zanimo
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Louisiana Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French les animaux pl (“the animals”).
Noun[edit]
zanimo
References[edit]
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French animal. In French, the plural word animaux is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, animaux was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.
Noun[edit]
zanimo
References[edit]
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Seychellois Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French animal. In French, the plural word animaux is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, animaux was reanalyzed in Seychellois Creole as beginning with /z/.
Noun[edit]
zanimo
References[edit]
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Categories:
- Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from French
- Louisiana Creole lemmas
- Louisiana Creole nouns
- Mauritian Creole terms derived from French
- Mauritian Creole lemmas
- Mauritian Creole nouns
- Seychellois Creole terms derived from French
- Seychellois Creole lemmas
- Seychellois Creole nouns