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Tantie sounds like the French word for auntie;(tante)
It is mi boy friends family fram Haiti dem seh the same thing for Auntie
How we does say aunty in Greenz
That's another word for saying Aunty in Grenada
We use tia (maroon language), tantie en tante. The English speakers use auntie and aunt.
It mean grandma
And just like Aunty it can sometimes be used for elder women in respect, friend of the family or your fave well known shopkeeper.
That's another word for saying "Aunt / Aunty" in St. Maarten
My grandparents told me back in the day in T&T your Tantie was your either grandparents female sibling. In other words, your Great Aunt or Grand Aunt was Tantie. This was a form of respect but also to distinguish her from being your parent's sibling who was your Aunt. Over time Tantie lost its true meaning and everyone senior lady became Tantie.
Cajuns in Louisiana also say Tante for auntie
My mother called her aunt "Tantie." (Our ancestors came from Africa through Barbados to Charleston, SC, where many black people were enslaved. Tantie, my great-aunt, was born in 1891 in Charleston. I met her in 1960 in Los Angeles, where she retired. All of my cousins (her nieces, nephews and grandnieces and nephews) called her Tantie. Her name was Elise Forrest Harleston, a noted photographer.