee. Source: Louisiana French frais

Kanal

frèt

/FREHT/ — cold. Source: Haitian Kreyòl frèt

Kanal

fua

/FOO-ah/ — time (as in once, three times)

Kanal

fè

/feh/ — iron. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fè

Kanal

gadaj

/GAH-dahzh/ — storage. Source: Louisiana French garde

Kanal

gadyen

/GAHD-yehn/ — gate tender. Source: Louisiana French gardien

Kanal

gaf

/GAHF/ — gaff. Source: English gaff

Kanal

gan

/GAHN/ — gloves. Source: Louisiana French gant

Kanal

gany

/GAHNY/ — win. Source: Haitian Kreyòl genyen; Louisiana French gagner

Kanal

gaskèt

/GAH-skeht/ — gasket. Source: English gasket

Kanal

gate

/GAH-teh/ — spoiled, ruined. Source: Haitian Kreyòl gate

Kanal

gato

/GAH-toh/ — cake. Source: Louisiana French gâteau

Kanal

gaz

/GAHZ/ — gauze. Source: Louisiana French gaze

Kanal

gen

/GEHN/ — there is, there are; have. Source: Haitian Kreyòl gen

Kanal

glann

/GLAHNN/ — gland (valve packing). Source: Louisiana French glande; English gland

Kanal

glise

/GLEE-seh/ — slip. Source: Louisiana French glisser

Kanal

goch

/GOHSH/ — left. Source: Louisiana French gauche

Kanal

golf

/GOHLF/ — the Gulf. Source: Louisiana French golfe

Kanal

gon

/GOHN/ — going to, means to (before a verb)

Kanal

gonbo

/GOHN-boh/ — okra. Source: Haitian Kreyòl gonbo

Kanal

gonm

/GOHNM/ — gum. Source: Louisiana French gomme

Kanal

goumen

/GOO-mehn/ — fight. Source: Haitian Kreyòl goumen

Kanal

gouta

/GOO-tah/ — taste. Source: Louisiana French goûter

Kanal

gouvènè

/goo-VEH-neh/ — governor (pump). Source: Haitian Kreyòl gouvènè

Kanal

gramè

/GRAH-meh/ — grammar. Source: Louisiana French grammaire

Kanal

gran

/GRAHN/ — big, grown. Source: Louisiana French grand

Kanal

grandi

/GRAHN-dee/ — grow. Source: Louisiana French grandir

Kanal

granfanfan

/grahn-FAHN-fahn/ — showing off. Source: Haitian Kreyòl granfanfan

Kanal

grangou

/GRAHN-goo/ — hunger; hungry. Source: Haitian Kreyòl grangou

Kanal

granmè

/GRAHN-meh/ — grandmother. Source: Haitian Kreyòl granmè

Kanal

granpè

/GRAHN-peh/ — grandfather. Source: Haitian Kreyòl granpè

Kanal

grate

/GRAH-teh/ — scrape, scratch. Source: Louisiana French gratter

Kanal

gratis

/GRAH-tees/ — free (no charge). Source: Spanish gratis

Kanal

gren

/GREHN/ — grain. Source: Louisiana French grain

Kanal

gri

/GREE/ — gray. Source: Louisiana French gris

Kanal

grigri

/GREE-gree/ — kestrel. Source: Haitian Kreyòl grigri

Kanal

grij

/GREEZH/ — trash rack; grille. Source: Louisiana French grille

Kanal

grosi

/GROH-see/ — get fat. Source: Haitian Kreyòl grosi

Kanal

grosye

/GROHS-yeh/ — rude. Source: Haitian Kreyòl grosye

Kanal

grosè

/GROH-seh/ — size. Source: Louisiana French grosseur

Kanal

grès

/GREHS/ — fat. Source: Louisiana French graisse

Kanal

hanga

/HAHN-gah/ — shed. Source: Louisiana French hangar

Kanal

havi

/HAH-vee/ — have, hold, have the use of

Kanal

ho

/hoh/ — aloud, loud. Source: Louisiana French haut

Kanal

inonde

/ee-NOHN-deh/ — flood (verb). Source: Louisiana French inonder

Kanal

input

/EEN-poot/ — input (a signal fed to a device)

Kanal

istoua

/ee-STOO-ah/ — story. Source: Louisiana French histoire

Kanal

ivè

/EE-veh/ — winter. Source: Louisiana French hiver

Kanal

izaj

/EE-zahzh/ — wear (on a shoe). Source: Louisiana French usage

Kanal

ize

/EE-zeh/ — wear out. Source: Louisiana French user

Kanal

ja

/zhah/ — already

Kanal

jakèt

/ZHAH-keht/ — jacket. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jakèt

Kanal

jan

/ZHAHN/ — way, manner. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jan

Kanal

janm

/ZHAHNM/ — leg. Source: Haitian Kreyòl janm

Kanal

janmen

/ZHAHN-mehn/ — never. Source: Haitian Kreyòl janm

Kanal

jantiman

/zhahn-TEE-mahn/ — nicely, politely. Source: Haitian Kreyòl janti

Kanal

jantiy

/ZHAHN-tee/ — polite, kind. Source: Louisiana French gentil

Kanal

jape

/ZHAH-peh/ — bark. Source: Louisiana French japper

Kanal

je

/zheh/ — eye. Source: Haitian Kreyòl je

Kanal

jedi

/ZHEH-dee/ — Thursday. Source: Louisiana French jeudi

Kanal

jej

/ZHEHZH/ — gauge. Source: English gauge

Kanal

jele

/ZHEH-leh/ — freeze (a decision). Source: Louisiana French geler

Kanal

jenere

/zheh-NEH-reh/ — generous. Source: Louisiana French généreux

Kanal

jenou

/ZHEH-noo/ — knee. Source: Louisiana French genou

Kanal

jeta

/ZHEH-tah/ — throw away

Kanal

jete

/ZHEH-teh/ — throw. Source: Louisiana French jeter

Kanal

jijman

/ZHEEZH-mahn/ — judgment. Source: Louisiana French jugement

Kanal

jimo

/ZHEE-moh/ — twins. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jimo

Kanal

jodi

/ZHOH-dee/ — today

Kanal

jon

/ZHOHN/ — yellow. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jòn

Kanal

jonksion

/zhohnk-SEE-ohn/ — junction. Source: Louisiana French jonction

Kanal

jou

/ZHOO/ — day. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jou

Kanal

jouen

/ZHOO-ehn/ — joint (in masonry). Source: Louisiana French joint

Kanal

jouet

/ZHOO-eht/ — game, toy. Source: Louisiana French jouet

Kanal

jèn

/ZHEHN/ — young. Source: Haitian Kreyòl jèn

Kanal

kab

/KAHB/ — instrument lead

Kanal

kabann

/KAH-bahnn/ — bed, bunk. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kabann

Kanal

kaben

/KAH-behn/ — cabinet

Kanal

kado

/KAH-doh/ — gift. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kado

Kanal

kaiman

/kah-EE-mahn/ — caiman. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kayiman

Kanal

kalib

/KAH-leeb/ — calibration record

Kanal

kalimba

/kah-LEEM-bah/ — kalimba (thumb piano). Source: English kalimba

Kanal

kalite

/kah-LEE-teh/ — kind, sort. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kalite

Kanal

kalkil

/KAHL-keel/ — arithmetic, reckoning. Source: Louisiana French calcul

Kanal

kalkile

/kahl-KEE-leh/ — reckon, allow for. Source: Louisiana French calculer

Kanal

kalm

/KAHLM/ — quiet, calm. Source: Louisiana French calme

Kanal

kamra

/KAHM-rah/ — room

Kanal

kan

/KAHN/ — when

Kanal

kanal

/KAH-nahl/ — canal. Source: Louisiana French canal

Kanal

kanari

/kah-NAH-ree/ — clay pot, crock. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kanari

Kanal

kanis

/KAH-nees/ — can, tin. Source: English canister

Kanal

kanistè

/kah-NEE-steh/ — can, canister. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kanistè

Kanal

kanmem

/KAHN-mehm/ — all the same, anyway

Kanal

kanni

/KAHN-nee/ — mold. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kanni

Kanal

kanpa

/KAHN-pah/ — stand. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kanpe

Kanal

kantik

/KAHN-teek/ — hymn. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kantik

Kanal

kantite

/kahn-TEE-teh/ — amount, quantity. Source: Louisiana French quantité

Kanal

kaoutchou

/kah-OOT-shoo/ — rubber, tire. Source: Louisiana French caoutchouc

Kanal

kapitèn

/kah-PEE-tehn/ — captain; kapitèn provizyon quartermaster. Source: Louisiana French capitaine

Kanal

kapsil

/KAHP-seel/ — capsule. Source: Louisiana French capsule

Kanal

kapta

/KAHP-tah/ — receiving pickup

Kanal

kaptè

/KAHP-teh/ — pickup, sensor. Source: Louisiana French capteur

Kanal

karèm

/KAH-rehm/ — Lent. Source: Haitian Kreyòl karèm

Kanal

kase

/KAH-seh/ — broken. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kase

Kanal

kat

/KAHT/ — card. Source: Louisiana French carte

Kanal

katorse

/kah-TOHR-seh/ — fourteen. Source: Spanish catorce

Kanal

katouch

/KAH-toosh/ — cartridge. Source: Haitian Kreyòl katouch

Kanal

katrim

/KAH-treem/ — fourth. Source: Haitian Kreyòl katriyèm

Kanal

katye

/KAHT-yeh/ — ward, neighborhood. Source: Louisiana French quartier

Kanal

kava

/KAH-vah/ — carry

Kanal

kavilye

/kah-VEEL-yeh/ — pin, cotter pin. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kavilye

Kanal

kay

/KYE/ — home, household

Kanal

kazak

/KAH-zahk/ — coat (parade coat). Source: Haitian Kreyòl kazak

Kanal

ke

/keh/ — (starts a yes-or-no question)

Kanal

kek

/KEHK/ — some. Source: Louisiana French quelque

Kanal

kek kote

/KEHK KOH-teh/ — somewhere. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kèk kote

Kanal

kekchoz

/KEHK-shohz/ — something. Source: Louisiana Creole quelque chose

Kanal

kekmoun

/KEHK-moon/ — somebody. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kèk moun

Kanal

kesta

/KEH-stah/ — question

Kanal

ki

/kee/ — that (as in she said that)

Kanal

kile

/KEE-leh/ — when (question). Source: Louisiana Creole ki lè

Kanal

kiles

/KEE-lehs/ — which one. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kilès

Kanal

kilo

/KEE-loh/ — kilo. Source: Louisiana French kilo

Kanal

kimjang

/KEEM-zhahng/ — kimjang. Source: Korean kimjang

Kanal

kinse

/KEEN-seh/ — fifteen. Source: Spanish quince

Kanal

kit

/KEET/ — kit … kit, whether … or. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kit

Kanal

kita

/KEE-tah/ — let, allow; quit. Source: Louisiana French quitter

Kanal

kiyè

/KEE-yeh/ — spoon. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kiyè

Kanal

kizin

/KEE-zeen/ — kitchen. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kizin

Kanal

klanp

/KLAHNP/ — clamp. Source: English clamp

Kanal

klarte

/KLAHR-teh/ — light. Source: Louisiana French clarté

Kanal

kle

/KLEH/ — key. Source: Louisiana French clé

Kanal

klib

/KLEEB/ — club. Source: English club

Kanal

klinik

/KLEE-neek/ — clinic. Source: Louisiana French clinique

Kanal

klinye

/KLEEN-yeh/ — blink. Source: Louisiana French cligner

Kanal

kloch

/KLOHSH/ — bell (hour). Source: Louisiana French cloche

Kanal

klè

/KLEH/ — plainly, clearly. Source: Haitian Kreyòl klè

Kanal

klèk

/KLEHK/ — clerk. Source: English clerk

Kanal

ko

/koh/ — then, so

Kanal

koch

/KOHSH/ — notch. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kòch

Kanal

kod

/KOHD/ — code. Source: Louisiana French code

Kanal

kodonye

/koh-DOHN-yeh/ — shoemaker. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kòdonye

Kanal

kodye

/KOHD-yeh/ — rope-maker. Source: Louisiana French cordier

Kanal

kola

/KOH-lah/ — glue, stick together. Source: Louisiana French coller

Kanal

kole

/KOH-leh/ — stick, cling. Source: Louisiana French coller

Kanal

kolektè

/koh-LEHK-teh/ — manifold. Source: Louisiana French collecteur

Kanal

kolonn

/KOH-lohnn/ — column. Source: Louisiana French colonne

Kanal

kolye

/KOHL-yeh/ — collar (work collar). Source: Haitian Kreyòl kolye

Kanal

kolè

/KOH-leh/ — anger. Source: Louisiana French colère

Kanal

kom

/KOHM/ — like, as. Source: Louisiana Creole kòm

Kanal

komandan

/koh-MAHN-dahn/ — commander. Source: Louisiana French commandant

Kanal

komande

/koh-MAHN-deh/ — order (goods). Source: Louisiana French commander

Kanal

komin

/KOH-meen/ — common, shared. Source: Louisiana French commun

Kanal

komite

/koh-MEE-teh/ — committee. Source: Louisiana French comité

Kanal

konbe

/KOHN-beh/ — how much, how many. Source: Haitian Kreyòl konbyen

Kanal

kondision

/kohn-dee-SEE-ohn/ — condition. Source: Louisiana French condition

Kanal

konek

/KOH-nehk/ — connected

Kanal

konekta

/koh-NEHK-tah/ — connect. Source: Louisiana French connecter

Kanal

konfizyon

/kohn-FEEZ-yohn/ — confusion. Source: Louisiana French confusion

Kanal

konn

/KOHNN/ — used to. Source: Haitian Kreyòl konn

Kanal

konnen

/KOHN-nehn/ — know (people). Source: Haitian Kreyòl konnen

Kanal

konpliman

/kohn-PLEE-mahn/ — congratulations; compliment. Source: Louisiana French compliment

Kanal

konpozit

/kohn-POH-zeet/ — composite. Source: English composite

Kanal

konpran

/KOHN-prahn/ — understand

Kanal

konsa

/KOHN-sah/ — like that, that way. Source: Haitian Kreyòl konsa

Kanal

konsanti

/kohn-SAHN-tee/ — consent. Source: Louisiana French consentir

Kanal

kont

/KOHNT/ — account. Source: Louisiana French compte

Kanal

konta

/KOHN-tah/ — count. Source: Louisiana French compter

Kanal

kontan

/KOHN-tahn/ — glad. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kontan

Kanal

konte

/KOHN-teh/ — count, matter. Source: Louisiana French compter

Kanal

kontesta

/kohn-TEH-stah/ — dispute, contest. Source: Louisiana French contester

Kanal

konti

/KOHN-tee/ — keep on, go on

Kanal

kontizyon

/kohn-TEEZ-yohn/ — bruise. Source: Louisiana French contusion

Kanal

kontra

/KOHN-trah/ — contract. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kontra

Kanal

kontrolè

/kohn-TROH-leh/ — controller. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kontwolè

Kanal

kontwa

/KOHNT-wah/ — counter (desk). Source: Louisiana French comptoir

Kanal

kontè

/KOHN-teh/ — meter. Source: Louisiana French compteur

Kanal

konvoy

/KOHN-voy/ — convoy. Source: English convoy

Kanal

kooperativ

/koh-oh-peh-RAH-teev/ — cooperative. Source: Louisiana French coopérative

Kanal

kopia

/koh-PEE-ah/ — copy of a record or design

Kanal

kor

/KOHR/ — choir. Source: Louisiana French chœur

Kanal

kora

/KOH-rah/ — heart, including an implanted one

Kanal

kord

/KOHRD/ — rope. Source: Louisiana French corde

Kanal

korek

/KOH-rehk/ — right, correct

Kanal

koreka

/koh-REH-kah/ — correct, put right

Kanal

korespon

/koh-REH-spohn/ — match, correspond. Source: Louisiana French correspondre

Kanal

korp

/KOHRP/ — body

Kanal

kosta

/KOH-stah/ — cost (someone something)

Kanal

kote

/KOH-teh/ — beside

Kanal

kotizasyon

/koh-tee-ZAHS-yohn/ — dues. Source: Louisiana French cotisation

Kanal

koton

/KOH-tohn/ — cotton. Source: Louisiana French coton

Kanal

kou

/KOO/ — stroke (pump); blow. Source: Louisiana French coup

Kanal

kouch

/KOOSH/ — layer. Source: Louisiana French couche

Kanal

kouche

/KOO-sheh/ — lie (on something); lie down. Source: Louisiana French coucher

Kanal

koud

/KOOD/ — sewn. Source: Haitian Kreyòl koud

Kanal

kouda

/KOO-dah/ — sew. Source: Louisiana French coudre

Kanal

kouen

/KOO-ehn/ — corner. Source: Louisiana French coin

Kanal

koule

/KOO-leh/ — leak, flow. Source: Louisiana French couler

Kanal

koulè

/KOO-leh/ — color. Source: Louisiana French couleur

Kanal

kouman

/KOO-mahn/ — how. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kouman

Kanal

koup

/KOOP/ — pair, couple. Source: Louisiana French couple

Kanal

koupa

/KOO-pah/ — cut. Source: Louisiana French couper

Kanal

koupe

/KOO-peh/ — cut (state); cut off. Source: Louisiana French coupé

Kanal

koupli

/KOO-plee/ — coupling. Source: English coupling

Kanal

kouplè

/KOO-pleh/ — verse. Source: Louisiana French couplet

Kanal

koupè

/KOO-peh/ — cutter (glass). Source: Louisiana French coupeur

Kanal

kouran

/KOO-rahn/ — current, power. Source: Louisiana French courant

Kanal

kouri

/KOO-ree/ — run. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kouri

Kanal

kourye

/KOOR-yeh/ — courier. Source: Louisiana French courrier

Kanal

kourè

/KOO-reh/ — runner (Thorn). Source: Haitian Kreyòl kourè

Kanal

kous

/KOOS/ — run (fish run). Source: Louisiana French course

Kanal

kout

/KOOT/ — short. Source: Louisiana French court

Kanal

kouta

/KOO-tah/ — listen. Source: Haitian Kreyòl koute

Kanal

koute

/KOO-teh/ — cost. Source: Louisiana French coûter

Kanal

koutim

/KOO-teem/ — custom. Source: Haitian Kreyòl koutim

Kanal

kouto

/KOO-toh/ — knife. Source: Louisiana French couteau

Kanal

kouvèk

/KOO-vehk/ — lid. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kouvèk

Kanal

kouzen

/KOO-zehn/ — cousin. Source: Louisiana French cousin

Kanal

kouzin

/KOO-zeen/ — cousin (woman). Source: Louisiana French cousine

Kanal

koz

/KOHZ/ — cause

Kanal

krab

/KRAHB/ — crab. Source: Louisiana French crabe

Kanal

krabye

/KRAHB-yeh/ — crabber. Source: Louisiana French crabier

Kanal

krache

/KRAH-sheh/ — spit. Source: Louisiana French cracher

Kanal

kranp

/KRAHNP/ — cramp. Source: Louisiana French crampe

Kanal

kranpon

/KRAHN-pohn/ — clamp. Source: Louisiana French crampon

Kanal

krapo

/KRAH-poh/ — frog, toad. Source: Louisiana French crapaud

Kanal

kras

/KRAHS/ — a little (un ti kras). Source: Haitian Kreyòl kras

Kanal

kraze

/KRAH-zeh/ — knock down, crush. Source: Louisiana French écraser

Kanal

kredi

/KREH-dee/ — credit. Source: Louisiana French crédit

Kanal

kret

/KREHT/ — ridge, crest. Source: Louisiana French crête

Kanal

kreyon

/KREH-yohn/ — pencil. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kreyon

Kanal

kri

/KREE/ — raw. Source: Louisiana French cru

Kanal

kribich

/KREE-beesh/ — shrimp. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kribich

Kanal

krich

/KREESH/ — jug. Source: Haitian Kreyòl krich

Kanal

kritike

/kree-TEE-keh/ — criticize. Source: Louisiana French critiquer

Kanal

kriya

/KREE-yah/ — cry. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kriye

Kanal

krochi

/KROH-shee/ — crooked. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kwochi

Kanal

kroua

/KROO-ah/ — believe. Source: Louisiana French croire

Kanal

kuarenta

/koo-ah-REHN-tah/ — forty. Source: Spanish cuarenta

Kanal

kuatro

/koo-AH-troh/ — four. Source: Spanish cuatro

Kanal

kuatrosien

/koo-ah-troh-SEE-ehn/ — four hundred. Source: Spanish cuatrocientos

Kanal

kuenta

/koo-EHN-tah/ — it counts; account, tab. Source: Spanish cuenta

Kanal

kuir

/KOO-eer/ — leather. Source: Louisiana French cuir

Kanal

kuit

/KOO-eet/ — cooked. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kuit

Kanal

kuita

/koo-EE-tah/ — cook. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kuit

Kanal

kuiv

/KOO-eev/ — copper. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kwiv

Kanal

kuizinye

/koo-ee-ZEEN-yeh/ — cook. Source: Louisiana French cuisinier

Kanal

kumansa

/koo-MAHN-sah/ — begin. Source: Louisiana French commencer

Kanal

kura

/KOO-rah/ — care

Kanal

kès

/KEHS/ — crate. Source: Louisiana French caisse

Kanal

la

/lah/ — the

Kanal

labiè

/lah-BEE-eh/ — beer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl byè; Louisiana French la bière

Kanal

labou

/LAH-boo/ — mud; the Mud. Source: Haitian Kreyòl labou

Kanal

labouyi

/lah-BOO-yee/ — mush, porridge. Source: Haitian Kreyòl labouyi

Kanal

lach

/LAHSH/ — slack (in a line, a load). Source: Louisiana French lâche

Kanal

lacharite

/lah-shah-REE-teh/ — charity. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lacharite

Kanal

ladan

/LAH-dahn/ — in it, inside it. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ladan

