lakou
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See also: lākou
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Haitian Creole lakou, from French la cour (“the courtyard”).
Noun[edit]
lakou (plural lakous)
- In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement.
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 77:
- “He promised to bring the president's wife to our lakou.”
- 2000, Emily Wade Will, Haiti, page 61:
- Within the lakou, homes consist of wood-framed huts with thatch or corrugated-iron roofs. Furniture is minimal — a few chairs, a table, and some woven mats on which to sleep.
- 2013, Steven Holl, Pamphlet Architecture 31: New Haiti Villages, page 10:
- A lakou is a community space composed of houses populated by several generations of one family, surrounded by a circular garden.
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French la cour (“courtyard”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lakou