Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
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Orthography: Entries use the modern Kouri-Vini Orthography; however, the examples retain their original orthography based on Haitian Creole from the book.
There are also several examples written in a French Orthography; these have also been left as is in the book.
Additionally, the acute (à) and circumflex (â) when used for stress, preterit, or disambiguation, have not been included separately (i.e., aren't used).
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There are several variants for certain sounds that have not been included in the variants for entries.
Please use the variants in quotations in place of the others when searching for words with the following sounds:
- use "s" for /s/ ← s, ç
- use "è" for /æ/ ← æ, è
- use "i" for /ɪ/ ← ì, i
- use "an" for /ã/ ← an, am, en, em
- use "on" for /ɔ̃/ ← on, om
- use "in" for /ɛ̃/ ← in, im
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Parts of Speech abbreviation correspondences:
- adj. = Adjective
- adv. = Adverb
- adv.phr. = Adverbial Phrase
- art.def. = Definite Article
- art.indef. = Indefinite Article
- conj. = Conjunction
- dem. = Demonstrative
- det. = Determiner
- det.poss. = Possessive Determiner
- f. = Feminine
- int. = Interjection
- interr.phr. = Interrogative Phrase
- m. = Masculine
- n. = Noun
- n.phr. = Noun Phrase
- num.card. = Cardinal Number
- num.ord. = Ordinal Number
- onom. = Onomatopoeia
- pl. = Plural
- place n. = Place Name
- prep. = Preposition
- pron. = Pronoun
- pron.indef. = Indefinite Pronoun
- pron.refl. = Reflexive Pronoun
- pron.rel. = Relative Pronoun
- prop.n. = Proper Noun
- ptcl. = Preverbal Particle
- sg. = Singular
- v. = Verb
- v.aux. = Auxiliary Verb
- v.cop. = Copular Verb
- v.intr. = Intransitive Verb
- v.mod. = Modal Verb
- v.phr. = Verb Phrase
- v.refl. = Reflexive Verb
- v.tr. = Transitive Verb
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Sources abbreviation correspondences (post-1960):
- gen = (BT + CA + NE + PC + ST)
- AN = Ancelet 1994
- BT = Bayou Teche, field data
- CA = Côte des Allemands, field data
- DC = Clifton 1980
- DT 77 = Tentchoff 1977
- GY = Guidry, Richard
- HW = Hebert Wiltz
- MO 60 = Morgan 1960
- MO 69 = Morgan 1969
- MO 72 = Morgan 1972
- NE = Neumann 1985
- PC = Pointe Coupee, field data
- ST = Saint Tammany, field data
Sources abbreviation correspondences (pre-1960):
- BD = Broussard 1942
- BI = Bienvenu 1933
- BO = Bourgeois 1927
- DU = Durand 1930
- FO T# = Fortier 1895
- FO 1887 = Fortier 1887
- GC1 = Cable 1886a
- GC2 = Cable 1886b
- JR = Jarreau 1931
- KB = Krehbiel 1962
- LA = Lavergne 1930
- ME = Mercier 1881
- ME 90 = Mercier 1890
- ME 91 = Mercier 1891
- PE = Perret 1933
- T# = Neumann 1987 Text # (T12–T17 are satirized Creole, use with caution)
- TM = Marie Augustin
- TN = Tinker 1935
- TP = Trappey 1916
- WO = Marguerite Wogan
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dégobyé
PC
(
v.,
v.tr.,
v.intr.
)
dégobiyé
PC
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To spit out, tell; cracher, révéler, dire.
Li fini par degobiye sa. He ended up by spitting it out. (PC)To fuss; criailler, grogner. Degobye , li arèt pa babye. [degobje] (means that) he never stops fussing. (PC)
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dégobé
CA, PC
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v.tr.
)
débolé
PC
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To chop (wood), make wood chips; bûcher (du bois), faire des copeaux.
Kon t a koupe li, aben to degobe li. When you cut it down, you chop it up into chips. (PC)
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dégonflé
CA, NE, PC
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v.intr.
)
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To go down (of swelling); se dégonfler, se désenfler.