Kanal

laga

/LAH-gah/ — let go. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lage

Kanal

laj

/LAHZH/ — age. Source: Haitian Kreyòl laj

Kanal

lajan

/LAH-zhahn/ — money. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lajan

Kanal

laje

/LAH-zheh/ — width. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lajè

Kanal

lak

/LAHK/ — lake. Source: Louisiana French lac

Kanal

lakay

/LAH-kye/ — home. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lakay

Kanal

lakou

/LAH-koo/ — yard, court. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lakou

Kanal

lalin

/LAH-leen/ — moon. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lalin

Kanal

lam

/LAHM/ — blade; tine (of a kalimba). Source: Haitian Kreyòl lam

Kanal

laminat

/lah-MEE-naht/ — laminate. Source: Louisiana French laminé

Kanal

lan

/LAHN/ — slow. Source: Louisiana French lent

Kanal

lana

/LAH-nah/ — wait

Kanal

lang

/LAHNG/ — language, tongue. Source: Louisiana French langue

Kanal

lank

/LAHNK/ — ink. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lank

Kanal

lanklo

/LAHN-kloh/ — enclosure. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lanklo

Kanal

lanmor

/LAHN-mohr/ — death. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lanmò

Kanal

lanmou

/LAHN-moo/ — love. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lanmou

Kanal

lanmè

/LAHN-meh/ — sea. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lanmè

Kanal

lanp

/LAHNP/ — lamp. Source: Louisiana French lampe

Kanal

lantèman

/lahn-TEH-mahn/ — burial. Source: Louisiana French enterrement

Kanal

lanyap

/LAHN-yahp/ — a little extra. Source: Louisiana French lagniappe

Kanal

lapen

/LAH-pehn/ — rabbit. Source: Louisiana French lapin

Kanal

laperez

/lah-PEH-rehz/ — fear. Source: Haitian Kreyòl laperèz

Kanal

lapli

/LAH-plee/ — rain. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lapli

Kanal

laplipa

/lah-PLEE-pah/ — most (of). Source: Louisiana French la plupart

Kanal

lari

/LAH-ree/ — street. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lari

Kanal

larim

/LAH-reem/ — a cold (illness). Source: Haitian Kreyòl larim

Kanal

larivyè

/lah-REE-vyeh/ — river. Source: Haitian Kreyòl larivyè

Kanal

laro

/LAH-roh/ — up there. Source: Louisiana French là-haut

Kanal

lasa

/LAH-sah/ — leave something somewhere

Kanal

lava

/LAH-vah/ — wash. Source: Louisiana French laver

Kanal

laverite

/lah-veh-REE-teh/ — truth. Source: Louisiana French la vérité

Kanal

le

/leh/ — they, them

Kanal

ledven

/LEHD-vehn/ — starter, leaven. Source: Louisiana French levain

Kanal

legliz

/LEH-gleez/ — church. Source: Louisiana French l’église

Kanal

leje

/LEH-zheh/ — light (weight). Source: Louisiana French léger

Kanal

lekol

/LEH-kohl/ — school. Source: Louisiana French l’école

Kanal

lekti

/LEHK-tee/ — reading (from an instrument)

Kanal

lektè

/LEHK-teh/ — reader (instrument). Source: Haitian Kreyòl lektè

Kanal

lendi

/LEHN-dee/ — Monday. Source: Louisiana French lundi

Kanal

lenn

/LEHNN/ — wool; lenn plon lead wool. Source: Louisiana French laine

Kanal

lesiv

/LEH-seev/ — laundry. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lesiv

Kanal

lesye

/LEHS-yeh/ — axle. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lesye; Louisiana French essieu

Kanal

let

/LEHT/ — letter; small print. Source: Louisiana French lettre

Kanal

leva

/LEH-vah/ — get up. Source: Louisiana French lever

Kanal

leve

/LEH-veh/ — lift (of the pump). Source: Louisiana French levée

Kanal

leza

/LEH-zah/ — read

Kanal

li

/lee/ — he, she, it; him, her

Kanal

lib

/LEEB/ — free, not busy, off duty

Kanal

limena

/lee-MEH-nah/ — light (a lamp). Source: Louisiana French allumer

Kanal

lin

/LEEN/ — linen (thread). Source: Louisiana French lin

Kanal

lis

/LEES/ — list. Source: Louisiana French liste

Kanal

lisans

/LEE-sahns/ — license. Source: Louisiana French licence

Kanal

lit

/LEET/ — liter. Source: Louisiana French litre

Kanal

liti

/LEE-tee/ — bed

Kanal

liv

/LEEV/ — book. Source: Louisiana French livre

Kanal

livre

/LEE-vreh/ — delivered. Source: Louisiana French livré

Kanal

livrezon

/lee-VREH-zohn/ — shipment, delivery. Source: Haitian Kreyòl livrezon

Kanal

liy

/LEE/ — line, queue. Source: Haitian Kreyòl liy

Kanal

lod

/LOHD/ — order, command. Source: Louisiana French ordre

Kanal

lon

/LOHN/ — long. Source: Louisiana French long

Kanal

lonbraj

/LOHN-brahzh/ — shade. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lonbraj

Kanal

longè

/LOHN-geh/ — length. Source: Louisiana French longueur

Kanal

lontan

/LOHN-tahn/ — long ago. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lontan

Kanal

lopital

/loh-PEE-tahl/ — hospital. Source: Louisiana French l’hôpital

Kanal

loraj

/LOH-rahzh/ — storm. Source: Haitian Kreyòl loraj

Kanal

losa

/LOH-sah/ — loose, unfastened

Kanal

lot

/LOHT/ — other. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lòt

Kanal

lou

/LOO/ — heavy. Source: Louisiana French lourd

Kanal

loua

/LOO-ah/ — law. Source: Louisiana French loi

Kanal

luen

/LOO-ehn/ — far. Source: Louisiana French loin

Kanal

luil

/LOO-eel/ — oil. Source: Louisiana French l’huile

Kanal

lè

/leh/ — hour, time of day. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lè

Kanal

lèd

/LEHD/ — ugly. Source: Haitian Kreyòl lèd

Kanal

lès

/LEHS/ — east. Source: Louisiana French est

Kanal

lèt

/LEHT/ — milk. Source: Louisiana French lait

Kanal

mach

/MAHSH/ — wall walk. Source: Louisiana French marche

Kanal

macha

/MAH-shah/ — walk. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mache

Kanal

machandiz

/mah-SHAHN-deez/ — goods. Source: Haitian Kreyòl machandiz

Kanal

mache

/MAH-sheh/ — market. Source: Louisiana French marché

Kanal

machin

/MAH-sheen/ — machine. Source: Louisiana French machine

Kanal

machwè

/MAHSH-weh/ — jaw. Source: Haitian Kreyòl machwè

Kanal

madanm

/MAH-dahnm/ — wife; Madame. Source: Haitian Kreyòl madanm

Kanal

madera

/mah-DEH-rah/ — wood. Source: Spanish madera

Kanal

madi

/MAH-dee/ — Tuesday. Source: Louisiana French mardi

Kanal

magazen

/mah-GAH-zehn/ — store. Source: Haitian Kreyòl magazen

Kanal

mais

/MAH-ees/ — well (opening a remark). Source: Louisiana French mais

Kanal

mak

/MAHK/ — mark. Source: Louisiana French marque

Kanal

mal

/MAHL/ — pain, harm. Source: Louisiana French mal

Kanal

malad

/MAH-lahd/ — sick. Source: Louisiana French malade

Kanal

mama

/MAH-mah/ — mother (not necessarily by birth)

Kanal

manbo

/MAHN-boh/ — manbo, priestess. Source: Haitian Kreyòl manbo

Kanal

manbran

/MAHN-brahn/ — membrane. Source: Louisiana French membrane

Kanal

manch

/MAHNSH/ — sleeve. Source: Louisiana French manche

Kanal

manda

/MAHN-dah/ — ask. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mande

Kanal

manja

/MAHN-zhah/ — eat

Kanal

manje

/MAHN-zheh/ — food, meal. Source: Haitian Kreyòl manje

Kanal

manke

/MAHN-keh/ — miss (someone, something). Source: Louisiana French manquer

Kanal

manti

/MAHN-tee/ — lie. Source: Haitian Kreyòl manti

Kanal

mantè

/MAHN-teh/ — liar. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mantè

Kanal

marchanda

/mahr-SHAHN-dah/ — bargain. Source: Louisiana French marchander

Kanal

mare

/MAH-reh/ — tie. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mare

Kanal

marekaj

/mah-REH-kahzh/ — marsh. Source: Haitian Kreyòl marekaj

Kanal

mari

/MAH-ree/ — husband. Source: Louisiana French mari

Kanal

markari

/mahr-KAH-ree/ — marked

Kanal

maron

/MAH-rohn/ — brown. Source: Louisiana French marron

Kanal

marya

/MAHR-yah/ — marry. Source: Louisiana French marier

Kanal

maryaj

/MAHR-yahzh/ — wedding. Source: Louisiana French mariage

Kanal

maske

/MAH-skeh/ — mask (the city’s mask). Source: Louisiana French masque

Kanal

mason

/MAH-sohn/ — mason. Source: Louisiana French maçon

Kanal

mat

/MAHT/ — mast. Source: Louisiana French mât

Kanal

materyo

/mah-TEHR-yoh/ — stock, material. Source: Louisiana French matériau

Kanal

matin

/MAH-teen/ — morning

Kanal

matla

/MAH-tlah/ — mattress. Source: Louisiana French matelas

Kanal

me

/meh/ — but

Kanal

mekanis

/meh-KAH-nees/ — mechanism. Source: Louisiana French mécanisme

Kanal

mele

/MEH-leh/ — mix. Source: Louisiana French mêler

Kanal

melodi

/meh-LOH-dee/ — tune, melody. Source: Louisiana French mélodie

Kanal

mem

/MEHM/ — same; even. Source: Louisiana French même

Kanal

memo

/MEH-moh/ — memo. Source: English memo

Kanal

men

/MEHN/ — hand

Kanal

men sa

/MEHN sah/ — here is; this is what. Source: Haitian Kreyòl men sa

Kanal

mena

/MEH-nah/ — take (a person), lead. Source: Louisiana French mener

Kanal

meno

/MEH-noh/ — less. Source: Spanish menos

Kanal

mes

/MEHS/ — month. Source: Spanish mes

Kanal

mesa

/MEH-sah/ — table

Kanal

met

/MEHT/ — owner. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mèt

Kanal

meta

/MEH-tah/ — put, place

Kanal

metal

/MEH-tahl/ — metal. Source: Louisiana French métal

Kanal

metro

/MEH-troh/ — meter. Source: Spanish metro

Kanal

mezire

/meh-ZEE-reh/ — measure. Source: Louisiana French mesurer

Kanal

midi

/MEE-dee/ — noon. Source: Louisiana French midi

Kanal

mile

/MEE-leh/ — mullet. Source: Louisiana French mulet

Kanal

milèt

/MEE-leht/ — mullet. Source: Louisiana French mulet

Kanal

minit

/MEE-neet/ — minute. Source: Haitian Kreyòl minit

Kanal

minwi

/MEEN-wee/ — midnight. Source: Louisiana French minuit

Kanal

mira

/MEE-rah/ — look, watch

Kanal

miray

/MEE-rye/ — wall. Source: Louisiana French muraille

Kanal

mita

/MEE-tah/ — half. Source: Spanish mitad

Kanal

mizè

/MEE-zeh/ — misery; mercy! (exclamation). Source: Haitian Kreyòl mizè

Kanal

mo

/moh/ — I, me, my

Kanal

moda

/MOH-dah/ — manner, way

Kanal

mode

/MOH-deh/ — bite. Source: Louisiana French mordre

Kanal

model

/MOH-dehl/ — pattern. Source: Louisiana French modèle

Kanal

mona

/MOH-nah/ — person

Kanal

monnen

/MOHN-nehn/ — coin. Source: Haitian Kreyòl monnen

Kanal

monta

/MOHN-tah/ — go up. Source: Louisiana French monter

Kanal

montre

/MOHN-treh/ — teach, show. Source: Louisiana French montrer

Kanal

mor

/MOHR/ — dead. Source: Louisiana French mort

Kanal

mori

/MOH-ree/ — salt fish. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mori

Kanal

mosa

/MOH-sah/ — show

Kanal

mou

/MOO/ — soft. Source: Louisiana French mou

Kanal

moulen

/MOO-lehn/ — mill. Source: Louisiana French moulin

Kanal

moun

/MOON/ — person, folk. Source: Haitian Kreyòl moun

Kanal

mouri

/MOO-ree/ — die. Source: Louisiana French mourir

Kanal

mouye

/MOO-yeh/ — wet

Kanal

mov

/MOHV/ — gull (mov ri laughing gull). Source: Louisiana French mauve

Kanal

mova

/MOH-vah/ — move (something)

Kanal

move

/MOH-veh/ — bad. Source: Haitian Kreyòl move

Kanal

mu

/moo/ — we, us (not you)

Kanal

muta

/MOO-tah/ — change

Kanal

mè

/meh/ — mayor. Source: Louisiana French maire

Kanal

mèg

/MEHG/ — thin. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mèg

Kanal

mèkredi

/meh-KREH-dee/ — Wednesday. Source: Louisiana French mercredi

Kanal

mès

/MEHS/ — Mass. Source: Louisiana French messe

Kanal

mèsi

/MEH-see/ — thank you. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mèsi

Kanal

na

/nah/ — in, at, on (place, time or manner)

Kanal

naja

/NAH-zhah/ — swim. Source: Louisiana French nager

Kanal

nap

/NAHP/ — tablecloth. Source: Louisiana French nappe

Kanal

nasi

/NAH-see/ — be born. Source: Spanish nacer

Kanal

ne

/neh/ — softener at the end of a sentence. Source: Vietnamese nhé

Kanal

nechèl

/NEH-shehl/ — ladder. Source: Haitian Kreyòl nechèl

Kanal

neda

/NEH-dah/ — need

Kanal

nen

/NEHN/ — nose. Source: Haitian Kreyòl nen; Louisiana French nez

Kanal

nenpot

/NEHN-poht/ — any, whatever. Source: Haitian Kreyòl nenpòt

Kanal

netoya

/neh-TOH-yah/ — clean. Source: Louisiana French nettoyer

Kanal

neve

/NEH-veh/ — nephew. Source: Louisiana French neveu

Kanal

neye

/NEH-yeh/ — drown; drowned. Source: Louisiana French noyer

Kanal

nika

/NEE-kah/ — go

Kanal

nika baka

/NEE-kah BAH-kah/ — go back

Kanal

nivo

/NEE-voh/ — level. Source: Louisiana French niveau

Kanal

no

/noh/ — no (as an answer)

Kanal

nobenta

/noh-BEHN-tah/ — ninety. Source: Spanish noventa

Kanal

nod

/NOHD/ — node. Source: English node

Kanal

nokmam

/NOHK-mahm/ — fish sauce. Source: Vietnamese nước mắm

Kanal

nom

/NOHM/ — name

Kanal

noma

/NOH-mah/ — name, call, label

Kanal

nomal

/NOH-mahl/ — usual, normal. Source: Haitian Kreyòl nòmal

Kanal

nonm

/NOHNM/ — man. Source: Haitian Kreyòl nonm

Kanal

nonpli

/NOHN-plee/ — neither. Source: Louisiana French non plus

Kanal

nota

/NOH-tah/ — note (in music)

Kanal

notare

/noh-TAH-reh/ — note down

Kanal

nouri

/NOO-ree/ — feed. Source: Louisiana French nourrir

Kanal

nouvèl

/NOO-vehl/ — news. Source: Louisiana French nouvelles

Kanal

nov

/NOHV/ — new

Kanal

noventa

/noh-VEHN-tah/ — ninety. Source: Spanish noventa

Kanal

nu

/noo/ — we, us (with you)

Kanal

nuaj

/NOO-ahzh/ — cloud. Source: Louisiana French nuage

Kanal

nuar

/NOO-ahr/ — black, dark. Source: Louisiana French noir

Kanal

nudo

/NOO-doh/ — knot. Source: Spanish nudo

Kanal

nueve

/noo-EH-veh/ — nine. Source: Spanish nueve

Kanal

nuevesien

/noo-eh-veh-SEE-ehn/ — nine hundred. Source: Spanish novecientos (built on nueve + sien)

Kanal

nuit

/NOO-eet/ — night

Kanal

nulan

/NOO-lahn/ — nobody

Kanal

numero

/noo-MEH-roh/ — number. Source: Louisiana French numéro

Kanal

nèf

/NEHF/ — fresh, new. Source: Louisiana French neuf

Kanal

o

/oh/ — or. Source: Spanish o

Kanal

ochenta

/oh-SHEHN-tah/ — eighty. Source: Spanish ochenta

Kanal

ocho

/OH-shoh/ — eight. Source: Spanish ocho

Kanal

ode

/OH-deh/ — smell, odor. Source: Louisiana French odeur

Kanal

odit

/OH-deet/ — audit. Source: English audit

Kanal

ofra

/OH-frah/ — offer

Kanal

okenn

/OH-kehnn/ — any

Kanal

oket

/OH-keht/ — hiccups. Source: Haitian Kreyòl okèt

Kanal

okipe

/oh-KEE-peh/ — take care of. Source: Louisiana French occuper

Kanal

olye

/OHL-yeh/ — instead of. Source: Louisiana French au lieu

Kanal

omma

/OHM-mah/ — mother (address). Source: Korean eomma

Kanal

onse

/OHN-seh/ — eleven. Source: Spanish once

Kanal

opera

/oh-PEH-rah/ — run, operate

Kanal

opinyon

/oh-PEEN-yohn/ — opinion. Source: Louisiana French opinion

Kanal

orè

/OH-reh/ — schedule. Source: Louisiana French horaire

Kanal

osi

/OH-see/ — also, too

Kanal

osinon

/oh-SEE-nohn/ — otherwise, or else. Source: Louisiana French ou sinon

Kanal

oswa

/OH-swah/ — or. Source: Haitian Kreyòl oswa

Kanal

otan

/OH-tahn/ — as much. Source: Louisiana French autant

Kanal

oton

/OH-tohn/ — autumn. Source: Louisiana French automne

Kanal

otorite

/oh-toh-REE-teh/ — standing, authority. Source: Louisiana French autorité

Kanal

otou

/OH-too/ — around. Source: Louisiana French autour

Kanal

otra

/OH-trah/ — other, another

Kanal

otreman

/oh-TREH-mahn/ — differently. Source: Louisiana French autrement

Kanal

output

/OOT-poot/ — control output (sends a signal, not power or motion)

Kanal

ouvra

/OO-vrah/ — open

Kanal

ouvè

/OO-veh/ — open (state). Source: Haitian Kreyòl ouvè

Kanal

pa

/pah/ — not

Kanal

pa du

/pah doo/ — not there

Kanal

pad

/PAHD/ — pad (damping pad). Source: English pad

Kanal

padon

/PAH-dohn/ — sorry; pardon. Source: Haitian Kreyòl padon

Kanal

pafwa

/PAHF-wah/ — sometimes. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pafwa

Kanal

paj

/PAHZH/ — page

Kanal

pak

/PAHK/ — Easter. Source: Haitian Kreyòl Pak

Kanal

pal

/PAHL/ — pale. Source: Louisiana French pâle

Kanal

pali

/PAH-lee/ — speak, converse

Kanal

palto

/PAHL-toh/ — coat. Source: Louisiana French paletot

Kanal

palye

/PAHL-yeh/ — stair landing. Source: Louisiana French palier

Kanal

panche

/PAHN-sheh/ — lean. Source: Louisiana French pencher

Kanal

pandan

/PAHN-dahn/ — while

Kanal

pandye

/PAHND-yeh/ — hang. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pandye

Kanal

panel

/PAH-nehl/ — panel. Source: English panel

Kanal

pankat

/PAHN-kaht/ — sign, notice board. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pankat

Kanal

pansman

/PAHNS-mahn/ — dressing (wound). Source: Haitian Kreyòl pansman

Kanal

pant

/PAHNT/ — slope. Source: Louisiana French pente

Kanal

pantalon

/pahn-TAH-lohn/ — trousers. Source: Louisiana French pantalon

Kanal

papa

/PAH-pah/ — father, dad

Kanal

papiyon

/pah-PEE-yohn/ — moth, butterfly. Source: Louisiana French papillon

Kanal

papye

/PAHP-yeh/ — paper. Source: Haitian Kreyòl papye

Kanal

par

/PAHR/ — pair. Source: Spanish par

Kanal

para

/PAH-rah/ — get ready, be about to

Kanal

parad

/PAH-rahd/ — parade. Source: Louisiana French parade

Kanal

pare

/PAH-reh/ — ready, made up. Source: Louisiana French paré

Kanal

parèy

/PAH-ray/ — matching, the same. Source: Haitian Kreyòl parèy

Kanal

pasa

/PAH-sah/ — pass. Source: Louisiana French passer

Kanal

pase

/PAH-seh/ — last (as in last week)

Kanal

pasian

/pah-SEE-ahn/ — patient. Source: Louisiana French patient

Kanal

paske

/PAH-skeh/ — because. Source: Haitian Kreyòl paske

Kanal

pat

/PAHT/ — paste. Source: Louisiana French pâte

Kanal

pati

/PAH-tee/ — leave, depart. Source: Louisiana French partir

Kanal

patron

/PAH-trohn/ — patron saint. Source: Louisiana French patron

Kanal

patwon

/PAHT-wohn/ — pattern (for cutting). Source: Louisiana French patron

Kanal

pava

/PAH-vah/ — say, tell

Kanal

pawol

/PAH-wohl/ — saying; word. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pawòl

Kanal

peche

/PEH-sheh/ — sin. Source: Louisiana French péché

Kanal

pecho

/PEH-shoh/ — chest. Source: Spanish pecho

Kanal

pedal

/PEH-dahl/ — treadle. Source: Louisiana French pédale

Kanal

pel

/PEHL/ — skin. Source: Spanish piel

Kanal

peli

/PEH-lee/ — play (music)

