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zong(finger or toe) nail; zong dwèt fingernail; claw, e.g. zong chat cat's claw
zonmbizombie, living dead; ghost
zòtyou (pl.); your (pl.); yours (pl.)unspec. var.also in Guad., StL.), IOC (where it also functions as 3rd person pl. pronoun).
zotèytoe
zotinettle; zoti kraib unidentified nettel; zoti lyenn kind of vine nettle (Dalechampia scandens or D. tiliifolia); zoti wouj red stinging nettle (Fleurya æstuans, Laportea æ.), used for venereal diseases and hypertension (Wong 1966: 213).
zotópenissynkòk2lolótotó? Not in other CFC.
zotolanground-dove (Columbina passerina); zotolan blé blue ground-dove (Claravis pretiosa).
zoutcigarette butt
zoutitool
zowanjorangeunspec. var.zowany; zowanj gwospó sour organge with thick skin; zowanj lachin kind of citrus fruit with easily peeled skin,TE Portugal (Citrus reticulata); dló zowanj orangeade
zowanyvariant of zowanj
zowèyear, e.g. zowèy mwen ka peté my ears are bursting (from loud noise); zowèy fèt kon koui sticking-out ears, syn zowèy kochi; zowèy lapen long ears that stand up zowèy bwa hard of hearing; zowèy klè good hearing.
zoweyévariant of zowyé.
zowyèpillow; sak zoweyé pillow case.
zozèfin zozèf soukwé mouchwè unidentified large night bird with a red neck and a long beak which flaps its wings and eats sardines.
zwagoose.
zwezóbird, e.g. manman zwezó female bird; zwezó blé blue-gray tanager, TE blue jean, bluebird (Thraupis episcopus); zwezó fou white-bellied booby (Sula leucogaster); zwezó mèm plimaj birds of a feather.
zwilshard of broken glass or razor blade attached to the tail of a kite in order to cut the string of an opponent.? F aiguille needle?? Sp. hilo thread, Chile hilo de competencia or hilo curado cutting line used on kites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_kite – accessed 03/08/2016)?. Also in TE, but not elsewhere.
zwitoyster; zwit doub barnacle.
zyéeye; zyé antravè or koki or lanvè or louch cross-eyed, squint(ing); yon zyé one-eyed; bat zyé to blink; fè zyé dou to wink; fè yon kou d zyé to glancezyé bouwik TE donkey eye (Mucuna urens) CHECK.; 1