**** Calquing
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To calque is to blend exterior morphemes from one language in a way that translates the conceptual form of another. Calquing requires knowledge of two or more languages. An example would be the creolized term _ai wata_, which is analogous to the Yoruba expression _omi oju_, meaning "eye water" -- i.e. "to cry."
Richard Allsop (1980), "How Does the Creole Lexicon Expand?" in Highfield and Valdman, _Theoretical Orientations in Creole Studies_; 90-91.
Highfield and Valdman, _Theoretical Orientations in Creole Studies_; Academy Press, 1980