zorye

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French oreiller. In French, the plural form oreillers 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, oreillers was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoɣje/

Noun

zorye

1. pillow

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French oreiller. In French, the plural word oreillers 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, oreillers was reanalyzed in Seychellois Creole as beginning with /z/.

Noun

zorye

1. pillow