Portuguese-based creole languages meaning "in" and/or "on", which would come from the Portuguese contraction "na" meaning "in the" (feminine singular). The Portuguese word for "creole" is "crioulo", which derives from the verb "criar" ("to raise", "to bring up") and a suffix "-oulo" of debated origin. Originally the word was used to distinguish the members of any ethnic group who were born and raised in the colonies from those who were born in their homeland. In Africa it was often applied to locally born people of (wholly or partly) Portuguese descent, as opposed to those born in Portugal; whereas in Brazil it was also
Cholent "chalant" (present participle of "chalt", from the verb "chaloir", "to warm"). One widely quoted folk etymology, relying on the French pronunciation of cholent or the Central and Western European variants "shalent" or "shalet", derives the word from French "chaud" ("hot") and "lent" ("slow"). Another folk etymology derives cholent (or sholen) from the Hebrew "she’lan", which means "that rested [overnight]". This refers to the old-time cooking tradition of Jewish families placing their individual pots of cholent into the town baker's ovens that always stayed hot and slow-cooked the food overnight. Yet another etymology is Old French "chaudes lentes", "hot lentils". "Hamin"