cockoy

cockoy
 n.— «Hence the present Creole name for the village of Woodford Hill is Simit (the “cockoy” or English Creole pronunciation of Smith).» —“Woodford Hill” by Lennox Honychurch News-Dominica.com (Dominica) May 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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