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Lis Gwid Savan 5x5
Sé lèt la (t m an ng ay, w ou l é ch, d i s t a, b an m è en, k g an y l)
Kwéyòl | English |
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a tè | down (ground), floor |
abiman | clothing |
abitwé | accustomed |
abliman | clothing |
abondans | abundance |
aché | to look for |
achté | to buy |
adan | inside, some |
adilté | adultery |
adwès | address |
agouman | spinach |
agwéman | agreement |
agwéyab | agreeable |
akouché | give birth |
aksan | accent |
aksidan | accident |
alantou* | all around |
alyans | wedding rings |
an chay | a lot |
an dèy | in mourning |
anba | below, under, sly |
anlè | above |
anmèwdé | annoyed |
ansent | pregnant |
ansyen | ancient |
antanmé | meddle with |
antansyon | attention |
Antiyè | West Indies |
antwé | enter |
antyè | whole |
anyen | nothing |
asou | on, off, about |
avan | before |
ay, alé | go |
ayèl | ancestor |
ba, ban, bay | to give |
bag | ring |
bagay | something |
balan | the balance |
balansé | to balance |
balawou | a small fish |
balkon | balcony |
balyé | broom |
batistè | birth certificate |
bèt | bug, animal, stupid |
bileng | bilingual |
bita | together, neck & neck |
blag | joke |
blan | white |
blanchi | whitening |
bon mès | good manners |
bonda | buttocks |
Bondyè | God |
bonm | bucket |
bonmaché | cheap |
bonmaten | morning |
bouch | mouth |
bouden | belly |
bouden | black pudding |
boukanté | to exchange |
bouklé (n) | buckle |
boutèy | bottle |
boutik | shop |
bouton | spots |
bouwi | boil, cook |
bouwik | donkey |
bouyon | soup |
bwason (n) | grog |
bwè (v) | drink |
bwilé | burn, burnt |
byen | well |
chaben | light skin Negro male |
chabin | light skin Negro female |
chak | each |
chaken | each |
chal boutèy | kerosine torch |
chanté | sing/song |
chantè | singer |
chasé | hunt |
chat | cat |
chatou | octopus |
chatwiyé | tickle |
chawité | charity |
chay | load |
chayé | to carry |
chèbon | coal |
chik | hookworms |
chimen | road |
chyen | dog |
dachin | dasheen |
danm | female dancing partner |
danma | dasheen |
dans (n), | dance |
dansè (n), | dancer |
dat | date |
déba | debate, argument |
débwayé | dishevelled |
débwiyé | strive |
déchiwé | rip, tear |
démanti | deny, refute |
densé (v) | dance |
détay | detail |
di lè | often |
di | say, hard |
Dimanch | Sunday |
dis | ten |
disèt | seventeen |
distwé | destroy |
dité | tea, breakfast |
diten | thyme |
diwan | during |
dou | sweet |
doulè | pain |
dousè | sweetness |
dousi | sweeten |
dwa | right, sheet |
dwé | ought to, owe |
dwèt | right, finger |
dwétèt | perhaps |
dwi | often |
èdiké* | educate |
èksité | excite |
endé | help |
endiké | educate |
endiskwé | forward |
engwa | ungrateful |
enmab | friendly |
ensit, ensilt* | insult (n) |
ensulté | to insult |
èstan | instant |
èta | storey |
étid (n) | study |
étwèt | narrow |
gadé | look |
galé | skin marked up by sores or bites |
gan | glove |
ganm | figure, body |
gany | group |
ganyen | win, conquer |
gason | boy |
gaté | spoil |
gou | taste |
goudon | tar |
gouté | to taste |
gwandi | enlarge |
gwat | grater/scrapper |
gwaté | scratch |
gwatèl | itch |
gwaten | stewed green papaya |
gwès | grease |
gwi | grey |
gwiyé | grill |
gwiyen | grin |
ich | child, offspring |
ilèksyon | election |
ilèkté | elect |
kabwit | rabbit |
kalé | peel |
kalité | kind, type |
kalson | underpants (m) |
kandi | harden, curdled |
kanmad | bow-legged |
kanp | camp |
kantité | amount |
kasé | break/broke |
Kastwi | Castries |
kat | four |
katin | black widow spider |
katyé | a quarter |
katyenm | fourth |
