zour

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zuːə/

Etymology 1

From French jour.

Noun

zour

  1. day

Etymology 2

From French jure, jurer.

Verb

zour

  1. Medial form of zoure

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

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French jour.

Noun

zour

  1. day

References
  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English soure, from Old English sūre.

Noun

zour

  1. sorrel
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
      Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.
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References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 108
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