bèf

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bœuf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛf/

Noun

bèf

1. cow (domesticated bovine)

   Proverb:

   Bèf pa janm bouke pote kon li.

   You can't get tired of what belongs to you.

   (literally, “A cow never grows tired of its horns.”)

Derived terms

• ti béf (“calf”)
• towo bèf (“bull”)
• vach bèf (“(female) cow”)
• vyann bèf (“beef”)

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 23