restavèk

French: reste-avec

→ English: restavec

→ English: restavek


tifi

ti (“small, little”) + fi (“girl, woman”)


moun

From Saint Dominican Creole French monde, from French monde (“people”).


ameriken

American (of, from or relating to America)


bòkò

→ English: bocor


oungan

Apparently from Fon houn (“spirit”) + Kongo nganga (“high priest”).


mizisyen

Inherited from French musicien. By surface analysis, mizik + -yen.


manbo

→ English: mambo

Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).


machòkèt

From Saint Dominican Creole French machoquét.


tonton makout

Tonton Macoute (member of a former special unit within the Haitian paramilitary force)


panyòl

Dominican (pertaining to the Dominican Republic)


panyòl

Spanish-speaking country, especially the Dominican Republic


komandan laplas

komandan (“commander”) + laplas (“town square”).


babadyen

Barbadian (of, from or relating to Barbados)


Ameriken

American (native or inhabitant of America)


ewopeyen

European (of, from or relating to Europe)


karayibeyen

Caribbean (of, from or relating to Caribbean)


vyetnamyen

Vietnamese (of, from or relating to Vietnam)


antiyè

Antillean (of, from or relating to Antilles)


Belizyen

Belizean (native or inhabitant of Belize)


Gwadloupeyen

Guadeloupean (native or inhabitant of Guadeloupe)


dramatij

From French dramaturge, from Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós).

der

δραματουργός


syedwa

Swedish (of, from or relating to Sweden)


sidkoreyen

South Korean (of, from or relating to South Korea)


matinikè

Martinican (of, from or relating to Martinique)


jakorepèt

From jako (“parrot”) + repete (“repeat”).

A stupid person who repeats everything he hears.