lakou
English
noun
Definitions
- In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement.
Etymology
Derived from Haitian, Haitian Creole lakou derived from French la (the, war).
Origin
French
la
Gloss
the, war
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- La Porte English
- LaPorte County English
- Lapeer County English
- la Italian
- monsù Italian
- lacrosse Dutch, Flemish
- La Rochelle French
- Labelle French
- Lacaille French
- Lafontaine French
- Lamotte French
- Laval French
- Lavoie French
- cour, la cour French
- la French
- la barbe French
- lacrosse French
- laquelle French
- parabellum French
- trompe-la-mort French
- lacrosse Norwegian Bokmål
- lacrosse Norwegian Nynorsk
- la Esperanto
- la Middle French
- lachè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lamè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakanpagn Mauritian Creole
- monsù Piedmontese
- la Michif