chemiz

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French chemise (shirt)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃe.miz/
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Noun

chemiz

  1. shirt
    • 1953, Robert A. Hall Jr., Haitian Creole: grammar, texts, vocabulary[1], page 137:
      Pâtalô li, chémiz li, batô li, pip li, épi li pati.
      [Pantalon li, chemiz li, baton li, pip li, epi li pati.]
      She put on her pants, her shirt, her cane, her pipe, and then she left.

References

  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 38