zonyon

Haitian Creole

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zɔ̃jɔ̃/

Noun

zonyon

onion

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

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

Noun

zonyon

onion

References

Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français