[ Kreyol Words Archive ]

Y ~ Kreyol pronunciation ( igreg )
-( i sounds like an e = egreg )

yard / lakou

yard (3 feet) / twa pye

yarn / fil

yawn / baye

year / ane, lane

yearn / sipliye

yeast / leven

yell / rele, kriye

yellow / jòn

yes / wi

yesterday / yè

yet / deja, anko, toujou

yield / donnen, bay

yolk / jònze

yonder / laba

you / ou

young / jèn, jenn

your / ou

yourself / ou-menm

youth / lajenès

Kreyol / English

yanm / yarn

yanvalou / dance rhythm (:voodoo)

yaya / kind of fish

yè oswa (yè swa) / last night

ye / to be (kouman ou ye? / how are you?)

yè / yesterday

yenyen (nyennyen) / t whine (complain) 

yingyang / feud, quarrel

yo / they, them, their

yod / iodine

yogout / yogurt

yon moun / somebody

yon sans / one-way

yon fwa / once

yon moun / someone

youn / unit

youn / one

yoyo / yo-yo (toy)

yoyo (yoyo-l) / penis