zilwa in Mauritian Creole

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Etymology: From French îles + -ois. In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.. Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|îles}} French îles, {{mfeetylz|îles}} In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning. Head templates: {{head|mfe|noun}} zilwa

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfe",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "îles"
      },
      "expansion": "French îles",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "îles"
      },
      "expansion": "In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.",
      "name": "mfeetylz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French îles + -ois. In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning..",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfe",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "zilwa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
  "lang_code": "mfe",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "islander"
      ],
      "id": "en-zilwa-mfe-noun-O79cnWoj",
      "links": [
        [
          "islander",
          "islander"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zilwa"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfe",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "îles"
      },
      "expansion": "French îles",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "îles"
      },
      "expansion": "In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.",
      "name": "mfeetylz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French îles + -ois. In French, the plural word îles 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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning..",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfe",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "zilwa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
  "lang_code": "mfe",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Mauritian Creole lemmas",
        "Mauritian Creole nouns",
        "Mauritian Creole terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "islander"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "islander",
          "islander"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zilwa"
}

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"zilwa" meaning in Mauritian Creole

Noun