Everyday words

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Kwéyòl	Meaning	Type
lanmou	love (personal, romantic); a term of address for a lover	Word
kajou	cedar	Word
chè	dear	Word
louwa	kings	Word
éwitaj	heritage	Word
kochi	crooked	Word
wévé	to dream	Word
fwi	to fry	Word
wivé	arrive, return	Word
pòté	carry	Word
ouvè	to open	Word
kout	short	Word
volé	to fly	Word
jwenn	to join	Word
otan	as many, as much	Word
gòlèt	schooner; Cr. also a long pole	Word
gan	glove	Word
panyen	basket	Word
mango	mangoes	Word
lajòl	jail	Word
pè	to fear, to dread	Word
abitwé	to accustom	Word
jenn	young	Word
chòdyè	iron pot, copper	Word
vil	town	Word
sizo	scissors	Word
zanmi	friends	Word
jalou	jealous	Word
pwan	take	Word
kouwi	run	Word
balyé	broom	Word
bawi	barrel	Word
diwé	lasted	Word
toujou	always, still	Word
domi	to sleep	Word
lòjé	to lodge	Word
fen	hunger	Word
mapou	a worthless wood	Word
mont	a watch	Word
dwa	cloth, sheet, etc.	Word
jiwé	to curse, to abuse	Word
pito	sooner, rather	Word
savon	soap	Word
pwi	price	Word
chef	leader	Word
jalou	to envy, be jealous of	Word
fwoté	to rub, to massage	Word
mizik	music	Word
sèvèl	brain	Word
fimèl	female (prefixed to form the feminine)	Word
kontan	glad, happy; to like	Word
wido	curtain	Word
bat	beat	Word
misyé	mister	Word
chès	dry (not wet)	Word
blan	white	Word
apwoché	approach	Word
apa	apart, separately	Word
kouzin	cousin	Word
kouté	listen	Word
kasé	to break	Word
yè	yesterday	Word
légliz	Church	Word
gwi	grey	Word
mélé	tangled	Word
difé	fire	Word
chan	song	Word
étwèt	narrow	Word
jouk	yoke	Word
fini	finish	Word
kwévé	to burst	Word
lawi	street	Word
pyès	at all	Word
makak	monkeys	Word
hive	fight	Word
wichès	Opulence; wealth	Word
vit	quick, quickly	Word
pwé	near	Word
bèl	beautiful, pretty, nice	Word
wozè	rosary	Word
Di	tell, say	Word
kontwé	meet	Word
kontiné	continue	Word
tonbé	to fall	Word
apivwazé	to tame, to polish, &c.	Word
gwan	great, big	Word
simyé	to prefer	Word
pwatik	practice, Cr. also customer	Word
janmen	never	Word
pon	bridge	Word
sitou	especially	Word
mò	to die	Word
mawé	tie	Word
kon	like, as	Word
zèb	grass	Word
moutwé	to show	Word
maléwé	indigent, very poor	Word
Anglé	English	Word
asiz	sit	Word
sèk	dry, crisp, curt	Word
bwaslé	bracelets	Word
fòsé	to force	Word
fè	to make; to do	Word
nègwès	negress	Word
cho	hot	Word
bann	band (used to express "crowd," or "multitude," before the noun)	Word
anmitan	In the center, middle	Word
Opyay	a village in St. Lucia	Word
kòk	cock	Word
dézi	desire, wish	Word
souwi	smile	Word
madanm	lady, madam	Word
kéchòy	something	Word
kwabyé	heron	Word
twadisyonnèl	traditional, folk	Word
zasyèt	plate	Word
klas	class, grade	Word
dimann	request	Word
apèsivwè	to perceive	Word
ti	little	Word
flè	flower	Word
vlé	want	Word
chalè	heat	Word
dwi	often	Word
Vini	come	Word
dandan	dress	Word
achté	to buy	Word
diven	wine	Word
bout	end, cigar	Word
boukan	a hurdle for smoking meats (a smoking rack)	Word
pwéson	fish	Word
wépons	answer	Word
dèwò	outside	Word
sè	sister	Word
déja	already	Word
chaché	to seek	Word
kalfou	hut, hole, obscure corner	Word
ni	once	Word
goché	left-handed, awkward	Word
fo	false	Word