Òvan nou rive kote danmbwa, mile-a te marche drwat, e l e degonfle ALL THE TIME. Before we arrived at the woods (swamp), the mule kept walking straight, and its swelling went down more and more. (PC); Mo te gen pye gonfle. Mo kouche e mo mèt li desi en nòriye e li dégonfle e mo te kapab marche. My foot was swollen. I laid down and put it up on a pillow and the swelling went down. (CA)
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dégou
PC
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n.
)
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Drainage ditch (in a field); rigole, fossé d’écoulement (dans un champ).
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dégouté
CA, PC
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adj.
)
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Disgusted, depressed; déprimé.
Mo vini degoute apre tou piti-ye te mary e keu mo von plas-la. I got so depressed after the kids were married that I sold the house. (PC); To ède li e life aryen pou ède li-mèm. To vini degoute. You help him and he does nothing to help himself. You get disgusted. (CA) ♦ Li te pa wa oken plezi dan aryen. Li te degoute viv e li te ole mouri. He did not see any pleasure in anything. He was disgusted with living and wanted to die. (JR)
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Discouraged; découragé.
Mo degoute. I’m discouraged. (PC)
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dégouté
CA, PC
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v.intr.
)
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To drain; drainer.
To fè en drin, e to mèt li da fose-leu, pou li degoute. Pou li ale dolo-la, ote dolo-l. You make a drain, and you put it in the ditch to drain it, to remove the water. (PC)
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To nun (of eyes, nose); couler (du nez, des yeux).
Li t ape plere si tèlman li te gen delarm ape degoute. He was crying so much that he had tears running down. (CA)
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dégouté
NE
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v.intr.
)
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To change one’s mind; changer d’avis.
Mo krwa pa m ale joue pou bal-la. Bouki di: Mo degoute! 'I'don’t think I’m going to play for that dance,’ Bouki says. T’ve changed my mind!’ (NE)
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dégrouyé
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v.tr.
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To leave; quitter.
♦ Mo sré quitté lontan, mè mo soeur di moin com ça: «Prin garde to dégrouyé dan place là!» I would have quit a long time ago, but my sister told me, «Make sure you don’t leave that place!» (WO)
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dégrèsé
CA, PC
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v.tr.
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dégrésé
PC
dégrès
CA
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To remove the fat from; dégraisser.
To ot lagrès-la. To degrès to kochon. You remove the fat, you take the fat from the hog. (CA)
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dégréyé
PC
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v.tr.
)
dégèryé
PC
dégriyè
PC
dégriyé
PC
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To remove, take off; ôter, enlever.
To ka degriyè to lenj, o to degriye nenpòt-ki. You can take off your clothes, or you can take off anything. (PC)
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dégòrjé
CA
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v.tr.
)
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To unclog, unstop; déboucher, dégager.
Ye dòn li en ben cho e sa degòrje so pomon e li te kapab soufle mye. They gave him a hot bath and it unclogged his lungs and he was able to breathe better. (CA) ♦ [Pou] rim, donn li en ben cho cho. sa fe li swe onndon e sa degòrj so poumon-ye. For a cold, give him a really hot bath. That will make him sweat inside and that will unclog his lungs. (BI)
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To spit out, reveal; cracher, révéler.
Li p ole di li me li pou degòrje li e di se li ki te fe li. He didn’t want to say it but he had to spit it out and say it was he who had done it. (CA)
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déja
CA, MO 60, NE, PC
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adv.
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ja
PC
za
PC
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Already ; déjà.
Li ja marye deu fwa. Li pare pou marye ankò! He’s already been married twice. He’s ready to get married again. (PC); E konmper Lapen te deja envite tou so moun-ye pou vini o bal. And Brer Rabbit had already invited his whole family to come to the ball. (NE); Li te deja mouri. He was already dead. (CA) ♦ Li té dija fé tou lot kichoge hé li gardé miyor la pou fé derhien. He (God) had already created everything else, and he saved the best to create last. (T13)
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Certainly, really; certainement, réellement.
Na ye va di nòt pei isi, se en bon pei , li bon astèr me li ite pa bon deja. There are some who will tell you that our country is a good country, it’s good now, but it certainly hasn’t always been good. (NE)
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déjiré
PC
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v.
