"zot" meaning in Mauritian Creole

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Pronoun

Etymology: From French les autres (“the other guys”). In French, the plural word autres is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, autres was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning. Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|autres|les autres|the other guys}} French les autres (“the other guys”), {{mfeetylz|autres}} In French, the plural word autres is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, autres was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning. Head templates: {{head|mfe|pronoun}} zot
  1. you, y'all (second-person plural personal pronoun)
    Sense id: en-zot-mfe-pron-DLD~XGQv Categories (other): Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header, Mauritian Creole pronouns Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole pronouns: 53 47
  2. they, them (third-person plural personal pronoun)
    Sense id: en-zot-mfe-pron-Vi82jjfB Categories (other): Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header, Mauritian Creole pronouns Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole pronouns: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: momwa [objective], nou, to [informal], outwa [formal, objective], li, bann-la

Download JSON data for zot meaning in Mauritian Creole (2.2kB)

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