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).
• 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
• 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
• 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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• déminajé MO 60, PC, ST ( v.intr. ) dèmnajé PC déminajé PC
  1. To move; déménager.
     Fanmi-sa-a te viv dan lavil vent an anvon li dèmnaje isi. That family lived in New Orleans twenty years before they moved here. (PC) ♦ Kòn to demenaj en chat i fo pase li pa la fnet paske si to pa fe sa sa donn twa bèd lòk. When you’re moving a cat you must not pass it through the window because if you do that it will bring you bad luck. (LA) See examples
• démolajé CA ( v.tr. )
  1. To demolish; détruire, démolir.
• démon CA ( n. )
  1. Demon; démon.
     Li si movèz de-mon-ye avèk li. Li va mèt demon-ye desi twa. She’s so evil the demons are with her. She’s going to put the demons on you. (CA) See examples
  2. The Devil; le diable.
     ♦ Tout moun va dit vous ça excepté vie Démon. Everyone will tell you that except the old Devil. (T27) See examples
• démonté CA, PC ( v.tr. )
  1. To unwind; dérouler.
     Li demonte lafisèl. He unwound the string. (PC) See examples
  2. To take apart, disassemble; démonter.
     Li t ape demonte TELEVISION pou repare li. He was taking apart the television to repair it. (CA) See examples
• démoralizé No sources ( v. )
  1. To demoralize; démoraliser.
     ♦ Bile là pacé proche a démoralizé. That (judicial) bill came close to demoralizing. (T17) See examples
• démèlé CA, PC ( v.tr. ) démélé PC
  1. To uncoil, untangle; dérouler, démêler.
     Li demèle lakòd-la. He uncoiled the rope. (PC); M ape pengnen mo latèt pou demèle mo chvè-ye. I’m combing my hair to untangle it. (CA) See examples
• démélé No sources ( n. )
  1. Blackberry bush, bramble; ronce, mûrier sauvage.
     ♦ Li semblé lapin ki dan démélé. He looks like a rabbit in a blackberry bush. (FO 1887) See examples
• dépan BT, PC ( v.intr. ) déponn PC dépòn NE dépon CA, NE
  1. To depend; dépendre.
     Sa depan ka to plonte. That depends on when you plant. (PC) See examples
• dépans CA ( n. ) ladépons CA, PC ladépans PC
  1. Pantry; dépense, placard à provisions, garde-manger.
     En ladepons se pou mèt to monje, tou sa to sèrv dan to lakizin to me sa andan l, ladepons. A pantry is for storing your food. Everything you use in the kitchen you keep in the pantry. (PC) ♦' A ben, ' li esplike li, li di, ‘en a en nonm kache an-o la e bon manje-la te pou li, move manje-la te pou twa. ' Nonm-la kouri wa e li trouve nonm-la kache dan ladepans. ‘Well, he explained to him, ‘there is a man hidden upstairs, and the good food was for him and the bad food was for you. ‘ The guy went to look and he found a man hidden in the pantry. (JR) See examples
  2. Closet; placard.
     Ladepans, se la ou mo mèt me soulye, me bòt. The closet is where I put my shoes and my boots. (PC) See examples
  3. Expense; dépense.
     An ladepans deu leu gouvèrneuman. At the government’s expense. (PC); Alòr, se la tou depans-la va. La nouritir kout plen. So that where all the expenditures go. Food costs a lot. (CA) ♦ Alors mo tante qui té fait beaucoup de dépenses pou masques, dominos et tout bitin là yé. So my aunt, who had spent a lot for masks, dominos and all. (T40) See examples
  4. Buffet; buffet. (CA)
• dépansé MO 60, PC ( v.tr. ) déponsé PC
  1. To spend; dépenser.
     Nouzat deponse ven-sen mil pyas an zafè-sa-l. We spent twenty five thousand dollars on that thing. (PC) See examples
• déparlé BT, CA, PC ( v.intr. ) déparle PC
  1. To be delerious, talk nonsense; avoir le délire, déparler.
     Li te s teman malad, li deparle. He was so sick, he was talking deliriously. (PC); Afòs li te koupab, li deparle. He was so guilty, he spoke nonsense. (BT); Li an anfans me jodi li parle byen. Li te kapab rezonen byen, li te p ap deparle. He’s senile but today he spoke well. He was able to reason well, he wasn’t talking nonsense. (CA) See examples
• dépayé PC ( v.tr. )
