zarenye

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French araignée. In French, the plural word araignées 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, araignées was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.

Noun

zarenye

1. spider

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français