paroître
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From an older form of French paraître (“to seem”).
Verb
paroître
- (Saint-Domingue) to know
- Ly paroître vou chargé parce ly pa posé. ― It seems strong to you because it's not settled.
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: parèt
References
- S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue][1] (in French), Paris