ajounou	to kneel	Word
kouzen	cousin	Word
konnèt	to know	Word
pan	tin	Word
chouval	horse	Word
had	clothes	Word
makak	Monkey	Word
pitèt	perhaps	Word
papyé	paper	Word
simen	to scatter abroad	Word
konmès	mess, confusion; also (id.) commerce, traffic	Word
jinis	heifer	Word
mété	put	Word
véyé	to watch	Word
sèpan	snake	Word
lagwas	grace	Word
zwill	razor blade	Word
ankò	again	Word
wifizé	to refuse	Word
zépon	spur	Word
Gwo	large, big	Word
anpil	many, much	Word
zalimèt	matches	Word
tèt	head	Word
twavay-li	his work	Word
jalou	to envy, to be jealous of	Word
tòb	tub	Word
sòti	exit, come out, go out, leave	Word
ofè	to offer	Word
manyen	to handle	Word
wimen	to stir	Word
dansé	dance	Word
fèb	weak	Word
kwazé	to crush, to destroy	Word
akoupi	to stoop or squat	Word
chanté	sing, chant	Word
pé	may (denoting permission)	Word
kawenm	dry season	Word
avanzyè	day before yesterday	Word
fonn	to melt	Word
wouj	red	Word
kapon	a coward	Word
wich	rich	Word
blanmé	to blame	Word
vèt	green	Word
boutèy	bottle	Word
fò	strong	Word
lwilbwé	pitch oil	Word
vwé	true	Word
jibyé	bird	Word
mandé	ask	Word
twò	too, too much	Word
méwité	to deserve	Word
vidé	to pour out	Word
pwézon	poison	Word
atiké	items, articles	Word
kabwit	goat	Word
jounou	knee	Word
konnet	know	Word
pantouf	slipper	Word
chis	stingy	Word
Tjenbé	hold on to	Word
touvé	look for, find	Word
denmi	to sprain	Word
fèyèt	page	Word
janbon	ham	Word
zèl	wing	Word
byen	well	Word
kacho	hide/lock up	Word
kabann	bed	Word
Sa	that	Word
wisivwè	to receive	Word
lonjé	stretch, extended	Word
denye	last	Word
koton	cotton	Word
fouchèt	fork	Word
nen	nose	Word
jòn	yellow	Word
wasin	root	Word
kwiz	a fit, hysterics	Word
kanmawad	friend	Word
twavay	work	Word
lékòl	School	Word
fwèt	cold	Word
fouté	to strike, beat; cast down violently; give in a rude manner	Word
kay	house, residence	Word
pousé	to push	Word
gaté	to spoil	Word
kité	leave	Word
bèk	beak	Word
kwèsyon	question	Word
gwa	fat	Word
fann	to split	Word
Palé	talk, speak	Word
pléwé	cry	Word
kannawi	earthen pot	Word
nom	name	Word
Fèmé	closed	Word
bwav	brave	Word
vonvon	a bee	Word
las	tired	Word
soukwé	to shake	Word
valé	to swallow	Word
sav	To Know	Word
lapòt	door	Word
pé	few, little	Word
wimèt	to give back	Word
koumansé	start, begin	Word
gadé	look	Word
léjè	light	Word
hont	to be ashamed	Word
kwédi	to give or take credit	Word
dèyè	behind	Word
bokit	bucket	Word
wèsté	reside, stay, live	Word
pawès	parish	Word
gwoup	group	Word
Bondyé	God	Word
Wè	see	Word
lèspwi	spirit	Word
faché	angry	Word
sapatè	a flat fish	Word
bayè	gate	Word
viwé	return	Word
swen	to care, to nurse	Word
kalé	went	Word
titja	teacher	Word
né	nose	Word
mòdé	to bite	Word
pè	priest	Word
twò	too	Word
enmen	love, like	Word
doulè	pain	Word
doubout	get up, stand; stand up, stop	Word
bouton	button	Word
kodenn	turkey	Word
alé	go	Word
milat	mulatto	Word
lafyèv	fever	Word
ékwi	to write	Word
papa	father	Word
twèl	cloth	Word
nèt	clean	Word
chapo	hat	Word
Òpò	Port-of-Spain	Word
gwa	fat (i.e. boastfully)	Word
bwavté	bravery	Word
mwens	less	Word
matant	aunt	Word
ofon	to the bottom	Word
Ak	act/action	Word
lévé	to rise	Word
twis	sad	Word
wigwété	to regret	Word
vyé	old	Word