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déziré
PC
déjuré
PC
déjizé
ST
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To digest; digérer.
En ilsen, li blès lè stoma life en trou anho la. Ka vou komanse gen sa, la vou FOOD veu pa dezire. An ulcer hurts your stomach, it makes a hole in it. When you start to get an ulcer your food doesn’t want to digest. (PC); To manje pa dejize. Your food is not digested. (ST) ♦ Dikrepsi, se konm monje dijir pa. Apre monje i fo pronn en kirelye dolo cho. Sa dijir mon je-la. Dyspepsia is when your food doesn’t digest. After eating you have to take a spoonful of hot water, and that digests your food. (BI)
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déjwinté
ST
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v.tr.
)
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To dislocate; démettre, disloquer.
Li dejwente so janm. He dislocated his leg. (ST)
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déjœné
CA, NE
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n.
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déjœnin
CA, PC
déjènnin
PC
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Breakfast; petit déjeuner.
E la le maten pou dejœne, mòm te fe nouzòt di kouchkouch, nou te monje sa ak dile. And then in the mornings for breakfast, mom used to make us some couscous, and we would eat that with milk. (NE); To manj trwa repa par jou? Dejœnen, dmen e soupe. Do you eat three meals a day? Breakfast, lunch and supper. (PC); Apre li byen dòrmi, li lèv debout e li bwa so kafe e li manj so dejœnen. After he has slept well, he gets up and he drinks his coffee and he eats his breakfast. (CA) ♦ Kan li rive kote lote l li mannde pou dejennen. When he arrived at a hotel he asked for breakfast. (JR); ‘dijiné’ (T4)
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déjœné
CA
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v.intr.
)
déjènnin
PC
déjœnin
PC
déjènn
PC
déjiné
NE
déjœnin
CA
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To have breakfast; prendre le petit déjeuner.
Mo dejenn, pa mòtch pou dejennen. Peutèt en morso du pen, avek kafe. I don’t eat much for breakfast. Maybe a piece of bread with coffee. (PC) ♦N’ amouré la té déjénin avec madame la. The boyfriend was having lunch with the woman. (FO T2)
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dék
NE, PC
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conj.
)
dèk
BT
dézkè
PC
déké
NE
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As soon as; dès que, aussitôt que.
Mè dek to te koupe twa move, se t ape senye en ta, to te trape le fil nagne. But when you cut yourself bad and it was bleeding a lot, you would get a spiderweb. (NE); Dèk mo vini che mon, telefonn konmonse sonnen. As soon as I came home, the phone started ringing. (BT) ♦Dek li di sa li kou che li. As soon as he said that he went home. ['dek’] (DU)
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déklaré
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v.tr.
)
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To declare; déclarer.
Yé ca massacrer tout pis déclarer toi fou. They can destroy everything and then declare you crazy. (DC)
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déklin
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n.,
n.phr.
)
déklin lalinn
CA
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Waning of the moon; décroissance, décroissement de la lune.
Pap te pa plante aryen avan keu li te garde wa koman lalin li te. Li te va avèk lalin. Kan sete deklen lalin, sete pa bon pou plante. Pop wouldn’t plant anything before he had looked at how the moon was. He would go with the moon. When it was the waning of the moon it wasn’t good for planting. (CA) ♦ Di lapryèr-la plisyèrjwa e trete o deklen lalin. Say the prayer several times and treat (the illness) when the moon is waning. (BI)
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déklinin
CA, PC
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v.intr.
)
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To wane; décroître.
Lalin-la gen deklinen, apre vou ha koupe li. The moon has to wane first, then you can castrate him. (PC); Lalin ape deklinen. Plant pa. The moon is waning. Don’t plant. (CA)
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déklou
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n.
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Nail; clou. cf. klou
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dékloué
No sources
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v.tr.
)
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To unnail; déclouer.
♦ Metrès, yèn a moun ki te ole vole poul me te pas kapab dekloue laplonch. Mistress, there were people who wanted to steal chickens but they couldn’t unnail the boards. (TP)
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dékolé
CA
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v.tr.
)
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To lay bare (the roots of); déchausser (les racines d’une plante).
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dékoupé
CA, PC
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v.tr.
