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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |