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wiyes
wil1in wil bwé pitch oil. (See lwil.
wil2long red and black river fish, resembling an eel or snake? Old Flemish wille eel(FEW 21: 248a)? Not found elsewhere.
wilwòmillness which causes an itchy red rash.
wiparéto repair
witvariant of ywit
wiyévariant of wouyé
wizélight wind which causes ripples on water surface? risée sudden strengthening of wind (FEW 16: 708a)? Guad. has the meaning 'to reduce sails; not in other CFC.
wòbdress; wòb kay dressing gown
wòchstone, e.g. voyé wòch to throw a stone/stones; rock; gwó wòch boulder; pebble
wochérocky, stony
wodórodeau, West Atlantic sea bream, small flat fish with black spot (Archosargus unimaculatus, A. rhomboidalis). Also in Hai.
wòmvariant of wonm
womatizrheumatism
wonround; blunt (of tool etc.); tou won all around; fè won to go around (e.g. illness)
wonfléto snore
wonmrumunspec. var.wòm; to wonm a drink of rum; wonm blan white rum
wonzeleven
wotéto belch, burp, e.g. (of a baby) foté I pou i woté to burp [a baby], lit. to rub it so it'll burp; burp, e.g.yon bèl gwó woté a good strong burp
wotito roast, e.g. mosó pou roti piece-(of meat) for roasting, roast
wotjiold measure for cassava flour: half a chopin, quarter of a dimi pó.
wouvariant of w after vowel ou CHECK
woujred, e.g. wòz la wouj the rose is red
woujatperson with light complexion


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