Kanal

pelikan

/peh-LEE-kahn/ — pelican. Source: Louisiana French pélican

Kanal

peman

/PEH-mahn/ — payment. Source: Louisiana French paiement

Kanal

pen

/PEHN/ — bread. Source: Louisiana French pain

Kanal

pensa

/PEHN-sah/ — think, believe

Kanal

pentire

/pehn-TEE-reh/ — painted. Source: Louisiana French peinture

Kanal

pera

/PEH-rah/ — pear. Source: Spanish pera

Kanal

perdi

/PEHR-dee/ — lose. Source: Louisiana French perdre

Kanal

perimèt

/peh-REE-meht/ — perimeter. Source: Louisiana French périmètre

Kanal

pesa

/PEH-sah/ — piece, part

Kanal

peso

/PEH-soh/ — weight. Source: Spanish peso

Kanal

petet

/PEH-teht/ — maybe. Source: Louisiana French peut-être

Kanal

pey

/PAY/ — pay (wages). Source: Louisiana French paye

Kanal

peya

/PEH-yah/ — pay. Source: Haitian Kreyòl peye

Kanal

peye

/PEH-yeh/ — paid. Source: Haitian Kreyòl peye

Kanal

peyi

/PEH-yee/ — country. Source: Haitian Kreyòl peyi

Kanal

pi

/pee/ — more. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pi

Kanal

pie

/PEE-eh/ — foot. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pye

Kanal

pikan

/PEE-kahn/ — thorn; the Thorn. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pikan

Kanal

pikèt

/PEE-keht/ — post, stake. Source: Louisiana French piquet

Kanal

pilotis

/pee-LOH-tees/ — piles (deck piles). Source: Louisiana French pilotis

Kanal

piman

/PEE-mahn/ — pepper. Source: Haitian Kreyòl piman

Kanal

pitifis

/pee-TEE-fees/ — grandson. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pitit pitit; Louisiana French petit-fils

Kanal

pitit

/PEE-teet/ — child, children. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pitit

Kanal

pla

/PLAH/ — flat; pla men palm of the hand. Source: Louisiana French plat

Kanal

plafon

/PLAH-fohn/ — ceiling. Source: Louisiana French plafond

Kanal

plak

/PLAHK/ — board (circuit board, notice board). Source: Louisiana French plaque

Kanal

plan

/PLAHN/ — plan, design

Kanal

planche

/PLAHN-sheh/ — floor. Source: Haitian Kreyòl planche

Kanal

plant

/PLAHNT/ — plant. Source: Louisiana French plante

Kanal

plas

/PLAHS/ — place, spot. Source: Louisiana French place

Kanal

plasman

/PLAHS-mahn/ — placement. Source: Louisiana French placement

Kanal

plat

/PLAHT/ — plate

Kanal

plati

/PLAH-tee/ — small dish

Kanal

plato

/PLAH-toh/ — tray. Source: Louisiana French plateau

Kanal

plen

/PLEHN/ — full. Source: Louisiana French plein

Kanal

plenye

/PLEHN-yeh/ — complain. Source: Louisiana French se plaindre

Kanal

pliye

/PLEE-yeh/ — fold. Source: Louisiana French plier

Kanal

plon

/PLOHN/ — lead (metal). Source: Louisiana French plomb

Kanal

plonje

/PLOHN-zheh/ — dive. Source: Louisiana French plonger

Kanal

plonjè

/PLOHN-zheh/ — diver, sinker. Source: Haitian Kreyòl plonjè

Kanal

po

/poh/ — for, to (in order to)

Kanal

poch

/POHSH/ — pocket. Source: Louisiana French poche

Kanal

pola

/POH-lah/ — pole (glass). Source: English pole

Kanal

polaj

/POH-lahzh/ — poling. Source: English poling

Kanal

politès

/poh-LEE-tehs/ — courtesy. Source: Louisiana French politesse

Kanal

polè

/POH-leh/ — poling sitter. Source: English pole, with the Kreyòl agent ending -è

Kanal

pon

/POHN/ — bridge. Source: Louisiana French pont

Kanal

ponde

/POHN-deh/ — lay (eggs). Source: Louisiana French pondre

Kanal

ponp

/POHNP/ — pump. Source: Louisiana French pompe

Kanal

ponyet

/POHN-yeht/ — wrist. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ponyèt

Kanal

porta

/POHR-tah/ — wear. Source: Louisiana French porter

Kanal

pota

/POH-tah/ — bring

Kanal

potay

/POH-tye/ — gate. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pòtay

Kanal

poua

/POO-ah/ — beans. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pwa

Kanal

pouason

/poo-AH-sohn/ — fish. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pwason

Kanal

pouen

/POO-ehn/ — point. Source: Louisiana French point

Kanal

poukisa

/poo-KEE-sah/ — why. Source: Haitian Kreyòl poukisa

Kanal

poul

/POOL/ — hen, chicken. Source: Haitian Kreyòl poul

Kanal

poumon

/POO-mohn/ — lungs. Source: Louisiana French poumon

Kanal

poutet

/POO-teht/ — because of; that’s why. Source: Haitian Kreyòl poutèt

Kanal

pran

/PRAHN/ — take

Kanal

pre

/PREH/ — near. Source: Louisiana French près

Kanal

preri

/PREH-ree/ — prairie. Source: Louisiana French prairie

Kanal

pres

/PREHS/ — press (cake press); press (v). Source: Louisiana French presse

Kanal

presbitè

/preh-SBEE-teh/ — rectory. Source: Louisiana French presbytère

Kanal

prese

/PREH-seh/ — squeezed, pressed; the press. Source: Louisiana French pressé

Kanal

preske

/PREH-skeh/ — nearly

Kanal

presyon

/PREHS-yohn/ — pressure. Source: Louisiana French pression

Kanal

pret

/PREHT/ — priest. Source: Louisiana French prêtre

Kanal

preta

/PREH-tah/ — lend. Source: Louisiana French prêter

Kanal

prezidan

/preh-ZEE-dahn/ — president. Source: Louisiana French président

Kanal

pri

/PREE/ — cost

Kanal

prim

/PREEM/ — first in order

Kanal

priye

/PREE-yeh/ — pray. Source: Louisiana French prier

Kanal

prizonye

/pree-ZOHN-yeh/ — prisoner. Source: Haitian Kreyòl prizonye

Kanal

problèm

/PROH-blehm/ — problem. Source: Louisiana French problème

Kanal

prochen

/PROH-shehn/ — next. Source: Louisiana French prochain

Kanal

program

/PROH-grahm/ — program. Source: English program

Kanal

promes

/PROH-mehs/ — promise. Source: Louisiana French promesse

Kanal

promi

/PROH-mee/ — promise

Kanal

promnad

/PROHM-nahd/ — walk (a stroll). Source: Louisiana French promenade

Kanal

prop

/PROHP/ — clean. Source: Louisiana French propre

Kanal

proteja

/proh-TEH-zhah/ — protect. Source: Spanish proteger

Kanal

prova

/PROH-vah/ — a test

Kanal

provizyon

/proh-VEEZ-yohn/ — supplies. Source: Louisiana French provisions

Kanal

prèt

/PREHT/ — priest. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pè

Kanal

pu

/poo/ — can, be able to

Kanal

pui

/POO-ee/ — sump; well. Source: Louisiana French puits

Kanal

pè

/peh/ — afraid. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pè

Kanal

pèmi

/PEH-mee/ — permit (document). Source: Louisiana French permis

Kanal

pèn

/PEHN/ — trouble, pains. Source: Louisiana French peine

Kanal

pèt

/PEHT/ — loss; liv pèt loss ledger. Source: Louisiana French perte

Kanal

ra

/rah/ — who, which, that (as in the man who)

Kanal

radio

/rah-DEE-oh/ — wireless, radio. Source: English radio

Kanal

rado

/RAH-doh/ — rafts. Source: Louisiana French radeau

Kanal

rafineri

/rah-fee-NEH-ree/ — refinery. Source: Louisiana French raffinerie

Kanal

rak

/RAHK/ — rack (the trash rack). Source: English rack

Kanal

rakonta

/rah-KOHN-tah/ — tell (a story). Source: Louisiana French raconter

Kanal

rale

/RAH-leh/ — pull, haul. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rale

Kanal

randa

/RAHN-dah/ — give back. Source: Louisiana French rendre

Kanal

ranje

/RAHN-zheh/ — course (of brick), row; fix, put right. Source: Louisiana French rangée; ranje

Kanal

rankin

/RAHN-keen/ — grudge. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rankin

Kanal

ranmase

/rahn-MAH-seh/ — compile, gather. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ranmase

Kanal

ranplas

/RAHN-plahs/ — replacement (with po: a replacement for)

Kanal

ranplase

/rahn-PLAH-seh/ — replace. Source: Louisiana French remplacer

Kanal

ranpli

/RAHN-plee/ — fill; fill in. Source: Louisiana French remplir

Kanal

rapor

/RAH-pohr/ — report

Kanal

rasyon

/RAHS-yohn/ — ration. Source: Louisiana French ration

Kanal

rata

/RAH-tah/ — miss, fail to hit. Source: Louisiana French rater

Kanal

rava

/RAH-vah/ — repair

Kanal

raya

/RAH-yah/ — hate. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rayi

Kanal

raze

/RAH-zeh/ — shave. Source: Louisiana French raser

Kanal

re

/reh/ — again

Kanal

reacha

/reh-AH-shah/ — reach (someone), get through to

Kanal

rechanj

/REH-shahnzh/ — spare, replacement. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rechanj

Kanal

recho

/REH-shoh/ — stove. Source: Louisiana French réchaud

Kanal

referans

/reh-FEH-rahns/ — reference. Source: Louisiana French référence

Kanal

refize

/reh-FEE-zeh/ — turn down, refuse. Source: Louisiana French refuser

Kanal

regat

/REH-gaht/ — regatta. Source: Louisiana French régate

Kanal

registè

/reh-GEE-steh/ — register (controller). Source: Louisiana French registre

Kanal

regla

/REH-glah/ — settle. Source: Louisiana French régler

Kanal

reglaj

/REH-glahzh/ — setting (on a machine). Source: Louisiana French réglage

Kanal

regle

/REH-gleh/ — set, adjust. Source: Louisiana French régler

Kanal

regreta

/reh-GREH-tah/ — regret, be sorry. Source: Louisiana French regretter

Kanal

rejete

/reh-ZHEH-teh/ — reject. Source: Louisiana French rejeter

Kanal

rejis

/REH-zhees/ — ledger, register. Source: Louisiana French registre

Kanal

rejistri

/reh-ZHEE-stree/ — registry. Source: English registry

Kanal

rekizision

/reh-kee-zee-SEE-ohn/ — requisition. Source: Louisiana French réquisition

Kanal

reklamasyon

/reh-klah-MAHS-yohn/ — claim. Source: Haitian Kreyòl reklamasyon

Kanal

rekonesan

/reh-koh-NEH-sahn/ — grateful. Source: Louisiana French reconnaissant

Kanal

rekonet

/reh-KOH-neht/ — recognize. Source: Louisiana French reconnaître

Kanal

rekonsiliasion

/reh-kohn-see-lee-ah-SEE-ohn/ — reconciliation (ledger). Source: Louisiana French réconciliation

Kanal

rekor

/REH-kohr/ — record

Kanal

rekrite

/reh-KREE-teh/ — recruit. Source: Louisiana French recruter

Kanal

rela

/REH-lah/ — call out, shout. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rele

Kanal

relis

/REH-lees/ — release (form). Source: English release

Kanal

remake

/reh-MAH-keh/ — notice

Kanal

remed

/REH-mehd/ — medicine. Source: Louisiana French remède

Kanal

remèsye

/reh-MEHS-yeh/ — thank. Source: Haitian Kreyòl remèsye

Kanal

renma

/REHN-mah/ — love. Source: Haitian Kreyòl renmen

Kanal

rense

/REHN-seh/ — sluice, rinse. Source: Louisiana French rincer

Kanal

reparasion

/reh-pah-rah-SEE-ohn/ — repair (the job). Source: Louisiana French réparation

Kanal

repare

/reh-PAH-reh/ — mend, repair. Source: Louisiana French réparer

Kanal

repete

/reh-PEH-teh/ — rehearse. Source: Louisiana French répéter

Kanal

repetisyon

/reh-peh-TEES-yohn/ — rehearsal. Source: Louisiana French répétition

Kanal

repitasyon

/reh-pee-TAHS-yohn/ — reputation. Source: Haitian Kreyòl repitasyon

Kanal

repo

/REH-poh/ — rest. Source: Louisiana French repos

Kanal

repon

/REH-pohn/ — answer, respond

Kanal

repote

/reh-POH-teh/ — postpone. Source: Louisiana French reporter

Kanal

reproch

/REH-prohsh/ — reproach. Source: Louisiana French reproche

Kanal

resemela

/reh-seh-MEH-lah/ — resole. Source: Louisiana French ressemeler

Kanal

resev

/REH-sehv/ — intake, receiving point

Kanal

resi

/REH-see/ — receipt. Source: Haitian Kreyòl resi

Kanal

reso

/REH-soh/ — spring (coil). Source: Louisiana French ressort

Kanal

respekta

/reh-SPEHK-tah/ — respect. Source: Louisiana French respecter

Kanal

resta

/REH-stah/ — remainder

Kanal

restoran

/reh-STOH-rahn/ — restaurant. Source: Louisiana French restaurant

Kanal

reta

/REH-tah/ — delay. Source: Louisiana French retard

Kanal

retay

/REH-tye/ — scrap, offcut. Source: Haitian Kreyòl retay

Kanal

retire

/reh-TEE-reh/ — take off, remove. Source: Louisiana French retirer

Kanal

reva

/REH-vah/ — dream. Source: Louisiana French rêver

Kanal

revey

/REH-vay/ — clock. Source: Louisiana French réveil

Kanal

reveye

/reh-VEH-yeh/ — awake. Source: Louisiana French réveillé

Kanal

revize

/reh-VEE-zeh/ — review. Source: Louisiana French réviser

Kanal

revizion

/reh-vee-ZEE-ohn/ — review (the process). Source: Louisiana French révision

Kanal

revokab

/reh-VOH-kahb/ — revocable. Source: Louisiana French révocable

Kanal

revu

/REH-voo/ — review

Kanal

reyinyon

/reh-YEEN-yohn/ — meeting. Source: Haitian Kreyòl reyinyon

Kanal

rezo

/REH-zoh/ — network. Source: Louisiana French réseau

Kanal

rezon

/REH-zohn/ — reason

Kanal

rezèv

/REH-zehv/ — reserve, storage. Source: Louisiana French réserve

Kanal

ri

/ree/ — a laugh. Source: Louisiana French rire

Kanal

riban

/REE-bahn/ — strip of material

Kanal

rira

/REE-rah/ — laugh. Source: Louisiana French rire

Kanal

risiva

/ree-SEE-vah/ — receive

Kanal

rit

/REET/ — rite. Source: Louisiana French rite

Kanal

ritme

/REET-meh/ — rhythm, rate (of a pulse). Source: Louisiana French rythme

Kanal

riva

/REE-vah/ — arrive (also rive). Source: Louisiana French arriver

Kanal

rive

/REE-veh/ — arrive, come. Source: Louisiana French arriver

Kanal

rob

/ROHB/ — dress, gown. Source: Louisiana French robe

Kanal

robinè

/roh-BEE-neh/ — tap, faucet. Source: Haitian Kreyòl robinè

Kanal

roch

/ROHSH/ — stone. Source: Louisiana French roche

Kanal

rou

/ROO/ — roux. Source: Louisiana French roux

Kanal

rozè

/ROH-zeh/ — rosary. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rozè

Kanal

rut

/ROOT/ — route

Kanal

rèd

/REHD/ — stiff. Source: Louisiana French raide

Kanal

règ

/REHG/ — rule. Source: Louisiana French règle

Kanal

sa

/sah/ — this, that

Kanal

sab

/SAHB/ — sand. Source: Louisiana French sable

Kanal

sak

/SAHK/ — sack

Kanal

sale

/SAH-leh/ — salty. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sale

Kanal

samdi

/SAHM-dee/ — Saturday. Source: Louisiana French samedi

Kanal

san

/SAHN/ — without

Kanal

sanble

/SAHN-bleh/ — look like, seem. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sanble

Kanal

sandal

/SAHN-dahl/ — sandal. Source: Louisiana French sandale

Kanal

sangre

/SAHN-greh/ — blood. Source: Spanish sangre

Kanal

sann

/SAHNN/ — ashes. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sann

Kanal

santi

/SAHN-tee/ — feel; smell. Source: Louisiana French sentir

Kanal

santiman

/sahn-TEE-mahn/ — feeling. Source: Louisiana French sentiment

Kanal

sava

/SAH-vah/ — know

Kanal

se

/seh/ — sister; it is (as in Sa se, that is). Source: Haitian Kreyòl sè; se

Kanal

sechrès

/SEHSH-rehs/ — drought, the dry. Source: Louisiana French sécheresse

Kanal

segond

/SEH-gohnd/ — second (time). Source: Louisiana French seconde

Kanal

seis

/SEH-ees/ — six. Source: Spanish seis

Kanal

sek

/SEHK/ — dry. Source: Louisiana French sec

Kanal

seksion

/sehk-SEE-ohn/ — section (of the Thorn). Source: Louisiana French section

Kanal

sel

/SEHL/ — salt. Source: Louisiana French sel

Kanal

sele

/SEH-leh/ — seal. Source: Louisiana French sceller

Kanal

selil

/SEH-leel/ — cell (battery). Source: Louisiana French cellule

Kanal

selman

/SEHL-mahn/ — only. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sèlman

Kanal

semel

/SEH-mehl/ — sole (of a shoe). Source: Louisiana French semelle

Kanal

semen

/SEH-mehn/ — week. Source: Haitian Kreyòl semèn

Kanal

sen

/SEHN/ — saint. Source: Louisiana French saint

Kanal

senda

/SEHN-dah/ — send

Kanal

senouk

/SEH-nook/ — snook (fish). Source: English snook

Kanal

senyen

/SEHN-yehn/ — bleed. Source: Haitian Kreyòl senyen

Kanal

separa

/seh-PAH-rah/ — separately

Kanal

separasyon

/seh-pah-RAHS-yohn/ — split, separation. Source: Louisiana French séparation

Kanal

separe

/seh-PAH-reh/ — apart, separate. Source: Louisiana French séparer

Kanal

sere

/SEH-reh/ — would, might

Kanal

seri

/SEH-ree/ — lock. Source: Louisiana French serrure

Kanal

servi

/SEHR-vee/ — serve; be of use. Source: Louisiana French servir

Kanal

sesenta

/seh-SEHN-tah/ — sixty. Source: Spanish sesenta

Kanal

setanta

/seh-TAHN-tah/ — seventy. Source: Spanish setenta

Kanal

sezon

/SEH-zohn/ — season. Source: Louisiana French saison

Kanal

si

/see/ — if

Kanal

sida

/SEE-dah/ — sit

Kanal

sidi

/SEE-dee/ — stool

Kanal

sien

/SEE-ehn/ — hundred. Source: Spanish cien

Kanal

siete

/see-EH-teh/ — seven. Source: Spanish siete

Kanal

signal

/SEEG-nahl/ — signal

Kanal

sik

/SEEK/ — sugar. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sik

Kanal

sikui

/see-KOO-ee/ — circuit. Source: Louisiana French circuit

Kanal

silans

/SEE-lahns/ — silence. Source: Louisiana French silence

Kanal

silvouple

/seel-VOO-pleh/ — please (formal, pleading). Source: Louisiana French s’il vous plaît

Kanal

siman

/SEE-mahn/ — cement. Source: Haitian Kreyòl siman

Kanal

sindika

/seen-DEE-kah/ — the Syndicate. Source: Louisiana French syndicat

Kanal

sinifa

/see-NEE-fah/ — mean

Kanal

sinkim

/SEEN-keem/ — a fifth. Source: Haitian Kreyòl senkyèm

Kanal

sinko

/SEEN-koh/ — five. Source: Spanish cinco

Kanal

sinkuenta

/seen-koo-EHN-tah/ — fifty. Source: Spanish cincuenta

Kanal

sinya

/SEEN-yah/ — sign. Source: Louisiana French signer

Kanal

sinyale

/seen-YAH-leh/ — wave, signal. Source: Louisiana French signaler

Kanal

sinye

/SEEN-yeh/ — signed. Source: Louisiana French signé

Kanal

sipote

/see-POH-teh/ — stand, bear. Source: Louisiana French supporter

Kanal

sipoze

/see-POH-zeh/ — supposed to. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sipoze

Kanal

sirijen

/see-REE-zhehn/ — surgeon. Source: Louisiana French chirurgien

Kanal

sirj

/SEERZH/ — surge. Source: English surge

Kanal

sitou

/SEE-too/ — especially. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sitou

Kanal

sitèn

/SEE-tehn/ — cistern. Source: Louisiana French citerne

Kanal

sizim

/SEE-zeem/ — a sixth. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sizyèm

Kanal

sizo

/SEE-zoh/ — scissors. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sizo

Kanal

skriva

/SKREE-vah/ — write

Kanal

so

/soh/ — that (over there)

Kanal

sof

/SOHF/ — except, short of. Source: Louisiana French sauf

Kanal

solda

/SOHL-dah/ — soldier. Source: Louisiana French soldat

Kanal

soley

/SOH-lay/ — sun. Source: Louisiana French soleil

Kanal

somat

/SOH-maht/ — brackish. Source: Louisiana French saumâtre

Kanal

son

/SOHN/ — sound (noun). Source: Louisiana French son

Kanal

sona

/SOH-nah/ — sound (as in it sounds wrong)

Kanal

sonja

/SOHN-zhah/ — remember. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sonje