)
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To carve, cut up; trancher, découper. •kouto dekoupe
n.phr. Carving knife, carver; couteau à découper, cf. kouto
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To cut out; découper.
Mo gen pou dekoupe mo patran pou to kapo. I have to cut out the pattern for your coat. (CA)
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dékourajé
CA
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adj.
)
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Sad, depressed; déprimé.
Mo te ale ède lantèrman yèr e mo te dekouraje. I went to help at the funeral yesterday and I was depressed. (CA)
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Desperate; déspespéré.
♦ Li rete trwa jou san manje, e li te ape mouri avek la fen. Li te dekouraje net. He went three days without eating, and he was dying of hunger. He was totally desperate. (JR)
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dékourajé
PC
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v.tr.
)
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To demoralize, discourage; décourager.
Vyen pa la pou dekouraje boug-sa-ye konm ye e kouri. Safe vou ka dekouraje en nonm-la. Vou ka fe en movè nonm son li movè wi. Don’t come here and discourage the men while they’re working. You can discourage a man. You really can make a man turn bad who wasn’t bad before. (PC) ♦ Mo té dijà komansé dékourazé, kan mo ouâ daix Bradas ki té aci aura ein la tabe on ki yé té gaigné ein gran live et ein ti la boât. I was starting to get discouraged when I saw two friars seated around a table on which there was a big book and a small box. (T16)
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dékouvri
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v.tr.
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dékrouvi
PC
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To uncover; découvrir.
Petèt to kouche e to krouvi avek en QUILT, en ? Aben ma a vini e m a di ‘li fe tro cho. Dekrouvi twa. ' Maybe you’re in bed and you’re covered up with a quilt, eh? Well, I might come and say, ‘It’s too hot, uncover yourself.’ (PC) ♦ C’est temps pou découvri matelas, planté dicane; yé dit l'hiver fini quand to oi feilles pacane. It’s time to uncover our mattresses and plant our sugar cane; they say winter is over when you can see pecan leaves. (T27)
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dékouvèr
BT, ST
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v.tr.
)
dékrouvi
PC
dékouvri
PC
dékouvè
PC
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To discover; découvrir.
Le primyèr ke vini, kant i dekouvèr leu tèritwar isi, inave deu ou trwa frèr. The first ones who came here, when they discovered the territory here, there were two or three brothers. (BT); Petèt to fèt kèk-kichò ki mal e, petèt mo dekouvè li. Dekrouvi, sa se dekrouvi. Maybe you’ve done something wrong, and maybe I discovered it. That’s ‘discover.’ (PC) ♦ Avant yé découver pays là, Compair Bouki et Compair Lapin tapé crévé faim et yé familles té pas gagnin arien pou mangé. Before they discovered that land, Brer Bouki and Brer Rabbit were dying of hunger, and their families had nothing to eat. (T9)
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To find out; découvrir, savoir.
Mo janmè dekouvri non chòz -la . I never found out the name of that thing. (PC)
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dékrasé
BT
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v.intr.
)
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To wash, clean; laver, nettoyer.
To bezenn dekrase onmba te bra kon to pronn to ben. You need to wash under your armpits when you take a bath. (BT)
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dékroshé
CA, PC
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v.tr.
)
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To unhook; décrocher.
Mo dekroche wagon-la. I unhooked the wagon. (PC); Kan m ole ale kouche, mo i pou dekroche mo lenj pou ote li. When I wanted to go to bed, I had to unhook my clothes to take them off. (CA)
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To unlock, open; ouvrir.
Mo vini pou rantre me lapòrt le kroche e mo te i pou dekroche li pou rantre. I came to go in but the door was locked and I had to unlock it to go in. (CA) ♦ Babet, Babet, ala moin, décroché porte la. Babette, Babette, here I am, unlock the door. (WO)
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dékòré
CA
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v.tr.
)
dékoréyé
NE
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To decorate; décorer.
Le narb tou isi-la te dekoreye. The trees around here were all decorated. (NE); Mo dekòre mo lamezon pou Pak. I decorated my house for Easter. (CA)
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délanm
PC
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n.
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Wave; vague, lame.