japé	to bark	Word
viv	to live	Word
lanmityé	love (in general)	Word
lison	lesson	Word
babich	alligator	Word
mawon	to flee	Word
kouvè	to cover	Word
simenn	a week	Word
anpéché	to prevent	Word
mòl	soft	Word
fen	fine	Word
baton	stick	Word
nivo	new	Word
sèvi	to serve	Word
koupé	to cut	Word
bon	good	Word
anvi	desire	Word
pyanm pyanm	so-so, fair, middling	Word
fason	mode, manner	Word
moun	people	Word
konpè	godfather of one's child	Word
Vye	old	Word
zé	eggs	Word
bwid	bridle	Word
sonnen	to sound	Word
bawé	block, stop	Word
lou	heavy	Word
valediktowyen	valedictorian	Word
liv	book	Word
witounen	to give back	Word
tounen	to turn	Word
zo	bone	Word
tabak	tobacco	Word
mové	bad	Word
konmi	to commit	Word
ayo	got away	Word
wéponn	to answer	Word
kwè	to believe	Word
simenn	week	Word
konmen	how many	Word
jalouzi	jealousy	Word
Wenn	queen	Word
apwann	learn	Word
non	name	Word
bwèt	box	Word
langaj	language	Word
malad	ill, sick	Word
manikou	opossum	Word
acha	any transaction; also (id.) a purchase	Word
bizwen	need	Word
piman	pepper	Word
louwa	king	Word
chen	dog	Word
mété-i	put her	Word
fwé	proud	Word
pè	fear	Word
kont-li	to tell ballad like stories about a person	Word
vwéman	truly	Word
konpanni	group	Word
dwé	to owe	Word
ékwiven	writer, author	Word
soud	deaf, dull	Word
jan	people (friend)	Word
laj	old	Word
vilaj	village	Word
vis	a screw	Word
chaplé	rosary (chaplet)	Word
benyen	bathe	Word
sak	bag	Word
soufè	to suffer	Word
lèd	ugly	Word
chèz	chair	Word
souvan	often	Word
fé	do, make	Word
zouti	tool	Word
koud	to sew	Word
finisman	end, finish	Word
Fè	to happen, to take place	Word
pwèt	priest	Word
madam-la	the lady	Word
kouyon	stupid	Word
chanm	chamber, room	Word
nyès	niece	Word
jip	skirt	Word
anyen	anything	Word
salad	salad	Word
défann	to forbid	Word
baloté	to sway to and fro, to stagger, to dawdle	Word
hamak	hammock	Word
sousyé	not to care (seldom to care)	Word
danjé	danger	Word
bay	to give	Word
vann	to sell	Word
lakay	home	Word
tantant	aunt	Word
kawèt	turtle	Word
lanmès	mass	Word
ponn	to lay, (as a hen, &c.)	Word
vèti	to warn	Word
tab	table	Word
goumen	to fight	Word
piti	small	Word
mawi	husband	Word
labitid	habit	Word
ankouwajé	to encourage	Word
pi	well	Word
malen	cunning	Word
anlè	above, atop	Word
dité	tea	Word
chanjé	change	Word
oblijé	to compel	Word
asé	enough	Word
dou	sweet	Word
maléwèz	indigent, very poor	Word
poul	hen	Word
Katolik	Catholic	Word
nèg	negro	Word
fwè	brother	Word
chepé	excel greatly	Word
anba	below	Word
pozé	alright	Word
mèyè	better	Word
édé	to help	Word
mal	bad, ill	Word
hélé	to call loudly, to shout, to yell, to scream	Word
jwé	play	Word
jimo	twin	Word
pwédyé	pray	Word
kwiyé	call; to call loudly	Word
nivé	nephew	Word
kay	house	Word
vyélon	violin	Word
vonvonné	to buzz	Word
zafè	business	Word
soté	to leap, jump	Word
savan	smart	Word
ba	give	Word
non	no	Word
wèsté	remained	Word
nonm	man	Word
ponmèt	to promise	Word
dansè	dancer	Word

Notes

Opyay — A St. Lucian place name appearing in the book's Trinidadian text (story setting).
wèsté — Book prints 'reside, stay.live' (period likely a comma typo — preserved here as noted).
jan — Also glossed 'people' on p. 18.