Kanal

sonnen

/SOHN-nehn/ — ring (a bell). Source: Haitian Kreyòl sonnen

Kanal

sopran

/SOH-prahn/ — soprano. Source: Louisiana French soprano

Kanal

sorgo

/SOHR-goh/ — sorghum. Source: Louisiana French sorgho

Kanal

sorti

/SOHR-tee/ — come out, leave. Source: Louisiana French sortir

Kanal

sos

/SOHS/ — sauce. Source: Louisiana French sauce

Kanal

sosyete

/sohs-YEH-teh/ — society (burial society). Source: Louisiana French société

Kanal

sot

/SOHT/ — stupid. Source: Louisiana French sot

Kanal

sote

/SOH-teh/ — jump. Source: Louisiana French sauter

Kanal

soti

/SOH-tee/ — out; leave

Kanal

sou

/SOO/ — drunk. Source: Louisiana French soûl

Kanal

souch

/SOOSH/ — counterfoil, stub. Source: Louisiana French souche

Kanal

soud

/SOOD/ — solder. Source: Louisiana French soudure

Kanal

souli

/SOO-lee/ — shoe

Kanal

souliye

/soo-LEE-yeh/ — underline. Source: Louisiana French souligner

Kanal

soup

/SOOP/ — soup. Source: Louisiana French soupe

Kanal

soupe

/SOO-peh/ — supper, dinner. Source: Louisiana French souper

Kanal

souple

/SOO-pleh/ — please. Source: Haitian Kreyòl souple

Kanal

sous

/SOOS/ — source. Source: Louisiana French source

Kanal

souta

/SOO-tah/ — support

Kanal

souvan

/SOO-vahn/ — usually, often. Source: Louisiana French souvent

Kanal

sova

/SOH-vah/ — save, rescue. Source: Louisiana French sauver

Kanal

stab

/STAHB/ — steady, stable. Source: Louisiana French stable

Kanal

stal

/STAHL/ — stall. Source: English stall

Kanal

starta

/STAHR-tah/ — start (with re: restart)

Kanal

sterilizatè

/steh-ree-lee-ZAH-teh/ — sterilizer. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sterilizatè

Kanal

stopa

/STOH-pah/ — stop

Kanal

stopaj

/STOH-pahzh/ — stoppage. Source: Louisiana French stoppage

Kanal

su

/soo/ — on

Kanal

sufi

/SOO-fee/ — enough

Kanal

swaf

/SWAHF/ — thirst; thirsty. Source: Haitian Kreyòl swaf

Kanal

swar

/SWAHR/ — evening

Kanal

swe

/SWEH/ — sweat. Source: Haitian Kreyòl swe

Kanal

swen

/SWEHN/ — care. Source: Louisiana French soin

Kanal

swich

/SWEESH/ — switch (lever). Source: English switch

Kanal

swiv

/SWEEV/ — follow. Source: Haitian Kreyòl swiv

Kanal

swivan

/SWEE-vahn/ — next

Kanal

sèjan

/SEH-zhahn/ — sergeant. Source: Louisiana French sergent

Kanal

sèl

/SEHL/ — alone; only one. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sèl

Kanal

sèman

/SEH-mahn/ — oath; fasa sèman swear. Source: Louisiana French serment

Kanal

sèvi

/SEH-vee/ — serve (a lwa); practice. Source: Haitian Kreyòl sèvi

Kanal

sèvis

/SEH-vees/ — service. Source: Louisiana French service

Kanal

sèvyèt

/SEH-vyeht/ — napkin. Source: Louisiana French serviette

Kanal

ta

/tah/ — late. Source: Louisiana French tard

Kanal

tab

/TAHB/ — table. Source: Louisiana French table

Kanal

tabliye

/tah-BLEE-yeh/ — apron (wall apron; clothing). Source: Haitian Kreyòl tabliye

Kanal

tablo

/TAH-bloh/ — board. Source: Louisiana French tableau

Kanal

tach

/TAHSH/ — stain. Source: Louisiana French tache

Kanal

talon

/TAH-lohn/ — heel. Source: Louisiana French talon

Kanal

tan

/TAHN/ — time

Kanal

tanbou

/TAHN-boo/ — drum (laundry drum; christening drum). Source: Haitian Kreyòl tanbou

Kanal

tanka

/TAHN-kah/ — until

Kanal

tanpet

/TAHN-peht/ — storm. Source: Louisiana French tempête

Kanal

tanpon

/TAHN-pohn/ — stamp. Source: Louisiana French tampon

Kanal

tanpone

/tahn-POH-neh/ — stamp. Source: Louisiana French tamponner

Kanal

tanri

/TAHN-ree/ — tannery. Source: Louisiana French tannerie

Kanal

tant

/TAHNT/ — aunt. Source: Louisiana French tante

Kanal

tanè

/TAH-neh/ — tanner. Source: Louisiana French tanneur

Kanal

tapi

/TAH-pee/ — mat. Source: Louisiana French tapis

Kanal

tard

/TAHRD/ — late. Source: Louisiana French tard

Kanal

tarpon

/TAHR-pohn/ — tarpon. Source: English tarpon

Kanal

tas

/TAHS/ — cup. Source: Louisiana French tasse

Kanal

te

/teh/ — did, happened (before a verb: the past)

Kanal

te gon

/teh GOHN/ — was going to

Kanal

techo

/TEH-shoh/ — roof. Source: Spanish techo

Kanal

tela

/TEH-lah/ — cloth, a piece of cloth

Kanal

teminal

/teh-MEE-nahl/ — terminal. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tèminal

Kanal

temwen

/TEHM-wehn/ — witness

Kanal

tena

/TEH-nah/ — keep, hold

Kanal

tenor

/TEH-nohr/ — tenor. Source: Louisiana French ténor

Kanal

tep

/TEHP/ — tape. Source: English tape

Kanal

tepe

/TEH-peh/ — tape (v). Source: English tape

Kanal

teras

/TEH-rahs/ — terrace. Source: Louisiana French terrasse

Kanal

terib

/TEH-reeb/ — terrible. Source: Louisiana French terrible

Kanal

teste

/TEH-steh/ — tested. Source: Louisiana French testé

Kanal

testè

/TEH-steh/ — tester. Source: Haitian Kreyòl testè

Kanal

tet

/TEHT/ — head. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tèt

Kanal

ti

/tee/ — little, small. Source: Louisiana Creole ti

Kanal

tib

/TEEB/ — tube. Source: Louisiana French tube

Kanal

tibebe

/tee-BEH-beh/ — infant. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tibebe

Kanal

tikè

/TEE-keh/ — ticket. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tikè

Kanal

tilapia

/tee-lah-PEE-ah/ — tilapia. Source: English tilapia

Kanal

timoun

/TEE-moon/ — child. Source: Haitian Kreyòl timoun

Kanal

tira

/TEE-rah/ — pull; fire (a gun). Source: Louisiana French tirer

Kanal

tirak

/TEE-rahk/ — drawer

Kanal

tiyo

/TEE-yoh/ — pipe. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tiyo

Kanal

tiè

/TEE-eh/ — third (fraction). Source: Louisiana French tiers

Kanal

tochon

/TOH-shohn/ — wipe, rag. Source: Louisiana French torchon

Kanal

tokèn

/TOH-kehn/ — token. Source: English token

Kanal

ton

/TOHN/ — key (music); tone. Source: Louisiana French ton

Kanal

tonba

/TOHN-bah/ — fall. Source: Louisiana French tomber

Kanal

tonelye

/toh-NEHL-yeh/ — cooper. Source: Louisiana French tonnelier

Kanal

tonm

/TOHNM/ — tomb. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tonm

Kanal

toti

/TOH-tee/ — all, whole

Kanal

tou

/TOO/ — tower. Source: Louisiana French tour

Kanal

touche

/TOO-sheh/ — touch. Source: Louisiana French toucher

Kanal

toudi

/TOO-dee/ — stunned. Source: Haitian Kreyòl toudi

Kanal

toujou

/TOO-zhoo/ — still, always

Kanal

touletan

/too-LEH-tahn/ — always. Source: Louisiana Creole tout le temps

Kanal

tounen

/TOO-nehn/ — turn, become. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tounen

Kanal

toupatou

/too-PAH-too/ — everywhere. Source: Haitian Kreyòl toupatou

Kanal

toutan

/TOO-tahn/ — forever, for good. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tout tan

Kanal

toutouni

/too-TOO-nee/ — bare. Source: Haitian Kreyòl toutouni

Kanal

touya

/TOO-yah/ — kill. Source: Haitian Kreyòl touye

Kanal

touye

/TOO-yeh/ — a killing. Source: Haitian Kreyòl touye

Kanal

tradisyon

/trah-DEES-yohn/ — tradition. Source: Louisiana French tradition

Kanal

trafik

/TRAH-feek/ — traffic. Source: Louisiana French trafic

Kanal

trakasa

/trah-KAH-sah/ — worry. Source: Louisiana French tracasser

Kanal

tranble

/TRAHN-bleh/ — wobble, tremble. Source: Louisiana French trembler

Kanal

trangle

/TRAHN-gleh/ — strangle. Source: Louisiana French étrangler

Kanal

tranpe

/TRAHN-peh/ — soak. Source: Louisiana French tremper

Kanal

trap

/TRAHP/ — hatch. Source: Louisiana French trappe

Kanal

tras

/TRAHS/ — trace (on a monitor). Source: Louisiana French trace

Kanal

trase

/TRAH-seh/ — draw (a line). Source: Louisiana French tracer

Kanal

trav

/TRAHV/ — assigned job

Kanal

travay

/TRAH-vye/ — work. Source: Haitian Kreyòl travay

Kanal

travaya

/trah-VAH-yah/ — work. Source: Haitian Kreyòl travay

Kanal

traversa

/trah-VEHR-sah/ — cross. Source: Louisiana French traverser

Kanal

tre

/TREH/ — very. Source: Louisiana French très

Kanal

trenta

/TREHN-tah/ — thirty. Source: Spanish treinta

Kanal

tres

/TREHS/ — three. Source: Spanish tres

Kanal

trese

/TREH-seh/ — thirteen. Source: Spanish trece

Kanal

tresim

/TREH-seem/ — third. Source: Spanish tres + -im (cf. dosim, katrim)

Kanal

tretman

/TREHT-mahn/ — treatment. Source: Louisiana French traitement

Kanal

treyi

/TREH-yee/ — lattice. Source: Louisiana French treillis

Kanal

trimès

/TREE-mehs/ — quarter (three months). Source: Haitian Kreyòl trimès

Kanal

tris

/TREES/ — sad. Source: Louisiana French triste

Kanal

triye

/TREE-yeh/ — sort. Source: Louisiana French trier

Kanal

tro

/TROH/ — too, excessively. Source: Louisiana French trop

Kanal

tronk

/TROHNK/ — trunk (conveyor line). Source: Louisiana French tronc

Kanal

trou

/TROO/ — hole. Source: Louisiana French trou

Kanal

trova

/TROH-vah/ — find

Kanal

tu

/too/ — you (one person)

Kanal

tura

/TOO-rah/ — shift (at work), turn (in a line)

Kanal

tè

/teh/ — ground, earth. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tè

Kanal

tèlman

/TEHL-mahn/ — so much that. Source: Haitian Kreyòl tèlman

Kanal

tèt

/TEHT/ — head; tèt di stubborn. Source: Louisiana French tête

Kanal

un

/oon/ — one

Kanal

uza

/OO-zah/ — use

Kanal

vag

/VAHG/ — wave. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vag

Kanal

valv

/VAHLV/ — valve. Source: English valve

Kanal

van

/VAHN/ — wind. Source: Louisiana French vent

Kanal

vanda

/VAHN-dah/ — sell. Source: Louisiana French vendre

Kanal

vandredi

/vahn-DREH-dee/ — Friday. Source: Louisiana French vendredi

Kanal

vapè

/VAH-peh/ — steam. Source: Louisiana French vapeur

Kanal

ve

/veh/ — will

Kanal

vela

/VEH-lah/ — sail. Source: Spanish vela

Kanal

veli

/VEH-lee/ — want

Kanal

veli pava

/VEH-lee PAH-vah/ — mean, mean to say

Kanal

vena

/VEH-nah/ — come

Kanal

vena baka

/VEH-nah BAH-kah/ — come back

Kanal

veteman

/veh-TEH-mahn/ — vestments. Source: Louisiana French vêtement

Kanal

veye

/VEH-yeh/ — watch, keep watch. Source: Haitian Kreyòl veye

Kanal

vi

/vee/ — life. Source: Louisiana French vie

Kanal

via

/VEE-ah/ — through, by way of (a contact or route)

Kanal

vid

/VEED/ — empty. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vid

Kanal

vida

/VEE-dah/ — empty a container

Kanal

vidrio

/vee-DREE-oh/ — glass. Source: Spanish vidrio

Kanal

viktoua

/veek-TOO-ah/ — victory, win. Source: Louisiana French victoire

Kanal

vil

/VEEL/ — city. Source: Louisiana French ville

Kanal

vin

/VEEN/ — become. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vin

Kanal

vira

/VEE-rah/ — turn

Kanal

vit

/VEET/ — fast, quickly. Source: Louisiana French vite

Kanal

viv

/VEEV/ — live (reside); live (happening now)

Kanal

vivan

/VEE-vahn/ — alive. Source: Louisiana French vivant

Kanal

viza

/VEE-zah/ — see (as opposed to mira, look); seen (closes a report)

Kanal

vizit

/VEE-zeet/ — visit. Source: Louisiana French visite

Kanal

vizite

/vee-ZEE-teh/ — visit. Source: Louisiana French visiter

Kanal

vizitè

/vee-ZEE-teh/ — visitor. Source: Louisiana French visiteur

Kanal

vle

/VLEH/ — be willing to have, accept. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vle

Kanal

vlope

/VLOH-peh/ — wrapped. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vlope

Kanal

vo

/voh/ — worth. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vo

Kanal

vole

/VOH-leh/ — stolen. Source: Louisiana French volé

Kanal

volet

/VOH-leht/ — shutter. Source: Louisiana French volet

Kanal

volonte

/voh-LOHN-teh/ — volunteering, goodwill. Source: Louisiana French volonté

Kanal

volè

/VOH-leh/ — crook, thief. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vòlè

Kanal

voua

/VOO-ah/ — voice. Source: Louisiana French voix

Kanal

vouazen

/voo-AH-zehn/ — neighbor. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vwazen

Kanal

vout

/VOOT/ — vault (tomb). Source: Louisiana French voûte

Kanal

vre

/VREH/ — true. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vre

Kanal

vu

/voo/ — you (more than one)

Kanal

vye

/VYEH/ — old

Kanal

vè

/veh/ — around, about (time). Source: Louisiana French vers

Kanal

waf

/WAHF/ — wharf, quay. Source: English wharf

Kanal

wafer

/WAH-fehr/ — wafer (calibration chip). Source: English wafer

Kanal

wani

/WAH-nee/ — what

Kanal

wena

/WEH-nah/ — where

Kanal

wini

/WEE-nee/ — who

Kanal

wo

/woh/ — high. Source: Haitian Kreyòl wo

Kanal

won

/WOHN/ — circle; round. Source: Louisiana French rond

Kanal

wont

/WOHNT/ — shame. Source: Haitian Kreyòl wont

Kanal

wou

/WOO/ — wheel. Source: Louisiana French roue

Kanal

wouj

/WOOZH/ — red. Source: Haitian Kreyòl wouj

Kanal

woulman

/WOOL-mahn/ — bearing. Source: Louisiana French roulement

Kanal

woulo

/WOO-loh/ — coil, roll. Source: Louisiana French rouleau

Kanal

yad

/YAHD/ — yard (deck yard). Source: English yard

Kanal

ye

/yeh/ — more than one (after a noun: Kang ye, the Kangs)

Kanal

yo

/yoh/ — yes

Kanal

yodi

/YOH-dee/ — they say (heard, not seen). Source: Haitian Kreyòl yo di

Kanal

zafè

/ZAH-feh/ — business, affair. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zafè

Kanal

zandolit

/zahn-DOH-leet/ — lizard (anole). Source: Haitian Kreyòl zandolit

Kanal

zanmi

/ZAHN-mee/ — friend. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zanmi

Kanal

ze

/zeh/ — egg. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ze

Kanal

zo

/zoh/ — bone. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zo

Kanal

zonzon

/ZOHN-zohn/ — buzz. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zonzon

Kanal

zoranj

/ZOH-rahnzh/ — orange. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zoranj

Kanal

zorey

/ZOH-ray/ — ear. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zòrèy

Kanal

zoreye

/zoh-REH-yeh/ — pillow. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zòrye

Kanal

zotey

/ZOH-tay/ — toes. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zòtèy

Kanal

zouazo

/zoo-AH-zoh/ — bird. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zwazo

Kanal

zouti

/ZOO-tee/ — tools, instruments. Source: Haitian Kreyòl zouti

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abetu

/AH-beh-too/ — open. Source: Portuguese aberto

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abeya

/AH-beh-yah/ — bee. Source: Portuguese abelha

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abiri

/AH-bee-ree/ — open. Source: Portuguese abrir

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adisiona

/AH-dee-see-oh-nah/ — add. Source: Portuguese adicionar

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akiva

/AH-kee-vah/ — file (a record). Source: Portuguese arquivar

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akoda

/AH-koh-dah/ — agree. Source: Portuguese acordar

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akodu

/AH-koh-doo/ — agreement. Source: Portuguese acordo

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alfandega

/AHL-fahn-deh-gah/ — customs. Source: Portuguese alfândega

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algen

/AHL-gehn/ — somebody. Source: Portuguese alguém

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algun

/AHL-goon/ — some. Source: Portuguese algum

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ali

/AH-lee/ — there. Source: Portuguese ali

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alugi

/AH-loo-gee/ — hire, rent. Source: Portuguese alugar

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ami

/AH-mee/ — enjoy

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an

/ahn/ — one

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analista

/AH-nah-lee-stah/ — analyst. Source: Portuguese analista

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anda

/AHN-dah/ — walk. Source: Portuguese andar

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ano

/AH-noh/ — year. Source: Portuguese ano

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anota

/AH-noh-tah/ — enter (in a record). Source: Portuguese anotar

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antigu

/AHN-tee-goo/ — old. Source: Portuguese antigo

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antis

/AHN-tees/ — before, earlier. Source: Portuguese antes

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anunsiu

/AH-noon-see-oo/ — advertisement. Source: Portuguese anúncio

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aparelu

/AH-pah-reh-loo/ — the Garden set (transponder assembly). Source: Portuguese aparelho

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aparensia

/AH-pah-rehn-see-ah/ — look, appearance. Source: Portuguese aparência

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apende

/AH-pehn-deh/ — learn. Source: Portuguese aprender

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asbes

/AH-sbehs/ — sometimes. Source: Portuguese às vezes

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asemeleya

/AH-seh-meh-leh-yah/ — the Assembly. Source: Portuguese assembleia

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asuntu

/AH-soon-too/ — matter. Source: Portuguese assunto

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ate

/AH-teh/ — until. Source: Portuguese até

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atendenti

/AH-tehn-dehn-tee/ — attendant. Source: Portuguese atendente

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atrazu

/AH-trah-zoo/ — backlog, delay. Source: Portuguese atraso

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avisu

/AH-vee-soo/ — notice. Source: Portuguese aviso

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avo

/AH-voh/ — grandmother. Source: Portuguese avó

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ayuda

/AH-yoo-dah/ — help. Source: Spanish ayudar

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azul

/AH-zool/ — blue. Source: Portuguese azul

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badi

/BAH-dee/ — buy

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bairu

/BAH-ee-roo/ — district. Source: Portuguese bairro

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baka

/BAH-kah/ — back (again)

