zetwal

From French étoile, from Latin stēlla. In French, the plural form étoiles is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, étoiles was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

• IPA^(key): /zetwal/

zetwal

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• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN

From French étoile, from Latin stēlla. In French, the plural word étoiles 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, étoiles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.

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• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

From French étoile, from Latin stēlla. In French, the plural word étoiles 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, étoiles was reanalyzed in Seychellois Creole as beginning with /z/.

zetwal

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• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN