chaoui

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.wi/

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From Chaouis.

chaoui m (uncountable)

1. Berber (language)

chaoui (feminine chaouie, masculine plural chaouis, feminine plural chaouies)

1. (relational) Berber (relating to people who speak the Berber language)

From Louisiana Creole shawi, from Choctaw shaui (“raccoon”).

chaoui m (plural chaouis)

1. (Louisiana) raccoon

   Synonyms: raton laveur, (Quebec) chat sauvage, (Missouri) chat-chouage

• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)