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bakeru

/BAH-keh-roo/ — boatman. Source: Portuguese barqueiro

Latch

baku

/BAH-koo/ — boat. Source: Portuguese barco

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baldi

/BAHL-dee/ — bucket. Source: Portuguese balde

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balkon

/BAHL-kohn/ — counter (of the hall). Source: Portuguese balcão

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banda

/BAHN-dah/ — band. Source: Portuguese banda

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banku

/BAHN-koo/ — bench. Source: Portuguese banco

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baratu

/BAH-rah-too/ — cheap. Source: Portuguese barato

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bate

/BAH-teh/ — knock. Source: Portuguese bater

Latch

bati

/BAH-tee/ — build. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bati

Latch

baya

/BAH-yah/ — harbor, bay. Source: Portuguese baía

Latch

bazia

/BAH-zee-ah/ — empty. Source: Portuguese esvaziar

Latch

ben

/BEHN/ — well (as in well, then). Source: Portuguese bem

Latch

bentu

/BEHN-too/ — wind. Source: Kabuverdianu bentu

Latch

bes

/BEHS/ — time (occasion). Source: Kabuverdianu bes

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bi

/bee/ — two

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bokal

/BOH-kahl/ — jar. Source: Portuguese bocal

Latch

bolsu

/BOHL-soo/ — pocket. Source: Portuguese bolso

Latch

bomba

/BOHM-bah/ — pump. Source: Portuguese bomba

Latch

bonitu

/BOH-nee-too/ — beautiful. Source: Portuguese bonito

Latch

boro

/BOH-roh/ — borough. Source: English borough

Latch

boya

/BOH-yah/ — boom (floating barrier). Source: Portuguese boia

Latch

buraku

/BOO-rah-koo/ — pothole. Source: Portuguese buraco

Latch

buska

/BOO-skah/ — find out, look for. Source: Portuguese buscar

Latch

dansa

/DAHN-sah/ — dance. Source: Portuguese dançar

Latch

data

/DAH-tah/ — date. Source: Portuguese data

Latch

dayday

/DYE-dye/ — younger brother. Source: Cantonese Cantonese dai6 dai2

Latch

deklara

/DEH-klah-rah/ — declare. Source: Portuguese declarar

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delegadu

/DEH-leh-gah-doo/ — representative. Source: Portuguese delegado

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den

/DEHN/ — then

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depende

/DEH-pehn-deh/ — depend. Source: Portuguese depender

Latch

depo

/DEH-poh/ — store (store room). Source: Portuguese depósito

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depoy

/DEH-poy/ — after, afterwards. Source: Portuguese depois

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depozitu

/DEH-poh-zee-too/ — deposit. Source: Portuguese depósito

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dera

/DEH-rah/ — say

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des

/DEHS/ — ten

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desdi

/DEH-sdee/ — since. Source: Portuguese desde

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desena

/DEH-seh-nah/ — draw. Source: Portuguese desenhar

Latch

desfeni

/DEHS-feh-nee/ — undo. Source: Portuguese desfazer

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deside

/DEH-see-deh/ — decide. Source: Portuguese decidir

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desimal

/DEH-see-mahl/ — decimal. Source: Portuguese decimal

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desizon

/DEH-see-zohn/ — determination, decision. Source: Portuguese decisão

Latch

desloka

/DEHS-loh-kah/ — displace. Source: Portuguese deslocar

Latch

desviu

/DEHS-vee-oo/ — siding. Source: Portuguese desvio

Latch

deta

/DEH-tah/ — lie down. Source: Portuguese deitar

Latch

deus

/DEH-oos/ — God. Source: Portuguese Deus

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deve

/DEH-veh/ — owe. Source: Portuguese dever

Latch

di

/dee/ — this

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dia

/DEE-ah/ — day. Source: Portuguese dia

Latch

difende

/DEE-fehn-deh/ — defend. Source: Portuguese defender

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dike

/DEE-keh/ — dam face. Source: English dike

Latch

diretora

/DEE-reh-toh-rah/ — director. Source: Portuguese diretora

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diretu

/DEE-reh-too/ — straight. Source: Portuguese direito

Latch

dirizi

/DEE-ree-zee/ — run, direct. Source: Portuguese dirigir

Latch

diskulpa

/DEE-skool-pah/ — sorry. Source: Portuguese desculpa

Latch

diskuti

/DEE-skoo-tee/ — argue. Source: Portuguese discutir

Latch

divizaun

/DEE-vee-zah-oon/ — division. Source: Portuguese divisão

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dokumentu

/DOH-koo-mehn-too/ — document. Source: Portuguese documento

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dona

/DOH-nah/ — give. Source: Portuguese doar

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doze

/DOH-zeh/ — thank you. Source: Cantonese Cantonese do1 ze6

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dozi

/DOH-zee/ — dose. Source: Portuguese dosar

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du

/doo/ — done

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dumi

/DOO-mee/ — dark

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dumingu

/DOO-meen-goo/ — Sunday. Source: Portuguese domingo

Latch

dut

/DOOT/ — must

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edifisiu

/EH-dee-fee-see-oo/ — building. Source: Portuguese edifício

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elevadu

/EH-leh-vah-doo/ — lift. Source: Portuguese elevador

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elisi

/EH-lee-see/ — impeller. Source: Portuguese hélice

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emenda

/EH-mehn-dah/ — splice. Source: Portuguese emendar

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emezensia

/EH-meh-zehn-see-ah/ — emergency. Source: Portuguese emergência

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empesta

/EHM-peh-stah/ — lend. Source: Portuguese emprestar

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empestimu

/EHM-peh-stee-moo/ — loan. Source: Portuguese empréstimo

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en

/ehn/ — and (between nouns)

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ena

/EH-nah/ — who (ena mu, whom)

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enali

/EH-nah-lee/ — where

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eni

/EH-nee/ — what

Latch

enila

/EH-nee-lah/ — how long

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enora

/EH-noh-rah/ — when

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enshidu

/EHN-shee-doo/ — full. Source: Portuguese enchido

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ensina

/EHN-see-nah/ — teach. Source: Portuguese ensinar

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entende

/EHN-tehn-deh/ — understand. Source: Portuguese entender

Latch

enu

/EH-noo/ — why

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envelopi

/EHN-veh-loh-pee/ — envelope. Source: Portuguese envelope

Latch

eradu

/EH-rah-doo/ — wrong. Source: Portuguese errado

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eru

/EH-roo/ — mistake. Source: Portuguese erro

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es

/ehs/ — is, are

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eskada

/EH-skah-dah/ — steps, stair. Source: Portuguese escada

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eskesi

/EH-skeh-see/ — forget. Source: Portuguese esquecer

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eskeve

/EH-skeh-veh/ — write. Source: Portuguese escrever

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eskola

/EH-skoh-lah/ — school. Source: Portuguese escola

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eskorega

/EH-skoh-reh-gah/ — slip. Source: Portuguese escorregar

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eskori

/EH-skoh-ree/ — run (of ink), drip. Source: Portuguese escorrer

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eskuru

/EH-skoo-roo/ — dark. Source: Portuguese escuro

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espanta

/EH-spahn-tah/ — be surprised. Source: Portuguese espantar

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estasion

/EH-stah-see-ohn/ — station. Source: Portuguese estação

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este

/EH-steh/ — east. Source: Portuguese este

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falsu

/FAHL-soo/ — false. Source: Portuguese falso

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falta

/FAHL-tah/ — shortage. Source: Portuguese falta

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federason

/FEH-deh-rah-sohn/ — federation. Source: Portuguese federação

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feni

/FEH-nee/ — make

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fesha

/FEH-shah/ — close. Source: Portuguese fechar

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fika

/FEE-kah/ — end up, become. Source: Portuguese ficar

Latch

fin

/FEEN/ — end. Source: Portuguese fim

Latch

finu

/FEE-noo/ — thin. Source: Portuguese fino

Latch

finzi

/FEEN-zee/ — fake. Source: Portuguese fingir

Latch

fiyu

/FEE-yoo/ — son. Source: Portuguese filho

Latch

fonti

/FOHN-tee/ — source. Source: Portuguese fonte

Latch

foza

/FOH-zah/ — force, make (someone). Source: Portuguese forçar

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furiozu

/FOO-ree-oh-zoo/ — furious. Source: Portuguese furioso

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gabeta

/GAH-beh-tah/ — drawer. Source: Portuguese gaveta

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galpon

/GAHL-pohn/ — shed. Source: Portuguese galpão

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gana

/GAH-nah/ — have

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garamatika

/GAH-rah-mah-tee-kah/ — grammar. Source: Portuguese gramática

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gasa

/GAH-sah/ — funny. Source: Portuguese graça

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gasta

/GAH-stah/ — spend. Source: Portuguese gastar

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gavi

/GAH-vee/ — be happy

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geli

/GEH-lee/ — good

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gera

/GEH-rah/ — war. Source: Portuguese guerra

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gobena

/GOH-beh-nah/ — govern. Source: Portuguese governar

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gosta

/GOH-stah/ — like. Source: Portuguese gostar

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hala

/HAH-lah/ — hold on, wait (a reply)

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i

/ee/ — and

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imi

/EE-mee/ — child

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inda

/EEN-dah/ — yet. Source: Portuguese ainda

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ingoli

/EEN-goh-lee/ — swallow. Source: Portuguese engolir

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inventa

/EEN-vehn-tah/ — make up, invent. Source: Portuguese inventar

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irigason

/EE-ree-gah-sohn/ — irrigation. Source: Portuguese irrigação

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kabon

/KAH-bohn/ — carbon. Source: Portuguese carbono

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kadera

/KAH-deh-rah/ — chair. Source: Portuguese cadeira

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kafe

/KAH-feh/ — brown. Source: Portuguese café

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kaga

/KAH-gah/ — freight. Source: Portuguese carga

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kagadu

/KAH-gah-doo/ — porter. Source: Portuguese carregador

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kaisa

/KAH-ee-sah/ — box. Source: Portuguese caixa

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kalendariu

/KAH-lehn-dah-ree-oo/ — calendar. Source: Portuguese calendário

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kali

/KAH-lee/ — be tired

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kalke

/KAHL-keh/ — whatever, any. Source: Portuguese qualquer

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kalkulu

/KAHL-koo-loo/ — working (calculation). Source: Portuguese cálculo

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kalmu

/KAHL-moo/ — quiet. Source: Portuguese calmo

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kambia

/KAHM-bee-ah/ — change. Source: Spanish cambiar

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kambiu

/KAHM-bee-oo/ — points (rail switch). Source: Portuguese câmbio

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kaminu

/KAH-mee-noo/ — path. Source: Portuguese caminho

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kamiza

/KAH-mee-zah/ — blouse, shirt. Source: Portuguese camisa

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kan

/KAHN/ — when. Source: Portuguese quando

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kanpa

/KAHN-pah/ — stand. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kanpe

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kantu

/KAHN-too/ — how many. Source: Portuguese quanto

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kapim

/KAH-peem/ — grass. Source: Portuguese capim

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kara

/KAH-rah/ — face. Source: Portuguese cara

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kari

/KAH-ree/ — carry

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kasaku

/KAH-sah-koo/ — coat. Source: Portuguese casaco

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kase

/KAH-seh/ — because

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kat

/KAHT/ — four

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kata

/KAH-tah/ — charter. Source: Portuguese carta

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kataun

/KAH-tah-oon/ — card. Source: Portuguese cartão

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kategoria

/KAH-teh-goh-ree-ah/ — category. Source: Portuguese categoria

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kativu

/KAH-tee-voo/ — held, prisoner. Source: Portuguese cativo

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kay

/KYE/ — house

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kayi

/KAH-yee/ — fall. Source: Portuguese cair

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kazu

/KAH-zoo/ — case. Source: Portuguese caso

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keba

/KEH-bah/ — breach, break. Source: Portuguese quebra

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kema

/KEH-mah/ — burn. Source: Portuguese queimar

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ket

/KEHT/ — checked together (log voice)

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kilaki

/KEE-lah-kee/ — clerk. Source: English clerk

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kilinika

/KEE-lee-nee-kah/ — clinic. Source: Portuguese clínica

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kit

/KEET/ — kit. Source: English kit

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koba

/KOH-bah/ — charge. Source: Portuguese cobrar

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kodi

/KOH-dee/ — shorthand, code. Source: Portuguese código

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kom

/KOHM/ — like, as. Source: Portuguese como

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komandu

/KOH-mahn-doo/ — command. Source: Portuguese comando

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komboyu

/KOHM-boh-yoo/ — train. Source: Kabuverdianu comboio

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komesa

/KOH-meh-sah/ — start, begin. Source: Portuguese começar

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komite

/KOH-mee-teh/ — committee. Source: Portuguese comitê

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kompoe

/KOHM-poh-eh/ — set (type). Source: Portuguese compor

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komun

/KOH-moon/ — public, common. Source: Portuguese comum

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konese

/KOH-neh-seh/ — meet (first time). Source: Portuguese conhecer

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konseyu

/KOHN-seh-yoo/ — council. Source: Portuguese conselho

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konta

/KOHN-tah/ — account. Source: Portuguese conta

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kontatu

/KOHN-tah-too/ — contact. Source: Portuguese contato

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kontenidu

/KOHN-teh-nee-doo/ — content. Source: Spanish contenido

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kontenti

/KOHN-tehn-tee/ — happy, glad. Source: Portuguese contente

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kontu

/KOHN-too/ — count, counter. Source: Portuguese conto

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kontu-libu

/KOHN-too LEE-boo/ — counter-ledger. Source: Portuguese conto + livro

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konvida

/KOHN-vee-dah/ — invite. Source: Portuguese convidar

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kopia

/KOH-pee-ah/ — copy. Source: Portuguese cópia

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kopu

/KOH-poo/ — cup. Source: Portuguese copo

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korekson

/KOH-rehk-sohn/ — correction. Source: Portuguese correção

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koretu

/KOH-reh-too/ — correct. Source: Portuguese correto

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koreyu

/KOH-reh-yoo/ — post, mail. Source: Portuguese correio

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kori

/KOH-ree/ — color. Source: Portuguese cor

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kosina

/KOH-see-nah/ — kitchen. Source: Portuguese cozinha

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kosta

/KOH-stah/ — coast, sea approaches. Source: Portuguese costa

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koste

/KOH-steh/ — cost. Source: Portuguese custar

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kostuma

/KOH-stoo-mah/ — get used to. Source: Portuguese costumar

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ku

/koo/ — (ends a question)

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kumi

/KOO-mee/ — ridge. Source: Portuguese cume

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kurativu

/KOO-rah-tee-voo/ — dressing (bandage). Source: Portuguese curativo

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kurenti

/KOO-rehn-tee/ — current, power. Source: Portuguese corrente

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kustodia

/KOO-stoh-dee-ah/ — custody. Source: Portuguese custódia

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kustu

/KOO-stoo/ — price, cost. Source: Portuguese custo

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kustumi

/KOO-stoo-mee/ — usual. Source: Portuguese costume

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kuzamentu

/KOO-zah-mehn-too/ — interchange. Source: Portuguese cruzamento

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la

/lah/ — with

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laba

/LAH-bah/ — wash. Source: Kabuverdianu laba

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ladan

/LAH-dahn/ — in it, inside. Source: Haitian Kreyòl ladan

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lado

/LAH-doh/ — side, arm (of a reservoir). Source: Portuguese lado

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laka

/LAH-kah/ — seal. Source: Portuguese lacrar

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lapis

/LAH-pees/ — pencil. Source: Portuguese lápis

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lata

/LAH-tah/ — can. Source: Portuguese lata

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latao

/LAH-tah-oh/ — brass. Source: Portuguese latão

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lavi

/LAH-vee/ — work

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le

/leh/ — at

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lebanta

/LEH-bahn-tah/ — raise, stand up. Source: Kabuverdianu labanta (to stand up), from PT levantar

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lena

/LEH-nah/ — sing

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les

/LEHS/ — without

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lesa

/LEH-sah/ — leave. Source: Portuguese deixar

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lesta

/LEH-stah/ — fast, quick. Source: Portuguese ligeiro; Kabuverdianu lestu

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leve

/LEH-veh/ — light (not heavy). Source: Portuguese leve

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ley

/LAY/ — rule. Source: Portuguese lei

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leye

/LEH-yeh/ — read. Source: Portuguese ler

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li

/lee/ — doing, in progress

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libera

/LEE-beh-rah/ — release. Source: Portuguese liberar

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libu

/LEE-boo/ — book. Source: Portuguese livro

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limite

/LEE-mee-teh/ — border. Source: Portuguese limite

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limpu

/LEEM-poo/ — clear, clean. Source: Portuguese limpo

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lista

/LEE-stah/ — list. Source: Portuguese lista

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liyan

/LEE-yahn/ — line (of a song). Source: English line

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lo

/loh/ — from; heard (in a check mark)

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lodu

/LOH-doo/ — silt. Source: Portuguese lodo

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logu

/LOH-goo/ — log (record book). Source: English log

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loni

/LOH-nee/ — long

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lotu

/LOH-too/ — lot (of material). Source: Portuguese lote

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lou

/LOH-oo/ — kiln, furnace. Source: Cantonese Cantonese lou4

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lu

/loo/ — to

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lugal

/LOO-gahl/ — place. Source: Portuguese lugar

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luk

/LOOK/ — green. Source: Cantonese Cantonese luk6

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luma

/LOO-mah/ — light

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luta

/LOO-tah/ — fight. Source: Portuguese lutar

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mae

/MAH-eh/ — mother. Source: Portuguese mãe

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magen

/MAH-gehn/ — margin. Source: Portuguese margem

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maka

/MAH-kah/ — stamp, mark. Source: Portuguese marcar

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mal

/MAHL/ — bad. Source: Portuguese mal

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mana

/MAH-nah/ — eat

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manda

/MAHN-dah/ — post, send. Source: Portuguese mandar

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manera

/MAH-neh-rah/ — way, manner. Source: Portuguese maneira

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mani

/MAH-nee/ — hand

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mansadu

/MAHN-sah-doo/ — marbled, mottled. Source: Portuguese manchado

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manya

/MAHN-yah/ — morning. Source: Portuguese manhã

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mara

/MAH-rah/ — tie. Source: Portuguese amarrar

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maridu

/MAH-ree-doo/ — husband. Source: Portuguese marido

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mas

/MAHS/ — more. Source: Portuguese mais

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materia

/MAH-teh-ree-ah/ — subject (of study). Source: Portuguese matéria

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mavi

/MAH-vee/ — move

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me

/meh/ — but. Source: Portuguese mas

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medu

/MEH-doo/ — fear (medu gana, be frightened). Source: Portuguese medo

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mekanika

/MEH-kah-nee-kah/ — mechanic. Source: Portuguese mecânica

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mel

/MEHL/ — honey. Source: Portuguese mel

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mela

/MEH-lah/ — want

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mentira

/MEHN-tee-rah/ — lie, lying. Source: Portuguese mentira

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menus

/MEH-noos/ — at least. Source: Portuguese menos

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mera

/MEH-rah/ — person

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mes

/MEHS/ — month. Source: Portuguese mês

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mesi

/MEH-see/ — stir. Source: Portuguese mexer

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mesmu

/MEHS-moo/ — self, even. Source: Portuguese mesmo

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mesti

/MEH-stee/ — teacher. Source: Portuguese mestre

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meza

/MEH-zah/ — desk. Source: Portuguese mesa

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mezu

/MEH-zoo/ — middle; between. Source: Portuguese meio

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mi

/mee/ — I, me

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midia

/MEE-dee-ah/ — noon. Source: Portuguese meio-dia

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minutu

/MEE-noo-too/ — minute. Source: Portuguese minuto

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miri

/MEE-ree/ — we (not including you)

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mizu

/MEE-zoo/ — water

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model

/MOH-dehl/ — pattern, model. Source: Portuguese modelo

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modelu

/MOH-deh-loo/ — model. Source: Portuguese modelo

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mofu

/MOH-foo/ — mold. Source: Portuguese mofo

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moinhu

/MOH-een-hoo/ — mill. Source: Portuguese moinho

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mole

/MOH-leh/ — soft. Source: Portuguese mole

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mona

/MOH-nah/ — money

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monedu

/MOH-neh-doo/ — coin. Source: Portuguese moeda

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mori

/MOH-ree/ — die, be dead. Source: Portuguese morrer

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mosa

/MOH-sah/ — show. Source: Portuguese mostrar

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mote

/MOH-teh/ — dead. Source: Portuguese morto

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moza

/MOH-zah/ — girl. Source: Portuguese moça

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mu

/moo/ — (marks the thing acted on; it follows that thing)

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multi-kurenti

/MOOL-tee KOO-rehn-tee/ — multi-supply. Source: Portuguese multi + corrente

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mun

/MOON/ — door. Source: Cantonese Cantonese mun4

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muye

/MOO-yeh/ — woman. Source: Portuguese mulher

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na

/nah/ — not

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nada

/NAH-dah/ — nothing. Source: Portuguese nada

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nami

/NAH-mee/ — we (including you)

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nase

/NAH-seh/ — be born, be formed. Source: Portuguese nascer

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natural

/NAH-too-rahl/ — naturally. Source: Portuguese natural

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nay

/NYE/ — no, refused (a reply)

