Haitian Creole – English Dictionary - Dunwoody Press

V gayak. Bwa chaplèt Tree the seeds of which are
used to make necklaces, rosaries. M’pase’l yon chaplèt
I hit him with a cudgel. Voye chaplèt To hit
(strike) repeatedly with a club.
chapo a n Hat, head-covering, cover; lampshade.
V konma. Chapo kasav Type of very thin straw
hat. Nan peyi san chapo Dead (i.e. in the country
where hats are no longer worn). San chapo Bareheaded.
Chapo ba! Hats off!
chaponnen vt To castrate.
charabia a n Jargon, gibberish, unintelligible
talk.
charanpyon V saranpyon
charanson an n Type of weevil.
charante vt To tease by mimicking. Cf chare.
chare vt To mimick, to ape, to mock; to make
fun of by imitating, aping. Cf. charante.
charèt la n Cart*.
chari a n Plow.
charitab attrib Charitable*.
charite 1 vt To give. Charite’m yon ti monnen
souple Please! Give me a little money.
charite a, la charite, charit 2 n Charity*, alms.
DEJEAN-27: Li tep mande charite He was begging.
(‘tep’ is used in the South for ‘tap’).
charony nan n Carrion*; nasty smell, stink.
charonyen, chawonyen vi To go to the filthy,
dangerous, and unorthodox places in search of
lowly pleasure. vt To annoy, to bother.
charye vt To cart*, to transport.
charyo a n Type of pushcart*.
chas V lachas
chase vt 1. To hunt. Nou te chase zwazo dimanch
pase Last Sunday, we went bird hunting. 2. To
chase* away, to expell, to eject, to put out. Ayisyen
te chase franse nan peyi a Haitians chased the
French from the country.
chasè a n Hunter.
chasi a n Chassis*.
chat la 1 n 1. Cat*. 2. (Fam.) Thief. 3. Genitals,
pussy. Examples and expressions: Manman chat
Pussy cat. Chat bwa or chat maron Wild cat. Se
chat ki tankou’l (or) Li vòlè plis pase chat He is
a real thief. Chat de pye (or) Chat dis dwèt
Thief, crook. Ti chat Kitten. M’pa wè chat I
didn’t see a soul. Chat boure A fat person. Li gen
je chat He has grey eyes. An chat pent Furtively.
Chat pran lang li The cat got his tongue. Achte
chat nan makout To buy a pig in a poke.
chat la 2 n A flat-bottomed boat.
chata vi To run away, to flee.
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chatbari, chalbari, chalbarik n Mock serenade,
tin-kettle music, discordant noise. Rele (fè) chatbari
To razz, to make a racket in disapproval. Yo
rele chatbari dèyè kandida a, paske yo pa vle’l They
razzed the candidate because they don’t like him.
chatchoutè a, chapchoutè a n Sharpshooter*.
chatiman an n Punishment, chastisement*. Tout
moun ki fè krim, fòk yo jwenn chatiman All those
who commit crimes must be punished.
chato a n Castle*; also said of any huge mansion.
chatouye vt To trouble, to tickle (the mind).
chatouyèt, satouyèt, zatouyèt, chatiyèt vt To
tickle.
chatray la n Castration*. Sizo chatray Scissors
used in castrating animals.
chatre vt To castrate*.
chatrouj la, chatrouy la n Squid, calamary.
chatsourit V chòvsourit
chaviray la n A blow that knocks s.o. down.
chavire vt & vi To capsize, to topple, to turn
over; to knock over, to keel over, to overturn.
chawa a n Porter.
chawaye vi To carry away. To move (cart) furniture
to another house. V brote.
chay la, chaj la n Cargo*, load, freight; responsibility;
illegal attack (in sports). Yon chay A lot
of.
chayman an n Cargo*, load, freight.
chè 1 attrib 1. Costly, expensive, high priced.
Soulye yo chè The shoes are expensive. 2. Dear (as
in Dear Sir). Monchè, machè My dear. Chè sè,
ma chè sè My dear sister (nun). Liv sa a rele’m
chè mèt chè mètrès This book belongs to me only.
Chè tout mwen My darling.
chè a 2 n Pulpit. Pè a monte sou chè, l’al preche
The priest went on the pulpit to preach.
chè a, lachè 3 n Flesh. Chè lan nen Polyp in the
nose. Chè lan gòj Tonsilitis.
chèch V sèk
cheche V seche
chèche, chache vt 1. To look for, to search*.
M’ap chache liv mwen ki pèdi I’m looking for my
lost book. Chèche kont To look for a quarrel. 2. To
look up. Chèche mo sa a lan diksyonè a Look this
word up in the dictionary. 3. To try to. Chèche
mwayen ale Try and go. 4. Ale chache To fetch.
chechrès V sechrès
chèdepoul la n Goose bumps.
chèf la n Chief*, boss, headman, leader. Chèf
kanbiz V kanbiz. Fè chef To act as if one was a
boss.