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Haitian Creole
Etymology
pyè (“flintstone”) + lwa (“loa”)
Pronunciation
Noun
pyèlwa
- Polished stone in which a loa resides.
References
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)