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nega

/NEH-gah/ — refuse, object. Source: Portuguese negar

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neme

/NEH-meh/ — name

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nen

/NEHN/ — nine

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nena

/NEH-nah/ — never

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neri

/NEH-ree/ — leave

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nes

/NEHS/ — under

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nesa

/NEH-sah/ — before

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netu

/NEH-too/ — grandchild. Source: Portuguese neto

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neutal

/NEH-oo-tahl/ — neutral. Source: Portuguese neutro

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noka

/NOH-kah/ — night

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noruesti

/NOH-roo-eh-stee/ — northwest. Source: Portuguese noroeste

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nota

/NOH-tah/ — note, footnote; notice (v). Source: Portuguese nota; notar

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notisia

/NOH-tee-see-ah/ — report, news. Source: Portuguese notícia

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novi

/NOH-vee/ — know

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novu

/NOH-voo/ — new. Source: Portuguese novo

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nu

/noo/ — now

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nuda

/NOO-dah/ — today

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nulu

/NOO-loo/ — none. Source: Portuguese nulo

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numa

/NOO-mah/ — home

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numeru

/NOO-meh-roo/ — number. Source: Portuguese número

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o

/oh/ — or. Source: Portuguese ou

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odi

/OH-dee/ — other

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odia

/OH-dee-ah/ — hate. Source: Portuguese odiar

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ofisi

/OH-fee-see/ — office. Source: English office

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ofisial

/OH-fee-see-ahl/ — official. Source: Portuguese oficial

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ofisina

/OH-fee-see-nah/ — works, workshop. Source: Portuguese oficina

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ok

/ohk/ — eight

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ola

/OH-lah/ — look at. Source: Portuguese olhar

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ombu

/OHM-boo/ — shoulder. Source: Portuguese ombro

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onestu

/OH-neh-stoo/ — honest. Source: Portuguese honesto

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opera

/OH-peh-rah/ — run (a machine). Source: Portuguese operar

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opereda

/OH-peh-reh-dah/ — operator. Source: Portuguese operador

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ora

/OH-rah/ — hour

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orizinal

/OH-ree-zee-nahl/ — original. Source: Portuguese original

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padinu

/PAH-dee-noo/ — sponsor. Source: Portuguese padrinho

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paga

/PAH-gah/ — pay. Source: Portuguese pagar

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paganti

/PAH-gahn-tee/ — patron, one who pays. Source: Portuguese pagante

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painel

/PAH-ee-nehl/ — panel. Source: Portuguese painel

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palava

/PAH-lah-vah/ — word. Source: Portuguese palavra

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pali

/PAH-lee/ — talk. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pale

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pano

/PAH-noh/ — cloth. Source: Portuguese pano

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papel

/PAH-pehl/ — paper. Source: Portuguese papel

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para

/PAH-rah/ — stop. Source: Portuguese parar

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pareda

/PAH-reh-dah/ — wall. Source: Portuguese parede

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pasa

/PAH-sah/ — pass, happen, refer. Source: Portuguese passar

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pasadu

/PAH-sah-doo/ — walkway. Source: Portuguese passadiço

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pasazi

/PAH-sah-zee/ — crossing. Source: Portuguese passagem

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patiu

/PAH-tee-oo/ — apron (rail yard). Source: Portuguese pátio

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pau

/PAH-oo/ — stick. Source: Portuguese pau

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pazina

/PAH-zee-nah/ — page. Source: Portuguese página

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pedasu

/PEH-dah-soo/ — part, piece. Source: Portuguese pedaço

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pedi

/PEH-dee/ — spoken for, asked for. Source: Portuguese pedir

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pega

/PEH-gah/ — take, pick up. Source: Portuguese pegar

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pel

/PEHL/ — may, be allowed to

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pelikula

/PEH-lee-koo-lah/ — film (on water). Source: Portuguese película

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pen

/PEHN/ — five

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peni

/PEH-nee/ — ask

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pensa

/PEHN-sah/ — think. Source: Portuguese pensar

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pera

/PEH-rah/ — pear. Source: Portuguese pera

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pesoal

/PEH-soh-ahl/ — private, personal. Source: Portuguese pessoal

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pia

/PEE-ah/ — sink. Source: Portuguese pia

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piada

/PEE-ah-dah/ — joke. Source: Portuguese piada

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pinta

/PEEN-tah/ — paint. Source: Portuguese pintar

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po

/poh/ — dust. Source: Portuguese pó

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podi

/POH-dee/ — rot. Source: Portuguese apodrecer

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poku

/POH-koo/ — some, a few. Source: Portuguese pouco

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pon

/POHN/ — put. Source: Portuguese pôr

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pontu

/POHN-too/ — point. Source: Portuguese ponto

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poron

/POH-rohn/ — hold (of a ship). Source: Portuguese porão

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potaun

/POH-tah-oon/ — gate. Source: Portuguese portão

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potezi

/POH-teh-zee/ — protected. Source: Portuguese protegido

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punto

/POON-toh/ — point. Source: Spanish punto

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pura

/POO-rah/ — for

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re

/reh/ — who, which, that

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rebizon

/REH-bee-zohn/ — review. Source: Portuguese revisão

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redi

/REH-dee/ — network. Source: Portuguese rede

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registu

/REH-gee-stoo/ — record. Source: Portuguese registro

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regula

/REH-goo-lah/ — standing, rule. Source: Portuguese regra

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relei

/REH-leh-ee/ — relay. Source: English relay

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relozi

/REH-loh-zee/ — clock. Source: Portuguese relógio

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ren

/REHN/ — again

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resha

/REH-shah/ — grating. Source: Spanish reja

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responsabel

/REH-spohn-sah-behl/ — responsible. Source: Portuguese responsável

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restu

/REH-stoo/ — the rest. Source: Portuguese resto

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reta

/REH-tah/ — stay

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reuni

/REH-oo-nee/ — meet. Source: Portuguese reunir

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reunion

/REH-oo-nee-ohn/ — meeting. Source: Portuguese reunião

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reza

/REH-zah/ — pray. Source: Portuguese rezar

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rezeva

/REH-zeh-vah/ — booking. Source: Portuguese reserva

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risibi

/REE-see-bee/ — receive. Source: Portuguese receber

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risku

/REE-skoo/ — scoring, scratch. Source: Portuguese risco

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risponde

/REE-spohn-deh/ — write back, reply. Source: Portuguese responder

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roda

/ROH-dah/ — circle. Source: Portuguese roda

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roshu

/ROH-shoo/ — stone, rock. Source: Portuguese rocha

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rota

/ROH-tah/ — route. Source: Portuguese rota

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sa

/sah/ — he, she, it

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saf

/SAHF/ — can, be able to

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saku

/SAH-koo/ — sack. Source: Portuguese saco

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sala

/SAH-lah/ — hall. Source: Portuguese sala

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saude

/SAH-oo-deh/ — toast (drinking). Source: Portuguese saúde

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se

/seh/ — checked by me (log voice)

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sedu

/SEH-doo/ — early. Source: Portuguese cedo

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segi

/SEH-gee/ — trace, follow. Source: Portuguese seguir

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seguransa

/SEH-goo-rahn-sah/ — security. Source: Portuguese segurança

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seka

/SEH-kah/ — drying. Source: Portuguese secagem

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sekensia

/SEH-kehn-see-ah/ — run (in tiles). Source: Portuguese sequência

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seksaun

/SEHK-sah-oon/ — section. Source: Portuguese secção

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seku

/SEH-koo/ — dry. Source: Portuguese seco

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selula

/SEH-loo-lah/ — cell. Source: Portuguese célula

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semana

/SEH-mah-nah/ — week. Source: Portuguese semana

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sen

/SEHN/ — hundred

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sena

/SEH-nah/ — touch; next (marks the next thing to be done)

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senta

/SEHN-tah/ — sit. Source: Portuguese sentar

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sentimentu

/SEHN-tee-mehn-too/ — feeling. Source: Portuguese sentimento

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sentu

/SEHN-too/ — main body, middle. Source: Portuguese centro

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senu

/SEH-noo/ — here

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ses

/SEHS/ — six

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sesta

/SEH-stah/ — Friday. Source: Portuguese sexta

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sesun

/SEH-soon/ — spring (season). Source: English season

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set

/SEHT/ — seven

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shabi

/SHAH-bee/ — key. Source: Portuguese chave

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shama

/SHAH-mah/ — call. Source: Portuguese chamar

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shamada

/SHAH-mah-dah/ — call. Source: Portuguese chamada

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shaun

/SHAH-oon/ — floor. Source: Portuguese chão

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sheka

/SHEH-kah/ — check. Source: English check

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shemu

/SHEH-moo/ — plant

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sheyru

/SHAY-roo/ — smell. Source: Portuguese cheiro

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si

/see/ — he, she, it (someone already named)

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sibik

/SEE-beek/ — civic. Source: English civic

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sidadon

/SEE-dah-dohn/ — citizen. Source: Portuguese cidadão

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sife

/SEE-feh/ — if

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sili

/SEE-lee/ — be small

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sima

/SEE-mah/ — upstairs, on top. Source: Portuguese em cima

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sinal

/SEE-nahl/ — signal. Source: Portuguese sinal

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siri

/SEE-ree/ — they

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so

/soh/ — that (as in said that)

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sobi

/SOH-bee/ — about. Source: Portuguese sobre

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soldadura

/SOHL-dah-doo-rah/ — weld. Source: Portuguese soldadura

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soleta

/SOH-leh-tah/ — spelling. Source: Portuguese soletrar

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somenti

/SOH-mehn-tee/ — only, just. Source: Portuguese somente

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sozin

/SOH-zeen/ — only, alone. Source: Portuguese sozinho

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suda

/SOO-dah/ — sweat. Source: Portuguese suar

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sukata

/SOO-kah-tah/ — scrap. Source: Portuguese sucata

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suzeston

/SOO-zeh-stohn/ — suggestion. Source: Portuguese sugestão

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ta

/tah/ — did (the past)

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tabua

/TAH-boo-ah/ — board. Source: Portuguese tábua

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tadi

/TAH-dee/ — late. Source: Portuguese tarde

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taksa

/TAHK-sah/ — fee. Source: Portuguese taxa

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tama

/TAH-mah/ — thing

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tanki

/TAHN-kee/ — tank. Source: Portuguese tanque

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tanpondo

/TAHN-pohn-doh/ — transponder. Source: English transponder

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tasferi

/TAHS-feh-ree/ — transfer. Source: Portuguese transferência

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tavi

/TAH-vee/ — repair

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tavon

/TAH-vohn/ — brake. Source: Portuguese travão

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tay

/TYE/ — yes, taken up (a reply)

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tayat

/TAH-yaht/ — first. Source: Cantonese Cantonese tai6 jat1

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teimu

/TEH-ee-moo/ — term, period. Source: English term

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tem

/TEHM/ — (closes a clause begun with so, re, kase or sife)

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tempestadi

/TEHM-peh-stah-dee/ — storm. Source: Portuguese tempestade

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tempu

/TEHM-poo/ — weather. Source: Portuguese tempo

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temwen

/TEHM-wehn/ — witness. Source: Haitian Kreyòl temwen

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tera

/TEH-rah/ — earth. Source: Portuguese terra

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teribel

/TEH-ree-behl/ — terrible. Source: Portuguese terrível

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testa

/TEH-stah/ — sample, test. Source: Portuguese testar

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testi

/TEH-stee/ — test. Source: Portuguese teste

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ti

/tee/ — you

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tilyu

/TEEL-yoo/ — rail. Source: Portuguese trilho

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tinta

/TEEN-tah/ — paint. Source: Portuguese tinta

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tira

/TEE-rah/ — draw (water). Source: Portuguese tirar

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tiri

/TEE-ree/ — three

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titulu

/TEE-too-loo/ — headline. Source: Portuguese título

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toka

/TOH-kah/ — trade, exchange. Source: Portuguese trocar

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tosi

/TOH-see/ — cough. Source: Portuguese tosse

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tudu

/TOO-doo/ — all, every. Source: Portuguese tudo

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tunel

/TOO-nehl/ — tunnel. Source: Portuguese túnel

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ultimu

/OOL-tee-moo/ — last. Source: Portuguese último

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uni

/OO-nee/ — join. Source: Portuguese unir

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uza

/OO-zah/ — use. Source: Portuguese usar

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uzu

/OO-zoo/ — use. Source: Portuguese uso

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vaga

/VAH-gah/ — slot. Source: Portuguese vaga

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vagon

/VAH-gohn/ — car, wagon. Source: Portuguese vagão

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vale

/VAH-leh/ — valley. Source: Portuguese vale

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vali

/VAH-lee/ — worth, be worth. Source: Portuguese valer

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valida

/VAH-lee-dah/ — confirm, validate. Source: Portuguese validar

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varanda

/VAH-rahn-dah/ — balcony. Source: Portuguese varanda

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vaziu

/VAH-zee-oo/ — empty. Source: Portuguese vazio

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ve

/veh/ — will

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vedadi

/VEH-dah-dee/ — true. Source: Portuguese verdade

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vemelu

/VEH-meh-loo/ — red. Source: Portuguese vermelho

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vende

/VEHN-deh/ — sell. Source: Portuguese vender

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veni

/VEH-nee/ — come

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veron

/VEH-rohn/ — summer. Source: Portuguese verão

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vestidu

/VEH-stee-doo/ — dress. Source: Portuguese vestido

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vey

/VAY/ — also

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vida

/VEE-dah/ — life. Source: Portuguese vida

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vidi

/VEE-dee/ — see

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vila

/VEE-lah/ — town. Source: Portuguese vila

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vira

/VEE-rah/ — spill, turn over. Source: Portuguese virar

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vive

/VEE-veh/ — survive, live. Source: Portuguese viver

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voli

/VOH-lee/ — love

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yapi

/YAH-pee/ — get in, enter. Source: Cantonese Cantonese jap6

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yeka

/YEH-kah/ — get to, reach. Source: Portuguese chegar

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yel

/YEHL/ — might

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yeni

/YEH-nee/ — hear

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yin

/YEEN/ — press, print. Source: Cantonese Cantonese jan3

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yori

/YOH-ree/ — tomorrow

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zanela

/ZAH-neh-lah/ — window (filing window). Source: Portuguese janela

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zanta

/ZAHN-tah/ — supper. Source: Portuguese janta

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zu

/zoo/ — very

Span

abandono

/ah-bahn-DOH-noh/ — abandon. Source: Spanish abandono

Span

abayo

/ah-BAH-yoh/ — down, below, bottom. Source: Spanish abajo

Span

abri

/AH-bree/ — open. Source: Spanish abrir

Span

abuelo

/ah-boo-EH-loh/ — grandfather. Source: Spanish abuelo

Span

ai

/EYE/ — I, me

Span

aire

/ah-EE-reh/ — air, breath. Source: Spanish aire

Span

akseta

/ahk-SEH-tah/ — accept. Source: Spanish aceptar

Span

aksidente

/ahk-see-DEHN-teh/ — accident. Source: Spanish accidente

Span

al

/ahl/ — at the (in set phrases). Source: Spanish al

Span

alimenta

/ah-lee-MEHN-tah/ — feed. Source: Spanish alimentar

Span

alkun

/AHL-koon/ — some. Source: Spanish algún

Span

almenos

/ahl-MEH-nohs/ — at least. Source: Spanish al menos

Span

alta

/AHL-tah/ — loud, high. Source: Spanish alta

Span

altavos

/ahl-TAH-vohs/ — speaker (loudspeaker). Source: Spanish altavoz

Span

alyen

/AHL-yehn/ — somebody. Source: Spanish alguien

Span

ambre

/AHM-breh/ — hunger; ten ambre be hungry. Source: Spanish hambre

Span

an

/ahn/ — one

Span

anden

/AHN-dehn/ — platform. Source: Spanish andén

Span

ankora

/ahn-KOH-rah/ — anchor. Source: Spanish ancla; Portuguese âncora

Span

aposta

/ah-POH-stah/ — bet. Source: Portuguese apostar

Span

aprendis

/ah-PREHN-dees/ — apprentice. Source: Spanish aprendiz

Span

aro

/AH-roh/ — ring. Source: Spanish aro

Span

aros

/AH-rohs/ — rice. Source: Spanish arroz

Span

ase

/AH-seh/ — ago. Source: Spanish hace

Span

asensor

/ah-SEHN-sohr/ — lift. Source: Spanish ascensor

Span

asiento

/ah-see-EHN-toh/ — seat (valve seat). Source: Spanish asiento

Span

asosiasion

/ah-soh-see-ah-SEE-ohn/ — association. Source: Spanish asociación

Span

asta

/AH-stah/ — until. Source: Spanish hasta

Span

atake

/ah-TAH-keh/ — strike, attack. Source: Spanish ataque

Span

ava

/AH-vah/ — enjoy

Span

aviso

/ah-VEE-soh/ — notice. Source: Spanish aviso

Span

aya

/AH-yah/ — oh (cry). Source: Spanish ay

Span

ayuda

/ah-YOO-dah/ — help. Source: Spanish ayudar

Span

ba

/bah/ — start to

Span

badi

/BAH-dee/ — buy

Span

baila

/bah-EE-lah/ — dance. Source: Spanish bailar

Span

baile

/bah-EE-leh/ — dance. Source: Spanish baile

Span

baldosa

/bahl-DOH-sah/ — tile. Source: Spanish baldosa

Span

banda

/BAHN-dah/ — band. Source: Spanish banda

Span

bapor

/BAH-pohr/ — steam. Source: Spanish vapor

Span

bario

/bah-REE-oh/ — ward, neighborhood. Source: Spanish barrio

Span

barkasa

/bahr-KAH-sah/ — barge. Source: Spanish barcaza

Span

barko

/BAHR-koh/ — boat. Source: Spanish barco

Span

bate

/BAH-teh/ — hit, beat. Source: Spanish batir

Span

bateria

/bah-teh-REE-ah/ — battery bank. Source: Spanish batería

Span

bati

/BAH-tee/ — build. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bati

Span

baya

/BAH-yah/ — go down. Source: Spanish bajar

Span

bentana

/behn-TAH-nah/ — window

Span

berda

/BEHR-dah/ — true, truth. Source: Spanish verdad

Span

bi

/bee/ — two

Span

bien

/BEE-ehn/ — right, well. Source: Spanish bien

Span

boka

/BOH-kah/ — mouth. Source: Spanish boca

Span

bol

/BOHL/ — bowl. Source: English bowl

Span

bomba

/BOHM-bah/ — pump. Source: Spanish bomba

Span

bondadosa

/bohn-dah-DOH-sah/ — kind. Source: Spanish bondadosa

Span

bonito

/boh-NEE-toh/ — beautifully. Source: Spanish bonito

Span

boro

/BOH-roh/ — borough. Source: English borough

Span

bote

/BOH-teh/ — skiff. Source: Spanish bote

Span

braso

/BRAH-soh/ — arm. Source: Spanish brazo

Span

breke

/BREH-keh/ — brake. Source: English brake

Span

broma

/BROH-mah/ — joke. Source: Spanish broma

Span

bueno

/boo-EH-noh/ — well (as in well, take it). Source: Spanish bueno

Span

davi

/DAH-vee/ — home

Span

de

/deh/ — of, ’s

Span

dedo

/DEH-doh/ — finger. Source: Spanish dedo

Span

dei

/DAY/ — they, them

Span

dek

/DEHK/ — I saw it (at the end of a telling)

Span

dema

/DEH-mah/ — too, too much. Source: Spanish demasiado

Span

den

/DEHN/ — then

Span

dera

/DEH-rah/ — say

Span

des

/DEHS/ — after (a stated event); ten (in numbers, as in kar des, forty)

Span

desanso

/deh-SAHN-soh/ — landing (of a stair). Source: Spanish descanso

Span

desde

/DEH-sdeh/ — since. Source: Spanish desde

Span

desha

/DEH-shah/ — let, allow. Source: Spanish dejar

Span

desidi

/deh-SEE-dee/ — decide. Source: Spanish decidir

Span

deska

/DEH-skah/ — desk. Source: English desk

Span

desvio

/dehs-VEE-oh/ — siding. Source: Spanish desvío

Span

deteni

/deh-TEH-nee/ — stop. Source: Spanish detener

Span

detras

/DEH-trahs/ — behind. Source: Spanish detrás

Span

di

/dee/ — this

Span

dia

/DEE-ah/ — day. Source: Spanish día

Span

dibusha

/dee-BOO-shah/ — draw. Source: Spanish dibujar

Span

dibusho

/dee-BOO-shoh/ — drawing. Source: Spanish dibujo

Span

diferensia

/dee-feh-rehn-SEE-ah/ — difference. Source: Spanish diferencia

Span

diferente

/dee-feh-REHN-teh/ — different. Source: Spanish diferente

Span

dinu

/DEE-noo/ — like this

Span

dio

/DEE-oh/ — God. Source: Spanish Dios

Span

direksion

/dee-rehk-SEE-ohn/ — direction. Source: Spanish dirección

Span

doli

/DOH-lee/ — hurt

Span

don

/DOHN/ — then, in that case

Span

dona

/DOH-nah/ — give. Source: Spanish donar

Span

doni

/DOH-nee/ — answer

Span

dril

/DREEL/ — drill. Source: English drill

Span

dumi

/DOO-mee/ — be dark

Span

e

/eh/ — he, she, it; him, her

Span

eda

/EH-dah/ — age. Source: Spanish edad

Span

ekipo

/eh-KEE-poh/ — team. Source: Spanish equipo

Span

eksakto

/ehk-SAHK-toh/ — exactly. Source: Spanish exacto

Span

eksamen

/ehk-SAH-mehn/ — inspection. Source: Spanish examen

Span

eli

/EH-lee/ — be early

Span

empalme

/ehm-PAHL-meh/ — junction. Source: Spanish empalme

Span

en

/ehn/ — is, are

Span

ensaya

/ehn-SAH-yah/ — rehearse. Source: Spanish ensayar

Span

ermana

/ehr-MAH-nah/ — sister. Source: Spanish hermana

Span

erramienta

/ehr-rah-mee-EHN-tah/ — tools. Source: Spanish herramienta

Span

eskalon

/eh-SKAH-lohn/ — step. Source: Spanish escalón

Span

eskola

/eh-SKOH-lah/ — school. Source: Portuguese escola

Span

eskribano

/eh-skree-BAH-noh/ — clerk. Source: Spanish escribano

Span

eskribi

/eh-SKREE-bee/ — write. Source: Spanish escribir

Span

eskudo

/eh-SKOO-doh/ — shield. Source: Spanish escudo

Span

eskusha

/eh-SKOO-shah/ — listen. Source: Spanish escuchar

Span

espalda

/eh-SPAHL-dah/ — back. Source: Spanish espalda

Span

espende

/eh-SPEHN-deh/ — spend. Source: English spend

Span

espeso

/eh-SPEH-soh/ — thick. Source: Spanish espeso

Span

estasion

/eh-stah-SEE-ohn/ — station. Source: Spanish estación

Span

este

/EH-steh/ — east. Source: Spanish este

Span

estension

/eh-stehn-SEE-ohn/ — extension (cable). Source: Spanish extensión

Span

estranyero

/eh-strahn-YEH-roh/ — stranger. Source: Spanish extranjero

Span

falda

/FAHL-dah/ — lap. Source: Spanish falda

Span

falko

/FAHL-koh/ — peregrine falcon. Source: Spanish halcón; English falcon

Span

falso

/FAHL-soh/ — fake. Source: Spanish falso

Span

falta

/FAHL-tah/ — be missing. Source: Spanish faltar

Span

fas

/FAHS/ — face. Source: English face; Spanish faz

Span

fasil

/FAH-seel/ — easy. Source: Spanish fácil

Span

fatura

/fah-TOO-rah/ — bill. Source: Portuguese fatura

Span

fena

/FEH-nah/ — meal

Span

feni

/FEH-nee/ — make

Span

ferokaril

/feh-roh-KAH-reel/ — railway. Source: Spanish ferrocarril

Span

fesha

/FEH-shah/ — date. Source: Spanish fecha

Span

fier

/FEE-ehr/ — proud. Source: Haitian Kreyòl fyè; Louisiana French fier

Span

fiesta

/fee-EH-stah/ — fireworks, festivity. Source: Spanish fiesta

Span

fin

/FEEN/ — finished, done

Span

final

/FEE-nahl/ — end; al final after all. Source: Spanish final

Span

fino

/FEE-noh/ — thin. Source: Spanish fino

Span

firma

/FEER-mah/ — sign. Source: Spanish firmar

Span

forma

/FOHR-mah/ — shape. Source: Spanish forma

Span

foto

/FOH-toh/ — photograph. Source: Spanish foto

Span

fuente

/foo-EHN-teh/ — source. Source: Spanish fuente

Span

gali

/GAH-lee/ — be good

Span

gavi

/GAH-vee/ — be happy

Span

i

/ee/ — to (as in want to go)

