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vèy2guard, vigil, e.g. asou vèy on guard duty; v. kwa cross wake, ceremony of Spanish Catholic origin (velorio de la cruz), held on the evening of Holy Saturday or in May, to celebrate the holy cross. Participants sing and do picong.
veyéto watch over, to be on guard; chen ka veyé guard dog; to spy on, e.g. ou ka v. mwen twòp you are spying on me, watching me too closely
vidempty; hollow
vidéto pour
vifagile, nimble
vijayfacesynfidjiunspec. var.vizay, e.g. gadé dwèt an v. li to look straight in his face; v. si frown
vijouvariant of vizou
vikècurate
vilajvillage
vinègvinegar
vinito come; v. kouwi to come running, to rush up; to become, e.g. v. gran to grow
violètpurple, violet
viramusical instrument resembling a grater, made from a tin can, pierced with holes of different sizes, played with a thin metal rod or piece of wire or a spoon.
viréto return, come back; v. a tè pull (boat) back on to the beach; back, e.g. anbousé mwen lajan an viré pay me back the money; halé v. to bring in (fishing line); to turn , e.g. v. bò (of boat) to tack
visscrew
vitfast, quick(ly)
vivto live; tout tan mwen v. all my life
vivanósilk snapper (Lutjanus vivanus)
vizayvariant of vijay
vizéto aim
vizoucane juice; cane juice boiled but not yet crystallised.? Found already in Labat 1722 passim. F vésou 'cane juice' is said to be Creole (http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/vesou/81715 – accessed 14/07/2016); see Prov. versouo 'vesous, kind of sugar' (FEW 21: 486a). Also in Guad., Dom., Guy. ('cane juice'), Mart., StL. ('cane juice boiled until syrupy, near distillation point').
vizwègun sight? CHECK
vléto want to, to wish, e.g. i pa kopnnèt sa i vlé (s) he doesn't know what (s)he wants; vlé di to mean
vlouvelvet