Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary
(HCEBD)

The forthcoming publication of
The Indiana University, Creole Institute

Publication date: January 2007

Approximately 800 pages, including a short introduction to the structure of Haitian Creole;
7X10 inches format; hard bound; 2 columns; Word Time Roman Point 9 type.

(See sample at the Creole Institute web page)

An authoritative, extensive, and new dictionary

* 40'000 separate entries
* 70'000 different senses of words
* 35'000 idiomatic expressions or compound words

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The Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary features an unmatched set of lexicography features

*Abundant sentence-length examples with English translations

Kriye² v int. 1. to peep Tande zwazo yo k ap kriye nan pyebwa a. Listen to the birds peeping in the trees. 2 to creak, squeak Se pou n grese pòt la pou l pa kriye konsa. We have to oil the door so it doesn’t creak like this…

*Cross-checking references providing links to synonyms or semantically related expressions

siyale² v tr. To watch closely M ap siyale l lontan pou m te ka bare l nan men. I’ve been watching him closely in order to catch him red-handed. cf liyen, veye

liyen¹ v tr. 1 … 2 to tail, spy on, watch s.o. Yo liyen l jis yo kenbe l nan men. They spied on him until they caught him red-handed. cf siyale, veye

veye¹ 1 v tr. … 3 to spy upon L ap veye moun k ap pale gouvènman an mal. She’s spying on people who speak unfavorably about the government. cf liye¹, siyale

*Clear separation of homonym (words with the same spelling but different meaning or different word class)

ba¹ see bay

ba² adj. 1 low Branch yo twò ba. The branches are too low. Li kite travay la paske sale l twò ba. She quit her job because the pay was too low. 2 low [discouraged], depressed Moral msye ba. He is discouraged. 3 weak [unwell] M santi m ba jodi a. I feel weak today. 4 starved, ravenous Msye te ba papa! He was starved, man! * ·bay kout ba see koutba ·chapo ba! See chapo ·do ba see do·kout ba see koutba ·mache do ba see mache ·pran kout ba see koutba·vant ba see vant ·yanvalou do ba see yanvalou

ba³ n. stockings * ·ba chosèt (koton) stockings [sports], thick stockings ·ba kilòt panty hose ·demi ba knee-high stocking(s)

ba⁴ n. pack saddle [wooden] cf lekipay

ba⁵ n. line [drawn with a pencil or pen] ·pwen ba period [punctuation]

ba⁶ n. 1 bar [metal, wood] 2 helm, tiller * ·ba fè steel ba cf feray

·ba fiks (paralèl) parallel bars ·ba savon soap bar

·ba sekirite security bar ·ba van wind barrier forming rudimentary kitchen ·ba vitès gearshift lever cf levye

Ba⁷ n. stripe

ba⁸ n. snack bar, small restaurant cf restoran

ba⁹ n. peck, little kiss on the cheek cf bo * ·fè ba pou yon moun to kiss, to give a kiss Fè ba pou mwen. Give me a kiss.

ba¹⁰ adv. ·mete ba¹ to give birth [animal] Manman bèf la met ba yè. The cow gave birth yesterday. cf mete atè ·met(e) ba² /medba to whelp, give birth [animal] Manman bèf la met bay è, li fè de ti vach. The cow gave birth last night, she had two calves. cf akouche, meete atè, miba ·mete yon moun ba to humiliate s.o Pouki ou mete pitit la ba konsa? Why do you humiliate the child like that? ·mete ba lèzam (lezam) to lay down arms, stop fighting Nou mande militè pou yo met ba lèzam. We asked the soldiers to lay down their arms. ·pa ba from the rectum Yo ba l lavman an pa ba. They gave her the enema from the restum. ·pale ba see pale.