Span

idea

/ee-DEH-ah/ — idea. Source: Spanish idea

Span

ili

/EE-lee/ — eye

Span

imno

/EEM-noh/ — anthem. Source: Spanish himno

Span

importa

/eem-POHR-tah/ — matter. Source: Spanish importar

Span

inkilino

/een-kee-LEE-noh/ — tenant. Source: Spanish inquilino

Span

invikta

/een-VEEK-tah/ — unbeaten. Source: Spanish invicto

Span

ir

/eer/ — go. Source: Spanish ir

Span

iskierdo

/ee-skee-EHR-doh/ — left. Source: Spanish izquierdo

Span

ka

/kah/ — (ends a yes-or-no question)

Span

kabesa

/kah-BEH-sah/ — head. Source: Spanish cabeza

Span

kabinete

/kah-bee-NEH-teh/ — cabinet. Source: Spanish gabinete

Span

kada

/KAH-dah/ — every. Source: Spanish cada

Span

kadete

/kah-DEH-teh/ — cadet. Source: Spanish cadete

Span

kae

/KAH-eh/ — come down, fall. Source: Spanish caer

Span

kai

/KAH-ee/ — key

Span

kaldo

/KAHL-doh/ — stew, broth. Source: Spanish caldo

Span

kalma

/KAHL-mah/ — still, calm. Source: Spanish calma

Span

kalor

/KAH-lohr/ — heat. Source: Spanish calor

Span

kambia

/kahm-BEE-ah/ — change. Source: Spanish cambiar

Span

kambio

/kahm-BEE-oh/ — points (rail switch). Source: Spanish cambio

Span

kamin

/KAH-meen/ — way, road. Source: Spanish camino

Span

kamina

/kah-MEE-nah/ — walk. Source: Spanish caminar

Span

kansa

/KAHN-sah/ — tired. Source: Spanish cansado

Span

kansho

/KAHN-shoh/ — hook. Source: Spanish gancho

Span

kapa

/KAH-pah/ — can, be able to

Span

kapel

/KAH-pehl/ — church, chapel. Source: English chapel

Span

kapitan

/kah-PEE-tahn/ — captain. Source: Spanish capitán

Span

kar

/KAHR/ — four

Span

karbon

/KAHR-bohn/ — carbon. Source: Spanish carbón

Span

kari

/KAH-ree/ — carry

Span

karito

/kah-REE-toh/ — hand truck. Source: Spanish carrito

Span

karka

/KAHR-kah/ — freight, load. Source: Spanish carga

Span

karo

/KAH-roh/ — car (rail car). Source: Spanish carro

Span

karselero

/kahr-seh-LEH-roh/ — jailer. Source: Spanish carcelero

Span

karta

/KAHR-tah/ — letter. Source: Spanish carta

Span

kasa

/KAH-sah/ — household, house. Source: Spanish casa

Span

kase

/KAH-seh/ — because

Span

kaseta

/kah-SEH-tah/ — drawer. Source: Spanish gaveta; cajeta

Span

kasha

/KAH-shah/ — box. Source: Spanish caja

Span

kasiya

/kah-SEE-yah/ — box (on a form). Source: Spanish casilla

Span

ke

/keh/ — that; when

Span

keki

/KEH-kee/ — cake. Source: English cake; Haitian Kreyòl kèk

Span

kela

/KEH-lah/ — rest

Span

kisas

/KEE-sahs/ — probably, maybe. Source: Spanish quizás

Span

kit

/KEET/ — kit. Source: English kit

Span

kita

/KEE-tah/ — dock, deduct. Source: Spanish quitar

Span

kobra

/KOH-brah/ — charge (money). Source: Spanish cobrar

Span

kol

/KOHL/ — cold. Source: English cold

Span

kole

/KOH-leh/ — stick, glue. Source: Haitian Kreyòl kole

Span

kolektor

/koh-LEHK-tohr/ — collector. Source: Spanish colector

Span

koli

/KOH-lee/ — cool (make cool). Source: English cool

Span

kolshon

/KOHL-shohn/ — mattress. Source: Spanish colchón

Span

komando

/koh-MAHN-doh/ — command. Source: Spanish comando

Span

komiko

/koh-MEE-koh/ — comic. Source: Spanish cómico

Span

komo

/KOH-moh/ — like, as. Source: Spanish como

Span

kompara

/kohm-PAH-rah/ — compare, check against. Source: Spanish comparar

Span

kon

/KOHN/ — about, with

Span

kondu

/KOHN-doo/ — drive. Source: Spanish conducir

Span

kondutor

/kohn-DOO-tohr/ — driver. Source: Spanish conductor

Span

konsentrador

/kohn-sehn-TRAH-dohr/ — concentrator. Source: Spanish concentrador

Span

konta

/KOHN-tah/ — count. Source: Spanish contar

Span

konteo

/kohn-TEH-oh/ — count, tally. Source: Spanish conteo

Span

kontra

/KOHN-trah/ — against. Source: Spanish contra

Span

konvertidor

/kohn-vehr-TEE-dohr/ — converter. Source: Spanish convertidor

Span

koordinadora

/koh-ohr-dee-nah-DOH-rah/ — coordinator. Source: Spanish coordinadora

Span

kopia

/koh-PEE-ah/ — copy. Source: Spanish copiar

Span

koredor

/koh-REH-dohr/ — runner. Source: Spanish corredor

Span

korekto

/koh-REHK-toh/ — correct. Source: Spanish correcto

Span

korente

/koh-REHN-teh/ — current, supply. Source: Spanish corriente

Span

koreshi

/koh-REH-shee/ — correct. Source: Spanish corregir

Span

koridor

/koh-REE-dohr/ — corridor. Source: Spanish corredor

Span

koro

/KOH-roh/ — choir. Source: Spanish coro

Span

korre

/KOHR-reh/ — run. Source: Spanish correr

Span

kortesia

/kohr-teh-SEE-ah/ — courtesy. Source: Spanish cortesía

Span

kortina

/kohr-TEE-nah/ — curtain. Source: Spanish cortina

Span

kosina

/koh-SEE-nah/ — kitchen; cook. Source: Spanish cocina

Span

kosinera

/koh-see-NEH-rah/ — cook (person). Source: Spanish cocinera

Span

kosta

/KOH-stah/ — coast, sea approaches. Source: Spanish costa

Span

koste

/KOH-steh/ — cost. Source: Spanish costar

Span

kostura

/koh-STOO-rah/ — seam. Source: Spanish costura

Span

koti

/KOH-tee/ — chop, cut. Source: Spanish cortar; English cut

Span

kre

/KREH/ — think, believe. Source: Spanish creer; Haitian Kreyòl kwè

Span

kuando

/koo-AHN-doh/ — when. Source: Spanish cuando

Span

kuida

/koo-EE-dah/ — mind, look after. Source: Spanish cuidar

Span

kuidado

/koo-ee-DAH-doh/ — care; ten kuidado be careful. Source: Spanish cuidado

Span

kulpa

/KOOL-pah/ — fault. Source: Spanish culpa

Span

kurva

/KOOR-vah/ — fold, bend, curve. Source: Spanish curvar

Span

kushara

/koo-SHAH-rah/ — spoon. Source: Spanish cuchara

Span

la

/lah/ — with

Span

lado

/LAH-doh/ — side, way. Source: Spanish lado

Span

lami

/LAH-mee/ — lamp

Span

lava

/LAH-vah/ — wash. Source: Spanish lavar

Span

lavi

/LAH-vee/ — work

Span

le

/leh/ — he, she

Span

lenta

/LEHN-tah/ — slow (down). Source: Spanish lentar

Span

lento

/LEHN-toh/ — slow. Source: Spanish lento

Span

ler

/LEHR/ — at

Span

les

/LEHS/ — without

Span

lesi

/LEH-see/ — leave behind

Span

leva

/LEH-vah/ — raise. Source: Spanish levantar

Span

leye

/LEH-yeh/ — read. Source: Spanish leer

Span

libro

/LEE-broh/ — book. Source: Spanish libro

Span

lidera

/lee-DEH-rah/ — lead. Source: Spanish liderar

Span

limpia

/leem-PEE-ah/ — clean. Source: Spanish limpiar

Span

limpio

/leem-PEE-oh/ — clean. Source: Spanish limpio

Span

lini

/LEE-nee/ — line (rail line, service line). Source: English line

Span

lisa

/LEE-sah/ — lap (grind smooth). Source: Spanish alisar

Span

lista

/LEE-stah/ — list. Source: Spanish lista

Span

lo

/loh/ — from

Span

loni

/LOH-nee/ — be long

Span

losa

/LOH-sah/ — loose. Source: English loose

Span

lu

/loo/ — to (nul importa lu ai, it doesn’t matter to me)

Span

lumi

/LOO-mee/ — light

Span

ma

/mah/ — did, happened before (before a verb)

Span

maku

/MAH-koo/ — eat

Span

mal

/MAHL/ — wrong, bad. Source: Spanish mal

Span

maldisi

/mahl-DEE-see/ — swear at, curse. Source: Spanish maldecir

Span

mama

/MAH-mah/ — mother, mama. Source: Spanish mamá

Span

manda

/MAHN-dah/ — send. Source: Spanish mandar

Span

mani

/MAH-nee/ — hand

Span

mano

/MAH-noh/ — hand (handwriting). Source: Spanish mano

Span

manti

/MAHN-tee/ — lie. Source: Haitian Kreyòl manti

Span

manto

/MAHN-toh/ — coat

Span

manyana

/mahn-YAH-nah/ — morning. Source: Spanish mañana

Span

marea

/mah-REH-ah/ — tide. Source: Spanish marea

Span

marka

/MAHR-kah/ — tick, mark. Source: Spanish marcar

Span

marko

/MAHR-koh/ — frame (carrying frame). Source: Spanish marco

Span

marte

/MAHR-teh/ — Tuesday. Source: Spanish martes

Span

mas

/MAHS/ — more. Source: Spanish más

Span

masiya

/mah-SEE-yah/ — putty. Source: Spanish masilla

Span

maskina

/mah-SKEE-nah/ — machine. Source: Spanish máquina

Span

mavi

/MAH-vee/ — move

Span

medi

/MEH-dee/ — mean

Span

medianoshe

/meh-dee-ah-NOH-sheh/ — midnight. Source: Spanish medianoche

Span

medidor

/meh-DEE-dohr/ — meter. Source: Spanish medidor

Span

mekanika

/meh-kah-NEE-kah/ — mechanic. Source: Spanish mecánica

Span

meli

/MEH-lee/ — want

Span

melon

/MEH-lohn/ — melon. Source: Spanish melón

Span

menos

/MEH-nohs/ — less. Source: Spanish menos

Span

mentiroso

/mehn-tee-ROH-soh/ — liar. Source: Spanish mentiroso

Span

mer

/MEHR/ — we, us (not including you)

Span

mera

/MEH-rah/ — person

Span

meresi

/meh-REH-see/ — deserve. Source: Spanish merecer

Span

mersi

/MEHR-see/ — thanks. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mèsi

Span

mes

/MEHS/ — month. Source: Spanish mes

Span

mesa

/MEH-sah/ — table. Source: Spanish mesa

Span

miedo

/mee-EH-doh/ — fear. Source: Spanish miedo

Span

mil

/MEEL/ — thousand. Source: Spanish mil

Span

minuto

/mee-NOO-toh/ — minute. Source: Spanish minuto

Span

mira

/MEE-rah/ — look at. Source: Spanish mirar

Span

mismo

/MEES-moh/ — same. Source: Spanish mismo

Span

mita

/MEE-tah/ — half. Source: Haitian Kreyòl mwatye

Span

mizu

/MEE-zoo/ — water

Span

mor

/MOHR/ — must

Span

mori

/MOH-ree/ — friend

Span

mostra

/MOH-strah/ — show (display). Source: Spanish muestra

Span

moyi

/MOH-yee/ — be wet. Source: Spanish mojado; Haitian Kreyòl mouye

Span

muri

/MOO-ree/ — die. Source: Spanish morir

Span

musika

/moo-SEE-kah/ — music. Source: Spanish música

Span

muyer

/MOO-yehr/ — wife, woman. Source: Spanish mujer

Span

nada

/NAH-dah/ — nothing. Source: Spanish nada

Span

nai

/NYE/ — we, us (including you)

Span

nal

/NAHL/ — on

Span

nana

/NAH-nah/ — grandmother. Source: English nana

Span

nanali

/nah-NAH-lee/ — where (question)

Span

nanu

/NAH-noo/ — why

Span

nawi

/NAH-wee/ — someone, something (unknown)

Span

ne

/neh/ — no

Span

nek

/NEHK/ — (closes a phrase begun with ri, i or ke)

Span

neme

/NEH-meh/ — name

Span

nen

/NEHN/ — nine

Span

nene

/NEH-neh/ — never

Span

neri

/NEH-ree/ — leave

Span

nes

/NEHS/ — before

Span

nesa

/NEH-sah/ — before

Span

nevera

/neh-VEH-rah/ — fridge. Source: Spanish nevera

Span

nieto

/nee-EH-toh/ — grandson. Source: Spanish nieto

Span

nil

/NEEL/ — zero

Span

nilu

/NEE-loo/ — inside

Span

nimenos

/nee-MEH-nohs/ — even (not even). Source: Spanish ni menos

Span

niri

/NEE-ree/ — each other

Span

nivi

/NEE-vee/ — child

Span

nomi

/NOH-mee/ — room

Span

norawe

/noh-RAH-weh/ — night

Span

nori

/NOH-ree/ — tonight

Span

norte

/NOHR-teh/ — north. Source: Spanish norte

Span

nota

/NOH-tah/ — note. Source: Spanish nota

Span

novi

/NOH-vee/ — know

Span

nu

/noo/ — now

Span

nuda

/NOO-dah/ — today

Span

nul

/NOOL/ — not

Span

numero

/noo-MEH-roh/ — number. Source: Spanish número

Span

o

/oh/ — and

Span

obra

/OH-brah/ — play (theater). Source: Spanish obra

Span

odi

/OH-dee/ — other

Span

oferta

/oh-FEHR-tah/ — offer. Source: Spanish oferta

Span

ofisial

/oh-fee-SEE-ahl/ — officer. Source: Spanish oficial

Span

ofisina

/oh-fee-SEE-nah/ — office. Source: Spanish oficina

Span

ok

/ohk/ — eight

Span

oksido

/ohk-SEE-doh/ — rust. Source: Spanish óxido

Span

okupa

/oh-KOO-pah/ — occupy. Source: Spanish ocupar

Span

okupado

/oh-koo-PAH-doh/ — occupied. Source: Spanish ocupado

Span

olla

/OHL-lah/ — pot. Source: Spanish olla

Span

ombro

/OHM-broh/ — shoulder. Source: Portuguese ombro

Span

omre

/OHM-reh/ — man. Source: Spanish hombre

Span

onesto

/oh-NEH-stoh/ — honest. Source: Spanish honesto

Span

opinion

/oh-pee-NEE-ohn/ — opinion. Source: Spanish opinión

Span

ora

/OH-rah/ — hour

Span

orden

/OHR-dehn/ — order. Source: Spanish orden

Span

ordena

/ohr-DEH-nah/ — sort out, put in order. Source: Spanish ordenar

Span

ortokrafia

/ohr-toh-krah-FEE-ah/ — spelling. Source: Spanish ortografía

Span

ospital

/oh-SPEE-tahl/ — clinic, hospital. Source: Spanish hospital

Span

otorida

/oh-toh-REE-dah/ — authority. Source: Spanish autoridad

Span

paketi

/pah-KEH-tee/ — parcel. Source: Spanish paquete

Span

palabra

/pah-LAH-brah/ — word. Source: Spanish palabra

Span

palanka

/pah-LAHN-kah/ — lever. Source: Spanish palanca

Span

pale

/PAH-leh/ — talk. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pale

Span

pani

/PAH-nee/ — bread

Span

pantaya

/pahn-TAH-yah/ — screen. Source: Spanish pantalla

Span

papa

/PAH-pah/ — father, papa. Source: Spanish papá

Span

papel

/PAH-pehl/ — paper. Source: Spanish papel

Span

par

/PAHR/ — pair. Source: Spanish par

Span

para

/PAH-rah/ — for (para ke, so that). Source: Spanish para

Span

pardona

/pahr-DOH-nah/ — forgive. Source: Spanish perdonar

Span

pari

/PAH-ree/ — seem, look. Source: Spanish parecer

Span

paro

/PAH-roh/ — strike (work stoppage). Source: Spanish paro

Span

parte

/PAHR-teh/ — part. Source: Spanish parte

Span

pasa

/PAH-sah/ — happen. Source: Spanish pasar

Span

pasashe

/pah-SAH-sheh/ — crossing. Source: Spanish pasaje

Span

pasi

/PAH-see/ — wait

Span

patio

/pah-TEE-oh/ — yard. Source: Spanish patio

Span

pavi

/PAH-vee/ — door

Span

pedi

/PEH-dee/ — lose. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pèdi

Span

pedido

/peh-DEE-doh/ — claim, request. Source: Spanish pedido

Span

pen

/PEHN/ — five

Span

peni

/PEH-nee/ — ask

Span

peniwa

/peh-NEE-wah/ — bed

Span

pensa

/PEHN-sah/ — think, wonder. Source: Spanish pensar

Span

pension

/pehn-SEE-ohn/ — boarding house. Source: Spanish pensión

Span

perfekto

/pehr-FEHK-toh/ — perfect. Source: Spanish perfecto

Span

peri

/PEH-ree/ — dog. Source: Spanish perro

Span

pero

/PEH-roh/ — but. Source: Spanish pero

Span

pesa

/PEH-sah/ — weigh. Source: Spanish pesar

Span

peshe

/PEH-sheh/ — fish. Source: Spanish pez; Portuguese peixe

Span

peye

/PEH-yeh/ — pay. Source: Haitian Kreyòl peye

Span

pie

/PEE-eh/ — foot, feet. Source: Spanish pie

Span

pin

/PEEN/ — pin. Source: English pin

Span

pinta

/PEEN-tah/ — paint. Source: Spanish pintar

Span

pintura

/peen-TOO-rah/ — paint. Source: Spanish pintura

Span

piora

/pee-OH-rah/ — get worse. Source: Spanish empeorar; Portuguese piorar

Span

piso

/PEE-soh/ — floor, story. Source: Spanish piso

Span

poder

/POH-dehr/ — power. Source: Spanish poder

Span

polvo

/POHL-voh/ — dust. Source: Spanish polvo

Span

pon

/POHN/ — put, set down. Source: Spanish poner

Span

ponte

/POHN-teh/ — bridge. Source: Portuguese ponte

Span

por

/POHR/ — through. Source: Spanish por

Span

porfavor

/pohr-FAH-vohr/ — please. Source: Spanish por favor

Span

porsento

/pohr-SEHN-toh/ — percent. Source: Spanish por ciento

Span

porton

/POHR-tohn/ — gate. Source: Spanish portón

Span

pran

/PRAHN/ — take. Source: Haitian Kreyòl pran

Span

preokupa

/preh-oh-KOO-pah/ — worry. Source: Spanish preocupar

Span

prepara

/preh-PAH-rah/ — plan, prepare. Source: Spanish preparar

Span

presidenta

/preh-see-DEHN-tah/ — chair, president. Source: Spanish presidenta

Span

presion

/preh-SEE-ohn/ — pressure. Source: Spanish presión

Span

primero

/pree-MEH-roh/ — first. Source: Spanish primero

Span

primo

/PREE-moh/ — cousin. Source: Spanish primo

Span

priorida

/pree-oh-REE-dah/ — priority. Source: Spanish prioridad

Span

prokrama

/proh-KRAH-mah/ — program. Source: Spanish programa

Span

prometi

/proh-MEH-tee/ — offer, promise. Source: Spanish prometer

Span

prosimo

/proh-SEE-moh/ — next. Source: Spanish próximo

Span

protesta

/proh-TEH-stah/ — complain. Source: Spanish protestar

Span

proyekto

/proh-YEHK-toh/ — plan. Source: Spanish proyecto

Span

prueba

/proo-EH-bah/ — test. Source: Spanish prueba

Span

puerto

/poo-EHR-toh/ — harbor. Source: Spanish puerto

Span

pulmon

/POOL-mohn/ — lung. Source: Spanish pulmón

Span

puni

/POO-nee/ — play

Span

punto

/POON-toh/ — point. Source: Spanish punto

Span

rampa

/RAHM-pah/ — ramp. Source: Spanish rampa

Span

rason

/RAH-sohn/ — right, reason. Source: Spanish razón

Span

raya

/RAH-yah/ — hate. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rayi

Span

re

/reh/ — continue

Span

rekistra

/reh-KEE-strah/ — registration, register. Source: Spanish registrar

Span

rel

/REHL/ — I was told it (at the end of a telling)

Span

relasion

/reh-lah-SEE-ohn/ — relation. Source: Spanish relación

Span

relei

/reh-LEH-ee/ — relay. Source: English relay

Span

relevo

/reh-LEH-voh/ — relief (crew). Source: Spanish relevo

Span

ren

/REHN/ — again

Span

reporta

/reh-POHR-tah/ — report. Source: Spanish reportar

Span

resa

/REH-sah/ — pray. Source: Spanish rezar

Span

reshiya

/reh-SHEE-yah/ — grille. Source: Spanish rejilla

Span

resibi

/reh-SEE-bee/ — get, receive. Source: Spanish recibir

Span

residente

/reh-see-DEHN-teh/ — resident. Source: Spanish residente

Span

respeta

/reh-SPEH-tah/ — respect, be polite to. Source: Spanish respetar

Span

respeto

/reh-SPEH-toh/ — respect, decency. Source: Spanish respeto

Span

respira

/reh-SPEE-rah/ — breathe. Source: Spanish respirar

Span

reti

/REH-tee/ — stay

Span

retoma

/reh-TOH-mah/ — take back. Source: Spanish retomar

Span

revi

/REH-vee/ — go back (to a place)