  1. To shuck (corn, sugar cane); éplucher (le maïs, la canne à sucre).
     Depaye mayi. To shuck corn. (PC) See examples
• dépi No sources ( prep., conj. )
  1. Since, from; depuis.
     Li la depi julyet le douz. He’s been here since July 12. (PC); Mo pa wa Jan depi lane pase. I haven’t seen John since last year. (ST) ♦ Dipi so pié qui si mignon jusqu'à so gran tignon. From her cute little feet all the way to the bun in her hair. (T11); Dipis jour la li jamais tracassé Jean Malin qui té gagnin ein meillaire drogue qué li. From that day on he never bothered Clever John, who had a stronger potion than he did. (FO T2)1. Since, ever since; depuis que. Dèpi ye pase dèryè la ye arète lwil-la STRAIGHT DOWN. Ever since they passed through back there they stopped (drilling vertically). (PC) ♦ Li té habitoué boi dipi yé té fouillé ein pi dans so pays qué dolo la té soulé moune. He was accustomed to drinking ever since they dug a well in his country whose water got people drunk. (FO T15) 2. As soon as; aussitôt que, dès que. ♦ Depi li leve Anmeriken-la trape so fizi d tire li an trèvè so kò. As soon as he got up, the American seized his gun and shot him through his body. (JR) 3. As long as; tant que. Nenpòt ki, dèpi to ka koupe li tou antour. (You can use any instrument to cut down a cypress tree), as long as you can cut it all the way around. (PC) 4. As far as (I know); autant que (je sache). Dèpi mwa mo kònè mo-mèm, mon mo kònè ènon blan e nwa. As far as I know, there have always been whites and blacks. (PC) See examples
• dépis PC ( n. )
  1. Flea; puce.
     Chen-sa-la gen depis. That dog has fleas. (PC) ♦Navé ein dipice on mo latête. There was a flea on my head. (T8) See examples
• dépliyé PC ( v.tr. ) dèpliyé PC déplayé CA, ST dépiwayé CA
  1. To unfold; déplier.
     Li depliye dra. She unfolded the sheets. (PC); Mo te playe dra-la e ye te vini deplaye li. I folded the sheet and they came and unfolded it. (CA) See examples
• dépo BT, CA, PC ( n. )
  1. Abcess; abscès.
     Mo gen en depo apre mo jansif Li fe mo mal. I’ve got an abcess by my gums and it hurts me. (CA) See examples
  2. Train station, depot; gare.
     To wa gro bilding ave en depo. Kan le char te pase, leu monn te kouti la pou prann char, an chmen deu fèr. Do you see that big building? It used to be a depot. When the trains came by, people would go there to catch the train. (BT) REM: On CA the form depo only corresponds to sense I ; ‘train station’ is dipo (q.v.). See examples
• dépolé CA, PC ( v. )
  1. To dislocate one’s shoulder; (se) dépauler.
     Li depole li. He dislocated his shoulder. (PC); Mo t ape leve sofa-la kan mo depole mo lepol. I was lifting the sofa when I dislocated my shoulder. (CA) See examples
• dépouy No sources ( n. )
  1. Spoils, booty, plunder; butin, dépouille.
     ♦ Badger depuis longtemps banni et li parti sans so dépouille. Badger has been banished for a long time, and he left without his share of the spoils. (T38) See examples
• dépozé CA ( v.tr. )
  1. To deposit; déposer.
     Tou larjan li i pou Nwèl li depoze li dan la bank. All the money he got for Christmas he deposited in the bank. (CA) ♦Ma déposé treize esczlins dans la Banque Miché Van Norden. I deposited thirteen escalins in Mr. Van Norden’s Bank. (T34) See examples
• dépyé CA, PC ( n. ) dépiy PC
  1. Stake, picket (e.g. of a fence); pieu (p.ex. d’une barrière).
     To konnen konman ye te pèche moun ye te mou ven tchouwe ye? Ye te mete depiy an ye. You know how they stopped dead people from coming to kill them? They put stakes in them. (PC) ♦ Bottes bois-gras la yé, qué mo tante té metté en haut labarrière, té brulé jusqu ‘au ras des pieux qui té prend feu. The dry pine wood which my aunt had put atop the fence burned all the way down to the pickets, which then caught fire. (T40) •pyeu dbout n.phr. (PC); pye debout (CA); pye dbout (PC). Picket fence; palis, palissade. Kan pye dbout-la pouri, sa dòn twa plen traka. When the picket fence rots, it gives you a lot of trouble. (PC) See examples
