bonswa

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bonsoir (“good evening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ˈswa/

Interjection

bonswa

1. good evening

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 29

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• bonswar

Etymology

Inherited from French bonsoir (“ɡood evening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ˈswa/
• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

bonswa

1. good evening

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Archaic Latin duenos

Old Latin duonus

Latin bonus

Old French bon

Middle French bon

French bon

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Italic *sēros

Latin sērus

Proto-Indo-European *-éad

Proto-Italic *-ōd

Latin -ō

Latin sērō

Old French seir

Old French soir

French soir

French bonsoirbor.

Maltese bonswa

Borrowed from French bonsoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn.swa/
• Rhymes: -ɔnswa

Interjection

bonswa

1. good evening

   Synonyms: bonasira (bonasera), l-għaxija t-tajba

2. Indicating a hopeless condition

Adjective

bonswa (invariable)

1. (figuratively, of a person) mad, crazy