Span

ri

/ree/ — who, which, that

Span

ril

/REEL/ — rail. Source: English rail

Span

rio

/REE-oh/ — river. Source: Spanish río

Span

riso

/REE-soh/ — laugh (noun). Source: Spanish risa; Portuguese riso

Span

rive

/REE-veh/ — get to, arrive. Source: Haitian Kreyòl rive

Span

riye

/REE-yeh/ — laugh. Source: Spanish reír

Span

ro

/roh/ — usually

Span

robalo

/roh-BAH-loh/ — bass (fish). Source: Spanish robalo

Span

rodiya

/roh-DEE-yah/ — knee. Source: Spanish rodilla

Span

roketa

/roh-KEH-tah/ — flare, rocket. Source: English rocket

Span

rompi

/ROHM-pee/ — break. Source: Spanish romper

Span

roshi

/ROH-shee/ — red. Source: Spanish rojo

Span

ru

/roo/ — is doing, going on (before a verb)

Span

ruma

/ROO-mah/ — repair

Span

ruta

/ROO-tah/ — route. Source: Spanish ruta

Span

saka

/SAH-kah/ — sack. Source: Spanish saco

Span

sala

/SAH-lah/ — hall. Source: Spanish sala

Span

sale

/SAH-leh/ — go (wrong), turn out. Source: Spanish salir

Span

sali

/SAH-lee/ — stairs

Span

salta

/SAHL-tah/ — skip, bypass. Source: Spanish saltar

Span

sava

/SAH-vah/ — thing, matter

Span

se

/seh/ — if

Span

sebol

/SEH-bohl/ — onion. Source: Spanish cebolla

Span

sekadora

/seh-kah-DOH-rah/ — dryer. Source: Spanish secadora

Span

seko

/SEH-koh/ — dry. Source: Spanish seco

Span

seksion

/sehk-SEE-ohn/ — section. Source: Spanish sección

Span

sekundo

/seh-KOON-doh/ — second. Source: Spanish segundo

Span

sekuro

/seh-KOO-roh/ — safe. Source: Spanish seguro

Span

sel

/SEHL/ — may, be allowed to

Span

selawe

/seh-LAH-weh/ — there

Span

semana

/seh-MAH-nah/ — week. Source: Spanish semana

Span

sen

/SEHN/ — hundred

Span

senal

/SEH-nahl/ — signal. Source: Spanish señal

Span

senta

/SEHN-tah/ — sit. Source: Spanish sentar

Span

senu

/SEH-noo/ — here

Span

ser

/SEHR/ — seven

Span

sera

/SEH-rah/ — lock, close. Source: Spanish cerrar

Span

serado

/seh-RAH-doh/ — closed. Source: Spanish cerrado

Span

serka

/SEHR-kah/ — near. Source: Spanish cerca

Span

servisio

/sehr-vee-SEE-oh/ — service. Source: Spanish servicio

Span

ses

/SEHS/ — six

Span

sesion

/seh-SEE-ohn/ — season. Source: Spanish sesión

Span

sesta

/SEH-stah/ — sixth. Source: Spanish sexta

Span

seyo

/SEH-yoh/ — seal. Source: Spanish sello

Span

shapa

/SHAH-pah/ — plate (Guardian’s wrist plate). Source: Spanish chapa

Span

shasa

/SHAH-sah/ — hunt. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chase; Louisiana French chasser

Span

sheti

/SHEH-tee/ — tea

Span

sho

/SHOH/ — show (the comic show). Source: English show

Span

sielo

/see-EH-loh/ — sky (tiempo de sielo, weather). Source: Spanish cielo

Span

siempre

/see-EHM-preh/ — always. Source: Spanish siempre

Span

sike

/SEE-keh/ — whether

Span

sili

/SEE-lee/ — be small

Span

sinturon

/seen-TOO-rohn/ — belt. Source: Spanish cinturón

Span

sirkuito

/seer-koo-EE-toh/ — circuit. Source: Spanish circuito

Span

sistema

/see-STEH-mah/ — interlocking, the signal system. Source: Spanish sistema

Span

sitio

/see-TEE-oh/ — place. Source: Spanish sitio

Span

siuda

/see-OO-dah/ — city. Source: Spanish ciudad

Span

sivika

/see-VEE-kah/ — civic. Source: Spanish cívica

Span

sola

/SOH-lah/ — only, sole. Source: Spanish sola

Span

sombrero

/sohm-BREH-roh/ — hat. Source: Spanish sombrero

Span

son

/SOHN/ — sound (noun). Source: Spanish son

Span

sona

/SOH-nah/ — sound. Source: Spanish sonar

Span

sopa

/SOH-pah/ — soup. Source: Spanish sopa

Span

suavi

/soo-AH-vee/ — soft. Source: Spanish suave

Span

subi

/SOO-bee/ — climb. Source: Spanish subir

Span

sueldo

/soo-EHL-doh/ — pay, wages. Source: Spanish sueldo

Span

suerte

/soo-EHR-teh/ — luck. Source: Spanish suerte

Span

suni

/SOO-nee/ — sleep

Span

supone

/soo-POH-neh/ — suppose. Source: Spanish suponer

Span

susio

/soo-SEE-oh/ — filthy, dirty. Source: Spanish sucio

Span

taba

/TAH-bah/ — tab. Source: English tab

Span

tabra

/TAH-brah/ — board (circuit board). Source: Spanish tabla (dialectal r)

Span

tali

/TAH-lee/ — cloth

Span

tama

/TAH-mah/ — thing

Span

tambien

/tahm-BEE-ehn/ — too, also. Source: Spanish también

Span

tambor

/TAHM-bohr/ — drum. Source: Spanish tambor

Span

tan

/TAHN/ — so, very. Source: Spanish tan

Span

tanke

/TAHN-keh/ — tank. Source: Spanish tanque

Span

tapa

/TAH-pah/ — clog, block. Source: Spanish tapar

Span

tarde

/TAHR-deh/ — afternoon. Source: Spanish tarde

Span

tarifa

/tah-REE-fah/ — fee. Source: Spanish tarifa

Span

tasa

/TAH-sah/ — teacup, cup. Source: Spanish taza

Span

tasha

/TAH-shah/ — cross out. Source: Spanish tachar

Span

telefono

/teh-leh-FOH-noh/ — handset. Source: Spanish teléfono

Span

teli

/TEH-lee/ — touch

Span

tema

/TEH-mah/ — theme (song). Source: Spanish tema

Span

temwen

/TEHM-wehn/ — witness. Source: Haitian Kreyòl temwen

Span

ten

/TEHN/ — have. Source: Spanish tener

Span

teni

/TEH-nee/ — hold. Source: Spanish tener

Span

tera

/TEH-rah/ — ground, earth. Source: Spanish tierra

Span

terminal

/tehr-MEE-nahl/ — terminal. Source: English terminal

Span

tersera

/tehr-SEH-rah/ — third. Source: Spanish tercera

Span

teto

/TEH-toh/ — roof. Source: Spanish techo; Portuguese teto

Span

tia

/TEE-ah/ — aunt. Source: Spanish tía

Span

tiempo

/tee-EHM-poh/ — time. Source: Spanish tiempo

Span

tiket

/TEE-keht/ — ticket. Source: English ticket

Span

tio

/TEE-oh/ — sir (respectful address to an older man). Source: Spanish tío

Span

tipo

/TEE-poh/ — kind, type. Source: Spanish tipo

Span

tira

/TEE-rah/ — shoot, fire. Source: Spanish tirar

Span

tisa

/TEE-sah/ — chalk. Source: Spanish tiza

Span

todo

/TOH-doh/ — all, whole. Source: Spanish todo

Span

toke

/TOH-keh/ — tapping, knock. Source: Spanish toque

Span

ton

/TOHN/ — ton. Source: Spanish tonelada

Span

tono

/TOH-noh/ — the tone. Source: Spanish tono

Span

tonta

/TOHN-tah/ — stupid. Source: Spanish tonta

Span

topa

/TOH-pah/ — find. Source: Spanish topar

Span

tore

/TOH-reh/ — tower. Source: Spanish torre

Span

tormenta

/tohr-MEHN-tah/ — storm. Source: Spanish tormenta

Span

tranpondor

/trahn-POHN-dohr/ — transponder. Source: English transponder

Span

trasferensia

/trahs-feh-rehn-SEE-ah/ — transfer. Source: Spanish transferencia

Span

trata

/TRAH-tah/ — try. Source: Spanish tratar

Span

trato

/TRAH-toh/ — trade, deal. Source: Spanish trato

Span

tri

/TREE/ — three

Span

tropesa

/troh-PEH-sah/ — trip, stumble. Source: Spanish tropezar

Span

tu

/too/ — you (one person)

Span

tubo

/TOO-boh/ — shaft, pipe. Source: Spanish tubo

Span

tui

/TOO-ee/ — you (more than one)

Span

tumba

/TOOM-bah/ — grave. Source: Spanish tumba

Span

tunel

/TOO-nehl/ — tunnel. Source: Spanish túnel

Span

turno

/TOOR-noh/ — shift. Source: Spanish turno

Span

ueko

/oo-EH-koh/ — hole. Source: Spanish hueco

Span

ultima

/ool-TEE-mah/ — last. Source: Spanish última

Span

ultimo

/ool-TEE-moh/ — last. Source: Spanish último

Span

unida

/oo-NEE-dah/ — unit. Source: Spanish unidad

Span

uniforme

/oo-nee-FOHR-meh/ — uniform. Source: Spanish uniforme

Span

urna

/OOR-nah/ — urn. Source: Spanish urna

Span

usa

/OO-sah/ — use. Source: Spanish usar

Span

vakon

/VAH-kohn/ — wagon. Source: Spanish vagón

Span

vale

/VAH-leh/ — be worth. Source: Spanish valer

Span

vedi

/VEH-dee/ — choose

Span

vel

/VEHL/ — might

Span

vende

/VEHN-deh/ — sell. Source: Spanish vender

Span

veni

/VEH-nee/ — come

Span

verano

/veh-RAH-noh/ — summer. Source: Spanish verano

Span

verde

/VEHR-deh/ — green. Source: Spanish verde

Span

verifika

/veh-ree-FEE-kah/ — verification. Source: Spanish verificar

Span

version

/vehr-SEE-ohn/ — version. Source: Spanish versión

Span

ves

/VEHS/ — time (occasion). Source: Spanish vez

Span

vesh

/VEHSH/ — I worked it out (at the end of a telling)

Span

vida

/VEE-dah/ — life. Source: Spanish vida

Span

vidi

/VEE-dee/ — see

Span

vitorea

/vee-toh-REH-ah/ — cheer. Source: Spanish vitorear

Span

vivi

/VEE-vee/ — be alive, live. Source: Spanish vivir

Span

vivienda

/vee-vee-EHN-dah/ — housing. Source: Spanish vivienda

Span

viye

/VEE-yeh/ — old. Source: Haitian Kreyòl vye

Span

vo

/voh/ — will happen, later (before a verb)

Span

voli

/VOH-lee/ — love

Span

vora

/VOH-rah/ — undertake

Span

vori

/VOH-ree/ — song

Span

vos

/VOHS/ — voice. Source: Spanish voz

Span

wor

/WOHR/ — war. Source: English war

Span

ya

/yah/ — already. Source: Spanish ya

Span

yamada

/yah-MAH-dah/ — call (on a line). Source: Spanish llamada

Span

ye

/yeh/ — yes

Span

yeni

/YEH-nee/ — hear

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yente

/YEHN-teh/ — people. Source: Spanish gente

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yera

/YEH-rah/ — year. Source: English year

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yori

/YOH-ree/ — tomorrow

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abi

/AH-bee/ — still. Source: Hindi-Urdu abhi

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agla

/AH-glah/ — next. Source: Hindi-Urdu agla

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ama

/AH-mah/ — parent

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an

/ahn/ — I, me

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ana

/AH-nah/ — we, us (not you)

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anguli

/AHN-goo-lee/ — finger. Source: Hindi-Urdu ungli

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ata

/AH-tah/ — one

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avaza

/AH-vah-zah/ — voice. Source: Hindi-Urdu aavaaz

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badal

/BAH-dahl/ — change. Source: Hindi-Urdu badal

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baito

/BAH-ee-toh/ — sit (command). Source: Hindi-Urdu baitho

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bandi

/BAHN-dee/ — closed. Source: Hindi-Urdu band

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barba

/BAHR-bah/ — burr. Source: Portuguese rebarba

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bati

/BAH-tee/ — build. Source: Haitian Kreyòl bati

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ben

/BEHN/ — well (as in well, then). Source: Portuguese bem

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bi

/bee/ — two

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bol

/BOHL/ — word. Source: Hindi-Urdu bol

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bomba

/BOHM-bah/ — pump. Source: Portuguese bomba

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bor

/BOHR/ — board. Source: English board

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but

/BOOT/ — boot. Source: English boot

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da

/dah/ — did (the past)

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daraza

/DAH-rah-zah/ — drawer. Source: Hindi-Urdu daraz

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deko

/DEH-koh/ — look. Source: Hindi-Urdu dekho

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den

/DEHN/ — then

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der

/DEHR/ — late. Source: Hindi-Urdu der

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des

/DEHS/ — ten

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di

/dee/ — this

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dina

/DEE-nah/ — day

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dona

/DOH-nah/ — give. Source: Portuguese doar

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doni

/DOH-nee/ — answer

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dori

/DOH-ree/ — say

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du

/doo/ — due (the next job, in the record voice). Source: the yard record register du

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dur

/DOOR/ — far. Source: Hindi-Urdu dur

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e

/eh/ — is, are

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ekipa

/EH-kee-pah/ — crew. Source: Portuguese equipa

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en

/ehn/ — doing, in progress

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feni

/FEH-nee/ — make

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finish

/FEE-neesh/ — finish (of a surface). Source: English finish

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fit

/FEET/ — fit (a part). Source: the yard record register fit

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geli

/GEH-lee/ — be good

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gini

/GEE-nee/ — count. Source: Hindi-Urdu gin-

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go

/goh/ — will

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guru

/GOO-roo/ — teacher. Source: Hindi-Urdu guru

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har

/HAHR/ — every. Source: Hindi-Urdu har

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i

/ee/ — he, she, it

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imi

/EE-mee/ — child

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ine

/EE-neh/ — they

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ka

/kah/ — can, be able to

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kaba

/KAH-bah/ — cabinet, box. Source: the yard record register kaba

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kagofis

/KAH-goh-fees/ — freight office. Source: English cargo office

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kagokoman

/KAH-goh-koh-mahn/ — freight command. Source: English cargo command

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kami

/KAH-mee/ — useful. Source: Hindi-Urdu kaam + -i

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karb

/KAHRB/ — carbon. Source: the yard record register karb

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kari

/KAH-ree/ — carry

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karo

/KAH-roh/ — car (rail car). Source: the yard record register karo

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kase

/KAH-seh/ — because

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kavi

/KAH-vee/ — take

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ke

/keh/ — (marks the thing acted on; it follows that thing)

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keki

/KEH-kee/ — cake. Source: English cake

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kilometa

/KEE-loh-meh-tah/ — kilometer. Source: English kilometre

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kiu

/KEE-oo/ — queue. Source: English queue

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kot

/KOHT/ — coat. Source: English coat

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kros-trak

/KROHS TRAHK/ — crossed, contested (of where a thing came from); what else is on the track? Source: English cross track

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kuata

/KOO-ah-tah/ — quarter (hour). Source: English quarter

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kudi

/KOO-dee/ — jump. Source: Hindi-Urdu kood

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kula

/KOO-lah/ — open. Source: Hindi-Urdu khul-

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kus

/KOOS/ — something. Source: Hindi-Urdu kuch

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kut

/KOOT/ — separated, cut (condition). Source: English cut

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la

/lah/ — with

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lado

/LAH-doh/ — side. Source: Spanish lado

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lage

/LAH-geh/ — seem. Source: Hindi-Urdu lag-

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lavi

/LAH-vee/ — work

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le

/leh/ — at

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lever

/LEH-vehr/ — lever. Source: English lever

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li

/lee/ — to

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likhi

/LEE-khee/ — write. Source: Hindi-Urdu likh-

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lo

/loh/ — from

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lu

/loo/ — more than one

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mai

/MAH-ee/ — might

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maniwa

/MAH-nee-wah/ — hand

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mara

/MAH-rah/ — the greater part, most

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mari

/MAH-ree/ — die. Source: Hindi-Urdu mar-

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mata

/MAH-tah/ — all, only (that is all)

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mavi

/MAH-vee/ — move

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meli

/MEH-lee/ — want

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mendak

/MEHN-dahk/ — frog. Source: Bengali bang; Hindi-Urdu mendhak

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mera

/MEH-rah/ — person

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mes

/MEHS/ — month. Source: Portuguese mês

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mili

/MEE-lee/ — meet. Source: Hindi-Urdu mil-

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mona

/MOH-nah/ — money

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muka

/MOO-kah/ — face. Source: Hindi-Urdu mukh

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nafarat

/NAH-fah-raht/ — hate. Source: Hindi-Urdu nafrat

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nal

/NAHL/ — on

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namak

/NAH-mahk/ — salt. Source: Hindi-Urdu namak

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nani

/NAH-nee/ — gran, grandmother. Source: Hindi-Urdu nani

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nem

/NEHM/ — (closes a clause begun with kase)

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neme

/NEH-meh/ — name

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nen

/NEHN/ — nine

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nena

/NEH-nah/ — never

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neri

/NEH-ree/ — leave

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nes

/NEHS/ — under

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ni

/nee/ — of, ’s

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nil

/NEEL/ — inside

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nisan

/NEE-sahn/ — mark. Source: Hindi-Urdu nishan

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no

/noh/ — not

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no-ope

/noh OH-peh/ — no permission, not to be opened. Source: English no open

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noka

/NOH-kah/ — night

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novi

/NOH-vee/ — know

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nu

/noo/ — now

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nul

/NOOL/ — zero

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numa

/NOO-mah/ — home

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odi

/OH-dee/ — other

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ok

/ohk/ — eight

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pa

/pah/ — may, be allowed to

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padi

/PAH-dee/ — read. Source: Hindi-Urdu padh-

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pasa

/PAH-sah/ — happen, pass. Source: Portuguese passar

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patra

/PAH-trah/ — letter. Source: Hindi-Urdu patra

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peni

/PEH-nee/ — ask

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pensil

/PEHN-seel/ — pencil. Source: English pencil

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pidi

/PEE-dee/ — generation. Source: Hindi-Urdu pidhi

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pin

/PEEN/ — pin. Source: English pin

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posta

/POH-stah/ — poster. Source: Portuguese poster; cartaz

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prenta

/PREHN-tah/ — printer. Source: English printer

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purana

/POO-rah-nah/ — old. Source: Hindi-Urdu purana

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ra

/rah/ — who, which, that

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rako

/RAH-koh/ — keep, hold. Source: Hindi-Urdu rakh-

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rel

/REHL/ — train. Source: Hindi-Urdu rel (railway)

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ren

/REHN/ — again

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res

/REHS/ — rest, suspend (the next job, in the record voice). Source: English rest

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reti

/REH-tee/ — stay

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saba

/SAH-bah/ — all. Source: Hindi-Urdu sab

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sahi

/SAH-hee/ — right, correct. Source: Hindi-Urdu sahi

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sal

/SAHL/ — year. Source: Hindi-Urdu sal

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sardi

/SAHR-dee/ — winter. Source: Hindi-Urdu sardi

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savadan

/SAH-vah-dahn/ — careful. Source: Hindi-Urdu savdhan

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savari

/SAH-vah-ree/ — ride. Source: Hindi-Urdu savari

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savi

/SAH-vee/ — sing

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se

/seh/ — if

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sekshon

/SEHK-shohn/ — section. Source: English section

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sela

/SEH-lah/ — there

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sen

/SEHN/ — hundred

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set

/SEHT/ — seven; set, paired assembly (yard shorthand)

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sha

/SHAH/ — (ends a yes-or-no question)

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sheka

/SHEH-kah/ — check. Source: English check

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sida

/SEE-dah/ — sit. Source: Haitian Kreyòl chita

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silai

/SEE-lah-ee/ — seam. Source: Hindi-Urdu silai

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sirsak

/SEER-sahk/ — headline. Source: Hindi-Urdu shirshak

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soshi

/SOH-shee/ — think. Source: Hindi-Urdu soch

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susti

/SOO-stee/ — sloppy. Source: Hindi-Urdu susti

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suwish

/SOO-weesh/ — points (rail switch). Source: English switch, borrowed into Hindi rail speech as svich

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tair

/TAH-eer/ — swim. Source: Hindi-Urdu tair-

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tak

/TAHK/ — until. Source: Hindi-Urdu tak

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tala

/TAH-lah/ — lock. Source: Hindi-Urdu tala

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tama

/TAH-mah/ — thing

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tavi

/TAH-vee/ — repair

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teni

/TEH-nee/ — hold. Source: Spanish tener

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tezi

/TEH-zee/ — fast. Source: Hindi-Urdu tez

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tiket

/TEE-keht/ — ticket. Source: English ticket

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tima

/TEE-mah/ — time (tima kut, time out)

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to

/toh/ — must

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trak

/TRAHK/ — where it came from (record voice)

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tri

/TREE/ — three

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un

/oon/ — you (one person)

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uza

/OO-zah/ — use. Source: Portuguese usar

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vedi

/VEH-dee/ — choose

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veni

/VEH-nee/ — come

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vi

/vee/ — that (as in said that)

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vidi

/VEE-dee/ — see

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wan

/WAHN/ — and

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wena

/WEH-nah/ — what

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weni

/WEH-nee/ — who

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wenila

/WEH-nee-lah/ — how long

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wenu

/WEH-noo/ — why

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wet

/WEHT/ — wet (record condition). Source: English wet

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yena

/YEH-nah/ — just

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yunit

/YOO-neet/ — unit. Source: English unit

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zamin

/ZAH-meen/ — ground. Source: Hindi-Urdu zamin

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zu

/zoo/ — very