  2. Broom handle; manche à balai.
     Nou se mete en depye on en lakò nou t asit on depye-la. We used to attach a broomhandle to a rope and then we’d sit on the handle. (PC) See examples
• dépèshé CA, MO 60, PC ( v.intr. ) dépéshé NE
  1. To hurry; se dépêcher.
     Sa-fe nou te genp depeche fini dine e kouri bèk don klo en ti momon. So we had to hurry to finish dinner and go back into the fields for a little while. (NE) ♦Y faut mo dépéché, et mo pas gaingnain temps jordi pou casse birgot . I have to hurry, I don’t have time today for drumfish. (T27) See examples
• dépéri CA ( v.intr. )
  1. To waste away; dépérir.
     Ye te manj tou-l-tan me ye vini mèg. Ye t ape deperi. They would eat all the time but they got thin. They were wasting away. (CA) See examples
• déranjman CA ( n. ) déronjmon BT
  1. Loose bowels, diarrhea; diarrhée.
     Pou trape en deranjman, mo gen pou manje de prin. To get loose bowels I have to eat prunes. (CA); Gato siro-lœ fou mon en deronjmon . That syrup cake gave me diarrhea. (BT) ♦Pou deronjmon to pron lekòs de vje dibwa kopal. For diarrhea you take the bark of the old sweet gum tree. (LA) See examples
  2. Indigestion; indigestion.
     Mo te gen deranjman. Mo lestoma fe mo mal. I had indigestion. My stomach hurt. (CA) See examples
• déranjé No sources ( adj. )
  1. Out of order, broken; en panne, cassé.
     Mo te gen mo lalimyèr ke te deranje e mo te gen pou charche pou en òm pou mont andan mo grengnen pou ranje li. My lighting wasn’t working and I had to look for a man to go up in my attic and fix it. (CA) See examples
  2. Upset (of stomach); dérangé (en parlant de l’estomac).
     Mo vant tou deranje. Mo arèt pa ale dan komòd. My stomach is upset. I don’t stop going to the bathroom. (CA) See examples
• déranjé No sources ( v., v.tr., v.intr. ) déronjé NE déronj BT
  1. To bother, disturb, trouble; déranger, gêner.
     Sa pa deranje mon. That didn’t bother me. (CA) ♦Ma jamin oua arien qui bétant comme moune chez moin. Yapé pélé moin et dérangé moin dans mo nouvrage. I’ve never seen anything as irritating as the people at my place. They’re calling me and disturbing me at work. (FO T4) See examples
  2. To upset (the stomach); déranger (l’estomac).
     Mo te dezabitwe labouchri. Sa deranje man. I wasn’t used to pork meat. It upset my stomach. (CA)To disappear, go away, leave; disparaître, s’en aller, partir. To fomyeu deronje isi, twa. You had better disappear! (NE); Deronj isit! Get away from me! (BT) See examples
• dérapé No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To shuck; éplucher.
     Derape mayi. To shuck com. (PC) See examples
  2. To grate; râper.
     To fè en larap, derape mayi . You made a grater and grated the com. (PC) See examples
• dérik PC ( n. ) dèrik PC
  1. Derrick; derrick.
     Tou moun te ale dekann kote derik-la. Everyone transported the sugar cane to the derrick. (PC) See examples
• dérivé ST ( v.intr. ) délivré CA, PC
  1. To drift; dériver.
     Bato te jich delivre on larivyè-la. The boat was just drifting along. (PC); Bato-la ape delivre . Li te pa mare. The boat is drifting. It isn’t tied up. (CA) ♦ Anvant li parti li culbité so choal dans larivière et quand pove béte té apé dérivé dans courant trois carencros vini posé en haut li. Before he left he threw his horse into the river, and when the poor beast was drifting along in the current, three crows came to rest on him. (FO T18) See examples
• dérobé BT, PC ( v.tr. )
  1. To shuck; éplucher.
     Kant i derobe en mai, enn epi mai, wèl li prande le pay e pi ye penye ye. When they shucked an ear of corn, well they would take the husk and comb it. (BT) See examples
• dérouté No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To throw into confusion, throw off the trail; dérouter.
