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boir

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French boire (“to drink”).

Verb

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boir

  1. (Saint-Domingue) to drink
    Alor que tout convini nou savé boir nion bol punch? ― As everything comes together can we drink a bowl of punch?

Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: bwè

References

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  • S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[1] (in French), Paris

Réunion Creole French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French boire.

Verb

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boir

  1. (transitive) to drink
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References

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  • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 46