Haitian, Creole, French
anpil (2): many, very
bidonville (2): shanty town on outskirts of French/North African city
zafe (3,183): business
blancs (3):
anyen (3,24,32,33,213): nothing
cretin (3): stupid person
vre chimere (4,5): true dream (ghost, gangster, chimera)
gen pwoblem (5): no problem, you’re welcome
Kreyol (6): Haitian Creole language (Kreyòl ayisyen)
piti-piti (7): little by little, small, tiny
Marassa (Jumeaux) (7,20): divine twins
mwen ape parlay (8):
lwa (9):
Papa Legba (9):
houngan (12):
Kreyten (12): Christian
veves (13,19,43): religious symbol used in Haitian vodou
nen inquiet (18): don’t worry
souple, mwen ansent (19): soft, I’m pregnant
flaque (20): puddle
gen (27): no
Medecins Sans Frontieres (33):
lwa Erzili Danto (34):
pwen (47, 113,188):
Petwa (50): “hot” spirits generally from Haiti, contrasted with “cool” spirits (Rada), generally from Africa
karamel (77):
Cherie (93):
houngan (107): a voodoo priest
gede lwa (113): the spirits of death
moun (115,183): person
mwen jire (117,230,231):
casques-bleus (117):
preske (119):
Ayiti (124): Haiti
flaque (126): puddle
indemne (154):
clochette (154):
kleren (157): Haitian drink, comparable to moonshine, distilled from molasses
mambo (164): female priestess in vodou
petit blanc (164): poor white settler
bon (185): good
ambuscades (197): ambushes
cliquetis (200): sound: chattering, jingling
ansent (225): pregnant
balaclava (229): headgear that covers all but a person’s eyes
pequenots (241):
alarum (241):
au pair (291):
clapotis (298):
English
chimera:
invocation (7):
maji (8): priest, wise man
zombies (12):
MINUSTAH (29):
Dahomey (43)
ason (43,154):
refracted (51):
equanimity (57):
sally (61):
tendrils (63):
peristyle (74): 1. a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space 2. an open space, as a courtyard, surrounded by a colonnade
prised (85):
pharmacology (88):
simples (94): medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one
tutting (94):
chattel (101):
prams (115): baby carriage
attachés (116): diplomat or military personnel assigned to embassy in foreign country
erstwhile (127):
redoubt (128):
runes (130):
litany (142):
shambolic (142):
whip (179): hip-hop slang for “car”
hubris (193): arrogance
rapine (195): stealing another person’s property; plunder
semblance (197): what something appears like; aspect
serried (197): fit close together, compressed
insectile (197):
abasing (198): degrading, lowering in esteem, humbling
omnipresence (234): present everywhere at once
depredations (239):
foment (239):
servo (260):
chicanery (267,319):
suzerainty (270):
canular (274):
calumniated (276):
frisson (284):
prig (294):
demurely (294):
avatar (309):
malaise (316):
calumnies (316):
edifices (317):
loam (319):
issue (321): put or send forth
cogs (339):
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anpil (2): many, very
bidonville (2): shanty town on outskirts of French/North African city
zafe (3,183): business
blancs (3):
anyen (3,24,32,33,213): nothing
cretin (3): stupid person
vre chimere (4,5): true dream (ghost, gangster, chimera)
gen pwoblem (5): no problem, you’re welcome
Kreyol (6): Haitian Creole language (Kreyòl ayisyen)
piti-piti (7): little by little, small, tiny
Marassa (Jumeaux) (7,20): divine twins
mwen ape parlay (8):
lwa (9):
Papa Legba (9):
houngan (12):
Kreyten (12): Christian
veves (13,19,43): religious symbol used in Haitian vodou
nen inquiet (18): don’t worry
souple, mwen ansent (19): soft, I’m pregnant
flaque (20): puddle
gen (27): no
Medecins Sans Frontieres (33):
lwa Erzili Danto (34):
pwen (47, 113,188):
Petwa (50): “hot” spirits generally from Haiti, contrasted with “cool” spirits (Rada), generally from Africa
karamel (77):
Cherie (93):
houngan (107): a voodoo priest
gede lwa (113): the spirits of death
moun (115,183): person
mwen jire (117,230,231):
casques-bleus (117):
preske (119):
Ayiti (124): Haiti
flaque (126): puddle
indemne (154):
clochette (154):
kleren (157): Haitian drink, comparable to moonshine, distilled from molasses
mambo (164): female priestess in vodou
petit blanc (164): poor white settler
bon (185): good
ambuscades (197): ambushes
cliquetis (200): sound: chattering, jingling
ansent (225): pregnant
balaclava (229): headgear that covers all but a person’s eyes
pequenots (241):
alarum (241):
au pair (291):
clapotis (298):
English
chimera:
invocation (7):
maji (8): priest, wise man
zombies (12):
MINUSTAH (29):
Dahomey (43)
ason (43,154):
refracted (51):
equanimity (57):
sally (61):
tendrils (63):
peristyle (74): 1. a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space 2. an open space, as a courtyard, surrounded by a colonnade
prised (85):
pharmacology (88):
simples (94): medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one
tutting (94):
chattel (101):
prams (115): baby carriage
attachés (116): diplomat or military personnel assigned to embassy in foreign country
erstwhile (127):
redoubt (128):
runes (130):
litany (142):
shambolic (142):
whip (179): hip-hop slang for “car”
hubris (193): arrogance
rapine (195): stealing another person’s property; plunder
semblance (197): what something appears like; aspect
serried (197): fit close together, compressed
insectile (197):
abasing (198): degrading, lowering in esteem, humbling
omnipresence (234): present everywhere at once
depredations (239):
foment (239):
servo (260):
chicanery (267,319):
suzerainty (270):
canular (274):
calumniated (276):
frisson (284):
prig (294):
demurely (294):
avatar (309):
malaise (316):
calumnies (316):
edifices (317):
loam (319):
issue (321): put or send forth
cogs (339):
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