     ♦ Couri vite, dit Renard, pas attende yé vini taqué vous zotes, passé pont la tout souite, vous zotes va dérouté yé. Run quickly, said Renard, don’t wait for them to attack you, cross the bridge right away, you will throw them off the trail. (FO T15) See examples
  2. To distract; distraire, détourner.
     Kan m ap ale a lamès, mo te deroute e mo te pa kapab rive. When I was on my way to mass, I got distracted and I couldn’t get there. (CA) See examples
• dérédi CA, PC ( v.tr. ) dèrèdi PC
  1. To stretch; déraidir, s’étirer.
     Li dèrèdi se janm. He stretched his legs. (PC); M ap deredi mo janm-ye. Mo te asit tro lontan andan char-la. I’m stretching my legs. I was sitting too long in the car. (CA) See examples
• désalèy No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To soak (salted meat) in water to remove the salt; dessaler (de la viande).
     Nou se pronn lavyòn ki gen dezo, n se mèt la desalèy o kote. Ka l se desalèy ase, la nou se mète lavyann ndan l. We’d take meat with bones in it, and we’d put it aside to soak the salt out of it. When most of the salt was gone, we’d put the meat in (the pot). (PC) See examples
• désan No sources ( adj. )
  1. Decent; décent.
     ♦ Ma dis li qué jour là seulement, mo té rivé dé la Mobile où mo té ein barbier décent. I told him that that very day I had arrived from Mobile, where I had been a decent barber. (T34) See examples
• désanm PC ( n. ) désonm PC
  1. December; décembre.
     Kan to fini plannte, to kanmans koupe dan òktob. La to gen tou oktòb, tou novanm, tou desanm ouchka ye fini GRIND. When you’re finished planting the cane you start cutting it in October. Then you have all of October, all of November, and all of December until they’re finished grinding it. (PC) ♦Mais tou té n’a l'air si rebel qué mo tremblé com en Décembre. But everything looked so rebellious that I trembled as though it were December. (T37) See examples
• désann PC ( v., v.intr., v.tr. ) désàn PC dèsann PC
  1. To go down; descendre.
     Mo manje pa desann. Pa dejire. My food doesn’t go down. I can’t digest. (PC) ♦ Dessanne vite avan moune ouâ nouzot. Come down quickly before people see us. (T3); ‘en descendant [on desondon]’ (BI) See examples
  2. To go down, set (of the sun); se coucher (en parlant du soleil).
     Tan nou te kouri OUT nou te gen toumen avon soley-la kouri anba dibwa, avon li desann. When we went out we had to get back before the sun went down below the trees, before it set. (PC) See examples
  3. To get down, get off; descendre.
     Mo desàn an chwòl-la. I got off the horse. (PC); Kan mo desann, mo tonbe. When I got down, I fell. (CA)To go down; descendre. ♦ Mo te desann mo leskalye yè e mo tonmbe. I was going down my stairs yesterday and I fell. (JR) See examples
• désharjé CA, PC ( v.tr. )
  1. To discharge; renvoyer.
     Kan mo kite lopital ye decharje mon pou mo vini lamezon. When I left the hospital, they discharged me to come home. (PC) See examples
  2. To unload; décharger.
     T e kou kase mayi. To voy li dan to wagon , chak pye. Ka to wagon plen, to va kote to magazen , to decharje li. You’re going to harvest com. You throw it in your wagon, each stalk. When your wagon is full you go to the bam, you unload it. (PC) See examples
  3. To discharge, fire; tirer, décharger.
     Mo t ap decharje mo fizi si kou. Li tir si kou. I was discharging my six-gage shotgun. It fires six times. (CA) See examples
• déshiré CA, MO 60, PC ( v.tr. ) dèshir PC déshiré PC
  1. To tear; déchirer.
     Mo vyeu nòm travay dan l klo e toujou li gen lenj dechire ke mo gen p pyèste. My old man works in the field, and he’s always got tom clothes that I have to mend. (CA) ♦ Mo vini chécher mo popa et mo frè et si to laisse pas yé vini ‘vec moin , m'a déchiré toi en ' tits moceaux. I’ve corne to get my father and my brothers, and if you don’t let them come with me Fil tear you into little pieces. (BD) See examples
  2. To cut, dig; fouiller, creuser.
     Djounya, a koup li , a dèchire laté plu f on, l a kour plu fon k en chwini. A ‘Junior’ will dig deeper, it will go deeper than a small harrow will. (PC) See examples
• déshonjé NE ( v. )