Kawenm | dry season |
kawton | cardboard |
kay | house, hut, scales, reef |
kay, ké* | will, |
kayé | clot |
kimoun* ki moun | who, whose |
kité | to leave, to allow |
klèté, klétè | light |
kliyen | client |
klou | nail |
klouwé | to nail |
kon sa, konsa* | like this, so |
konblé | to crowd |
kondwi | to rule, to control |
kondwit | rule |
konmandé | command |
konmès | mess |
konmi | commit |
konmik | amusing |
konmsi | as if |
konsèy | advice |
konsilté | consult |
kontan | happy |
kontwayé | troubled upset |
konyen | knock |
kouch | bed |
kouché | to lie down |
koud | sew |
Koudbwa, koutbwa | elbow |
koudmen | a help, project |
kouman | how |
koumandé | command |
koumansé | start |
kouson | watercress |
kouté | listen |
kouti | sewing |
koutimé* | accustomed to |
kouway | strength, force |
kouyon | foolish |
kouyontwi | foolishness |
kwaché | to spit |
Kwayib | Carib |
kwèch | creche, nursery |
kwédi | credit |
kwèm | cream |
kwen | corner |
kwèsyon | question |
kwéyans | pride |
kwéyati | creation |
kwi | cry, raw |
kwim | crime |
kwis | crucifix |
Kwityen | Christian |
kwiyé | call |
labou | mud |
labouwè | labourer |
labouwé | to root |
lachè | flesh, bow of violin |
laché | to release |
ladwès | skill |
lakay | home |
lakoutim | as usual |
lam | soul |
lanm | wave (sea), blade |
lanmè | sea |
lanmou | love |
lanng | tongue, language |
las | tired |
Lasé | laces (shoe) |
Laswè | sweat |
lawi | street |
lawout | way, route |
lé swè, | evening |
lè | when, time |
lélmi | enemy |
Lendi | Monday |
lèt | milk, letter |
léta | condition |
létan | lake |
li swè | evening |
lis adj, (n) | smooth, list |
lison | lesson |
lonbwi | umbilical cord |
m’a (mwen pa) | I am not |
ma | pond |
madanm | wife, lady, woman |
Madi | Tuesday |
magwé | though |
malè | misfortune |
malenng | ulcer |
manmay | child, children |
manng | mangrove |
mantè | liar |
manti | to lie |
manyen | touch |
matwité | mature |
matyè | pus |
mawi | husband |
mayé | marry |
maygwen | mosquito |
mèl | honey |
mèsi | thank you |
mèt | boss |
mil | thousand |
misyé | mister, man |
miwè | mirror |
miyèt | crumbs |
mouch | flies |
mouchwè | handkerchief |
mouli | shavings (wood) |
moulon | watermelon |
mouton | goat |
mwèl | marrow |
mwen | me/my/mine |
mwenk | nothing, not a word |
mwens | fewer |
myèl | bee |
Ng’a (mwen ka) | I am |
ng’ay (mwen kay) | I will |
sakwé | dammed |
salè | salary |
sanblé | assemble |
santi | feel, smell |
sé | is/are, pluralizer |
sè | sister |
sèk | dry |
sèl | salt, only one |
sèlman | only, alone |
sèman | oath |
senk | five |
senkè, | five o’clock |
senmityè | cemetery |
sèt | seven |
sétè | seven o'clock |
séten | certain |
sètyenm | seventh |
si | if |
sik | sugar |
simen | spread |
simyé | instead |
sonm | solemn, sad |
sonmèy | sleep |
soulyé | shoes |
souwi | smile, mouse |
swa | silk |
syèl | sky, heaven |
tab | table |
taché | stain |
talan | talent |
talè | soon |
talon | heel |
tanglé | to choke |
tè | earth, ground |
té | was/were |
tèlman | very |
témwen | witness |
tèson | coal pot |
tèt | head |
tiyé | remove |
tiyèl | medicine plant |
tiyèta | theatre |
toudi | dizzy |
toulé dé | both, every other |
toulé | every |
toulédé* | both |
tousé | cough |
tousèl | only |
twa | three |
twanblé | tremble |
twanglé | to choke |
twayi | betray |
twou, tou | hole |
wak | tasteless |
wan | row |
wasi | stale |
wébèl | rebel |
wi | yes, laugh |
wim | a cold |
wimaké | remark |
Wonm | rum |
woulé | roll |
wousi | stew |
yan | one |
yanm | yam |
yè | yesterday |
ywit | eight |
ywitè | eight o’clock |
wimen | stir, dance |
wimèd | medicine |
sé mo* | Donmnik |