zepi
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French épi. In French, the plural form épi is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, épi was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.
References
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)
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