animals

Browsing all words tagged with "animals"

akennsin

N

a type of fresh-water fish.

balawou

N

a type of small fish with long snout.

bèt¹

N

1) animal, beast. (syn: zannimo)

bwé

N

bamboo float used for identifying location of fish pots.

chajé

V

1) to put a load on (an animal's back or a person's head). (syn: baté, batjé; opp: déchajé)

débaté

V

to unload something from an animal. (syn: déchajé; opp: baté; see also: débatjé)

déchajé

v

to remove a burden, to unload (a person or animal).

djòl

N

mouth or snout of an animal.

donté

V

to tame, to train an animal (or a child).

fal

N

crop, craw of a bird.

flanboté

V

to hunt or fish by torch light.

fè fwé

to cut fish and throw in the sea to attract fish.

hal

N

slaughterhouse, a place where an animal is killed and butchered and the meat is sold.

jibyé

N

bird.

jibyé lapli

rain bird: a type of little bird.

kaka poul

N

1) a small flower that is commonly white or pink.

kali

N

1) small round net used to catch flying fish. (see also: senn, filèt, lèpèvyé)

kamo

N

a kind of fresh-water fish.

kawanng

N

amberjack fish.

kay

N

scale appearing on one’s skin.

kayé

V

to scale (a fish).

kiliyou

N

a type of fish.

kòché

V

to hook (a fish, etc.), to join, to hitch

kochon tè

a type of insect.

kolyé

N

collar (for an animal), necklace

kòn

N

horn (of an animal).

bèt koton

N

cotton bug, a type of red insect that may be found in cotton plants.

loukou²

N

halter that squeezes the animal’s nose.

mwennson

N

a type of small bird.

nas

N

fish pot.

pat

N

1) animal’s foot, hoof, paw. 2) hand (of bananas, plantain, etc.).

bèt patat

sweet potato bug, a type of insect that may be found in sweet potato fields.

péché¹

v

to fish.

pwèl

n

1) fur, hair of an animal, pelt.

pwéson

N

fish. pwéson amé porcupine fish, globefish, puffer, blowfish. pwéson gwan zyé red snapper. (see also: sòb) pwéson nas pot fish.

salézon

N

meat, fish.

sanglé

V

to buckle (something on an animal).

sennen

V

to seine, to fish with a seine.

sikwiyé

N

bananaquit (Coereba flaveola): a small grey bird with yellow breast that sucks the flower of

sizo²

N

Magnificent Fregate bird (Fregata magnificens).

tach²

N

school (of fish).

tilapiya

N

a type of fish.

twanblè

N

trembler: a type of bird that trembles

volan

N

flying fish.