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Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French épi. In French, the plural form épi 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, épi was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.
Pronunciation
Noun
zepi
- ear (of corn)
References
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)
Kavalan
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *dəpah.
Noun
zepi
- fathom
- meter
References
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19), Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 526