  1. To undress; se déshabiller.
     Li kouri che li, li dechonje e li kour kouche. He came home, he undressed and went to bed. (NE) See examples
• déshosé PC ( v.tr. ) désosé PC
  1. To lay bare (the roots of); déchausser (les racines d’une plante).
     Ka koton a lèvè to desose li, e to skrep li. When the cotton is growing you off-bar it, you scrape it. (PC) See examples
• déshou-flè PC ( n. ) déshou an flè PC
  1. Cauliflower; chou-fleur.
     Ena dechou-flè e ena de chou. There is cauliflower and then there are cabbages. (PC) See examples
• déshéshé CA ( v.tr. ) déshèshé CA
  1. To dry out; dessécher.
     Mo bliye roze mo pye de roz e ye decheche. I forgot to water my rosebush and it dried up. (CA) ♦ Mem jou 4 jiyet là, Bon Djié fé ein gran machine déchéché li pété Larche-Kanciel pou pompé dolo si li tombé tro boucou ancau. On the same Fourth of July God made a big drying machine called a Rainbow to pump water if too much ever fell again. (T13) See examples
• dési No sources ( adv., prep. )
  1. On top, over; dessus.
     Kon mo te foule mo pye, tretœr trete én kòrd e li fe la priyèr desi. When I had sprained my foot, the healer treated a piece of string and said a prayer over it. (NE) ♦ La , to me si gout terebontin desi. Then you put six drops of turpentine on it. (BI) See examples
  2. In, inside; dedans.
     Vou gen en pip, la vou mèt taba lesi. Vou fimen li. You have a pipe. You put tobacco in it and smoke it. (PC)On, on top of; sur. To me karle-la desi latèr. You put the trap on the ground. (CA) ♦ Kan li lache rasin-la pou krache dan so men-ye, ye tou tonbe enn desi lòt dan dolo-la. When he let go of the root to spit in his hands, they fell one on top of the other into the water. (JR) See examples
• désidé CA, NE, PC ( v., v.refl., v.intr. ) désipé PC dèsipé PC
  1. To decide, make up one’s mind; se décider.
     Li jongle on sa-a, è li deside li-mèm pou demannde mò deskresyon. He thought about it, and he made up his mind to ask for my discretion. (PC)To decide; décider. Ka to desipe to desipe pou plon li. When you decide, you decide to plan it. (PC); Li vini las avèk la plas. Li deside pou van li. He got tired of the place. He decided to sell it. (CA) ♦ En ave lontan li te ole konnen lekel ki te pli fo e li deside pou enfòrmen li mèm jou sa la. For a long time he had wanted to know which one was the strongest, and he decided to find out that day. (JR) See examples
• désin CA ( n. )
  1. Drawing; dessin.
• désinnman No sources ( n. )
  1. Drawing; dessin.
     ♦ Dan tan lé zot foâ kan mo té tandé parlé neg dan gazet, sire li té samblai décineman m apé fé la. In the past when I heard a guy talk in the newspaper, certainly he looked like the drawing I made. (T 17) See examples
• désizyon No sources ( n. )
  1. Decision; décision.
     ♦Jij-la rann so desizyon. The judge gave his decision. (JR) See examples
• désoulé No sources ( adj. )
  1. Sobered up, sober; déssoûlé, qui n’a pas bu.
     Mo desoule, mo te pa sou. I was sober, I wasn’t drunk. (PC); Kan to sou, to va kouche ekan to lèv to desoule. To pi sou. When you’re drunk you go to bed and when you wake up you’re sober. You’re not drunk anymore. (CA) See examples
• désèr CA, MO 60 ( n. )
  1. Dessert; dessert.
     Le dimanch Mam te fe so lapat e li te fe dipen patat. Sete en desèr. On Sundays Mom would make dough and she’d make sweet potato bread. It was a dessert. (CA) See examples
• dét MO 60 ( n. )
  1. Debt; dette.
     Le rès dan det. He is in debt. (PC) ♦ Li te vini pou regle det-sa-la, men li te tro tar pou toumen sa kouri an lwa. He had come to settle that debt, but he was too late to prevent it from going to court. (JR) See examples
• détashé No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To untie; détacher, délier.
     ♦ Li détaché li méme et pende so patte yé. He untied himself and hung his paws. (FO T4) See examples