Delanm-sa-la joliman fò m pa ka kouri e chalon paski l a kapote e mon. That wave is very big, I can’t go with my boat because it’ll capsize. (PC)
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délasé
CA
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v.tr.
)
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To untie; délacer, délier.
Li gen de broken delase. Si to lase sa tro sere, sa fe bobo. She’s got her ankle boots unlaced. If you lace them too tight, it makes sores. (CA)
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délika
CA, PC, ST
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adj.
)
dèlika
PC
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Hard to please, finicky, fussy; difficile (à plaire).
Mo manj pa tou kicho. Mo deden. Mo delika pou mo manje. I don’t eat just anything. I’m finicky. I’m fussy about my food. (PC)
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délir
CA
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n.
)
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Delirium; délire.
Li t ape parle antreman sa tèt. Li te dan delir. He was talking out of his head. He was in a delirium. (CA) ♦ Quand pove nomme la tendé so cher ti garçon té mouri, li tombé par terre. Yé metté li dans so litte et li resté jou dans délire. When the poor man heard that his son was dead, he fell to the ground. They put him in his bed and he remained delirious all day. (FO T20)
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délivré
BT, CA, PC, ST
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v.tr.
)
dérivlé
PC
dèrivlé
PC
dérivré
ST
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To deliver (goods); livrer.
Mèt tous ye grosri onho la pi vini o Pon Bro pi delivre sa. They had mules, they’d put all the groceries on it and then come to Breaux Bridge to deliver them. (BT)
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To deliver (a baby); mettre (un bébé) au monde.
En chasfanm se dèrivle to piti. E koupe so lanbri, epi mare li, e ronje li byen pou pèche so lanbri sengnen. A midwife would deliver your baby. She would cut its umbilical cord, and tie it, fix it so that it wouldn’t bleed. (PC); Mo jamen derivre en piti avan jardi. I never delivered a baby before today. (ST)
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délod
PC
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v.tr.
)
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To unload; décharger.
E la, ka t a fini delod li, t a tournè peze pou wa sa to wagon e twa peze. And then when you unload it, you drive back on to see what your wagon and you weigh. (PC)
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délojé
ST
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v.intr.
)
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To move; déménager.
Moun ki mo te koutmen travaye pou je deloje de isi e ale lavil pou viv. The people that I used to work for moved from here and went to New Orleans to live. (ST)
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délouj
ST
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n.
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délaj
CA
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Downpour; déluge, averse.
Lapli t ape tonbe fòr. Sete en gro delaj. Chak rafal lapli reveye man. It was raining hard. It was a downpour. Each blast of rain woke me up. (CA)
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délégasyon
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n.
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Delegation; délégation.
♦ Tout chien té trouvé yé sort té malheureux, alors yé voyé ein délégation, ein bande chien pou mandé Bon Djé pou li méliorer yé condition. All the dogs found that their fate was miserable, so they sent a delegation, a group of dogs to ask God to improve their condition. (FO T15)
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déléyé
CA, PC
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v.,
v.tr.
)
dèlyé
PC
délyé
PC, ST
délé
CA
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To thin, water down, dilute; délayer, diluer.
Deleye, bwa vineg. (For a sore throat, you) thin it down and drink the vinegar. (PC); Mo deleye lakrèm-la parskè li te tro epè. I thinned the cream because it was too thick. (CA); Mo va delye dile. I’ll dilute the milk. (ST)
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To stir; remuer, touiller, tourner.
WHEN YOU STIR IT, an kreyòl se dèlye li. Brase li. When you stir it, in Creole it’s called [dèlje], to stir. (PC) ♦ Kon en piti gen deronjmon to deli la farin fromon don dolo e pi to don li sa trwa fwa pa jou. When a child has diarrhea you stir wheat flour in water and give that to him three times daily. (LA)
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démand
No sources
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n.
)
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Request; demande.
♦ Sirtout com ein misché dans coin qui quand li tande mo demande saboulé moin de coups de poin. Especially like a gentleman in the corner, who when he heard my request showered me with blows of his fists. (T37)
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démanjé
CA
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v.,
v.intr.,
v.tr.
)
démonj
PC
démansh
PC
démonsh
PC
démonjé
NE, PC
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To itch; démanger.
Li jis ite mòrd par en margonwen e sa toujour ap demonje. He just got bit by a mosquito and it still itches. (NE); Mo lamen drwat ape demanje. M ap ale jouwe la lotri. Mo konen mo va gagné. My right hand is itching. I’m going to play the lottery. I know I'll win. (CA)
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To be anxious to, ‘be itching to’; avoir hâte de, avoir une démangeaison de.
Li ole wa kekenn, l apè demonje pou kouri la. He wants to go see someone, he is itching to go there. (PC)To (make s.o.) itch; démanger. Li trape zèrb-a-la-pis. So bra vini tou rouj e komanse demanje li. He caught poison ivy. His arm turned red and started to itch him. (CA); Enen en lèb, ye pel sa lèb-a-la-pis, si li frape on twa, li mèt en lo ti bouton on twa, sa demonj twa. There’s a weed, they call it poison oak. If it gets on you it puts a lot of little pimples on you, it makes you itch. (PC)
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démanjézon
CA
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n.
)
démanjézan
CA
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Itch, rash; démangeaison.
Li trape zèrb-a-la-pis. So bra vini tou rouj. Li te gen en demanjezan. He caught poison ivy. His arm got all red. He had a rash. (CA) ♦ Pou demojezon buji rasin chikore avek ti ben disel pi lav avek sa. For the itch, boil some chicory leaves with a little salt and then wash with that. (LA)
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démanti
BT, CA
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v.tr.
)
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To deny; mer.
Mo se demanti sa, dedi sa; se di ke mon te pa fe sa. I would have denied that, I would have said I didn’t do that. (BT); Li ole demanti ke li te di sa. She didn’t want to say she did that. She’s a trouble maker. (CA)
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démaré
CA, PC, ST
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v.tr.
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To untie, undo; délier.
La no pran gro lakòd e no sere, e to pa ka demare ye apre sa. Then we get a big rope and we tie it, and you can’t undo it after that. (PC); M ap demare mo soulye. M ap gann kouche. I’m untying my shoes. I’m going to bed. (CA); Ale demare tayo-la. Go untie the hound. (ST) ♦ Tan li rivé dans so cabanne, tou zafair té paré pou bouceri. Li benfrémé la porte et démaré so sac. When he arrived at home, everything was ready for the slaughter. He locked the door and untied his bag. (T6)
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démi
CA, NE
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dmi
BT, NE, PC
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Half; demi.
Si vou kontinu swiv lè chmen , en jwa v a rive apre en mil e dmit la vou va don chnal. If you follow the road, once you have gone about a mile and a half you go into Chenal. (PC); En pous e dmi. An inch and a half. (BT)
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Half, thirty (in telling time); et demie (en lisant l’heure).
Li diz èr e dmi. It’s ten-thirty. (PC); Mo sòrti o CENTER aprochan enn èr e demi dez è lapre-midi. I leave the center about one thirty or two o’clock in the afternoon. (CA)
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démi
No sources
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Half
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démi
NE
dmi
NE
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♦ Pou enn foulir pron en demi boutey e met en jonn def on don la. For a sprain take a small bottle and put an egg yolk in it. (LA)
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démi-èr
NE
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démi-lèr
CA
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A half hour; demi-heure.
Don en demi-èr. In half an hour. (NE) ♦[Pou] vomisman, pronn en blon deze e bat li byen dir e met li don dolo e donn pèrsonn-la en kirelye tou le demi-yèr ou tou le zèr. For vomiting, take an egg white, whip it up, put it in water and give the person a spoonful on the half hour or on the hour. (BI)
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démin
CA, NE
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demin
PC, BT
dèmin
PC
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Tomorrow; demain.
Deumen maten mo gen pou leve bonnœr avan soley lèv. Tomorrow morning I have to get up early, before sunrise. (PC); Mo pa konen si m ap ale demen. M a lès twa konen. I don’t know if I’m going to go tomorrow. I’ll let you know. (CA) ♦ Si coque chanté avant jou ’ ya gain brouilla démain. If the cock crows before daylight there will be fog tomorrow. (BD); ' dimin' (T2-T17 passim); ‘démain’ (T11); ‘dainmain’ (T20)
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