vayan

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French vaillant.

Adjective

vayan

1. fat; robust, sturdy, hardy

References

• Frank, David B., editor (2020), “vayan”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[1], Dallas: SIL International
• Tourneux, Henry; Barbotin, Maurice (1990), Dictionnaire pratique du créole de Guadeloupe [Practical Dictionary of Guadeloupean Creole], Paris: Karthala and A.C.C.T., →ISBN, page 414
• Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 220

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French vaillant (“valiant, nice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈjɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Adjective

vayan

1. nice

   Synonyms: joli, jenti

   Antonyms: méshan, mové, vilin, zirab

2. beautiful, pretty, handsome

   Synonyms: bèl, joli, bo

   Antonyms: lèd, vilin

3. awesome

Adverb

vayan

1. nicely

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝan/ [ˈba.ʝãn]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝan/ [ˈba.ʝãn] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃan/ [ˈba.ʃãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʒan/ [ˈba.ʒãn] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbajan/ [ˈba.jãn] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝan
• Syllabification: va‧yan

Verb

vayan

1. inflection of ir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative