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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fòrsé
CA, PC
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v.,
v.tr.
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fosé
NE, PC
forsé
NE, PC
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To force; forcer.
Ènan plen lalwa k a pase, ye fose blan-la pou fe li. They’ve passed a lot of laws to force white people to do it (to treat blacks as equals). (PC); Ye te p ole ale. Ye te fòrse ye. They didn’t want to go. They forced them. (CA) ♦ Yé forcé li pour resté coté di fé. They forced her to remain by the fire. (T29)
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To strain; froisser, forcer.
Doktœr di mo: Lèv ryen lour. Si mo biy, mo va fòrse mo lèstoma. The doctor told me, ‘Don’t lift anything heavy.’ If I forget, I will strain my chest. (CA) —v.intr. To try, push (oneself); se forcer, s’efforcer. Si to WEAK , to gen fòrse plus ke lòt-la. If you’re weak, you have to try harder than someone else. (PC) ♦ Mais c'est pas arien ça , gardé moin qui forcé autant qué vous, mo pas senti la fatigue. But that is nothing, here I am straining as hard as you, and I don’t feel tired. (FO T4)
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fòs
CA, PC
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n.
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lafòs
PC
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Grave; fosse.
Mwen e mo vye bo-pè deja fouye de lafòs kote moun , nou te bije pouse ye dezo en kote pou ka mèt sèrkey-li anndan lan. My old father-in-law and I dug graves for people (where) we had to push their bones to one side in order to be able to put the coffin in there. (PC); Prèt-la beni fòs dan simtjèr pou la Tousen. The priest blesses the graves in the cemetery for All Saints’ Day. (CA) ♦ Li met sèrkey-la dan lafòs-la e klouwe so kouvè. He put the coffin in the grave and nailed its lid shut. (JR)
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fòs
PC
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n.
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léfòs
PC
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Clippers; tondeur.
Mo koupe mule cheve ave en fòs. I’m cutting the mule’s hair with clippers. (PC)
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fòsœr
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n.,
n.phr.
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fòsœr dusuk
PC
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Boss, superintendent at a sugar mill; gérant, patron, directeur dans une sucrerie.
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fòt
PC
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n.
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lafot
CA
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Fault; faute.
Jonmè fe en WRECK mo lavi. Lòt moun-la frape mon , se pa mon fòt. I’ve never had a car wreck in all my life. Other people have hit me, it’s not my fault. (PC); Se pa mo-ken lafot. Mo pa kase lalanp-la. It’s not my fault. I didn’t break the lamp. (CA) ♦ Eben! cé vrai , avoua Démon, cé vou faute. ‘Well, it’s true,’ admitted Demon. ‘It’s your fault.’ (ME)
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gabari
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n.
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Model, mould; gabarit.
♦Compair Dahomey ramassé ein morceau laterre gras, couri pran gabari serrure là et avan dix hères soné li dijà bâclé ein vagnan laclé . Brer Dahomey picked up a piece of clay, went to take a mould of the lock, and before ten o’clock he had already forged a nice key. (T6)
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gabrièl
CA
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n.
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Nightgown; chemise de nuit.
M anvi dòrmi. M ap mèt mo gabrièl. M ap gann kouche. I feel like sleeping. I’m putting on my nightgown and I’m going to bed. (CA) REM: Acrolectal speakers on CA say kamizòl. ♦ Li fé li ain gabrielle rause et ain otte move. She made herself a pink nightgown and another mauve one. (WO)
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gaj
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n.
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Pledge, security; gage.
♦ Mo bésoin dé trois mois crédit, juqu’à Pâques là, juqu’à les jours grandit, mo baillé vous in gage, in vaillant laguitare. I need three months’ credit until Easter, until the days are long. As a pledge I will give you a nice guitar. (T1)
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gal
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n.
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lagal
CA, PC
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Scabies, mange (on a dog or cat); gale.
Chyen-la plen lagal. Li pèrd so pwal-ye. The dog is full of mange. He’s losing his fur. (CA)
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gal
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n.,
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nwa gal
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Gall-nut; noix de galle, cf. nwa
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gala
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n.
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Gala, celebration; gala, fête.
♦ Blanc et pi noir, yé dansé bamboula. Vous pas jamais voir ain plus grand gala. Blacks and whites alike danced the bamboula. You’ve never seen a bigger celebration. (T10)
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galdri
NE, PC
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n.
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lagaldri
CA, PC
garli
PC
lagardri
PC
lagarli
PC
légalri
CA
légaldri
CA
légardli
CA
lagalri
CA, ST
galri
MO 60
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Porch, veranda; véranda.
Ti boug-leu kouri kote lamezon-non, e li monte an lagarli. The little boy ran towards the house, he climbed onto the porch. (PC); Mo mèt en garde-fou an mo legaldri devan pou peche piti-ye tonbe deyò . I put a railing in front on my porch to prevent children from falling off. (CA) ♦ Compair Lapin soté on la garlie ouké tou mamzels ye té apé tende li avé Compair Bouki. Brer Rabbit jumped on the porch where all of the girls were waiting for him with Brer Bouki. (T3)
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galimasha
CA
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n.
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galimacha
CA
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Mess, hodge-podge, jumble, mixture of all sorts of things; gâchis, mélange de toutes sortes de choses, fatras.
Mo mèt si-tèlman en ta difèran jardinaj andan mo frikase sa toumen an galimatcha . I put so many different vegetables into my fricassee that it turned into a hodgepodge. (CA)
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galizé
PC
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v.tr.
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To plane; raboter.
Ye gen galè, ye galize li, galerè li ye mizure li. They had a planer and they smoothed it, planed it and measured it. (PC)
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galo
CA
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n.
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Gallop; galop. •gron galo
n.phr. Full gallop; grand galop. ♦ Alò Bourike parti gron galo. So Donkey took off at full gallop. (FO T15)
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Business; commerce.
Mo fiy gen so galo pou limèm. My daughter runs her own business. (CA)
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galon
CA, NE, PC
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n.
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Gallon; gallon.
Te gen en lakruch, ven-senk galon plen. They had a pitcher, twenty-five gallons full. (PC); Dan tan lachechrès, no te va chèrche dolo dan pi artezyen e no mèt gro danmijan sen galon antèr treno. In periods of drought, we would go get water in the Artesian well. We would put a big five gallon jug on the land sled. (CA) ♦ Kon to gen mal o zye met flè rozye don en galon dolo epi bat to zye on don la. When your eyes are sore put rosewater in a gallon of water and then flush your eyes with that, [‘gallon’] (LA)
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galopé
gen
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v.,
v.intr.,
v.tr.
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galòpé
MO 60, PC
galòp
PC
galpé
PC
galop
CA
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To run; courir.
To peu pa galope avek mwen, Torti, parske mo galop tro vit. You can’t run with me, Turtle, because I run too fast. (NE); Dolo-le e galope vit vit vit. Kouran-la fò. The water is flowing very fast. The current is strong. (PC) ♦ Li parti galope, mais tayo té oir li. He started to run, but the hounds had seen him. (T23) 2. To run for office; présenter sa candidature. Sa fe LINCOLN galope pou prèzidon. So Lincoln ran for president. (PC); Ye gen en nelèksyon. Ye ape galope pou cherif. They’re having an election. They’re running for sheriff. (CA) •galope pou plas v.phr. (CA; PC). To run for office; présenter sa candidature. Ena pa pèson ki e galope pou plas astè. There is no one running for office now. (PC) 3. To run, function; marcher, fonctionner. Moulen e galope tou le jou. The mill runs every day. (PC); Mo lapandil ap galope byen. Li pèr jamen lèr. My clock is working well. It never loses time. (CA) 4. To gallop; galoper. Li monte on so jumon e li parti galope. He got on his mare and he galloped off. (CA) 5. To flow, run; courir, couler. Dolo-sa-la e galope anndan larivyè laba. That water runs into the river down there. (PC) 6. To run into; frapper, heurter. Cha-la galope anndan dibwa-la. The car ran into the tree. (PC); Mo galope andan la tab e mo fe mo mal. I ran into the table and I hurt myself. (CA) 7. To go out with, date; sortir avec, fréquenter. To galope ave en fanm èna tou kalite nonm ki e galpr e li. You go out with a woman, all kinds of men are going out with her. (PC) 8. To go; aller. Mo galope kote mo frè. I went over to my brother’s. (CA)1. To run (bases, in baseball); faire le tour (des buts, dans le jeu de baseball). Kon ye fini galope ye BASE, si ye gonye ye mak sa. When they’ve finished running their bases, if they scored a point they mark it. (BT) 2. To chase, run after; poursuivre, courir après. Li te gen de chyen, chen-yen ye te galòpe lapen. He had two dogs, the dogs chased rabbits. (PC) •an galòp adj.phr. (BT; CA). In heat, rutting; en rut. Kan ina en mal, alon di ki l an galòp, me la, sila ka jumon an galòp, to dan l traka avèk en chval. When you’ve got a malé animal, let’s say he’s rutting, or when you’ve got a mare in heat, you’ve got a problem with a horse. (BT); En chyen kònen santi lwen kan en chyen an galòp. A dog can smell far when another dog is in heat. (CA) 3. To run, manage, tend (a store, a business, etc.); gérer, tenir (un magasin, etc). Mo galope laletri sèz an. I ran the dairy for sixteen years. (BT) 4. To run, operate; faire fonctionner. Lasikleri a dòn nouzòt JOBS', t èna pa nonm pou galope lasikleri. The sugar mill gave us our jobs, there were no men to run the sugar mill. (PC) 5. To run (a fever); avoir (de la fièvre). Ye sre bave en ta, galope kom en ptit fort fyèv. They were drooling a lot and running something like a strong little fever. (BT); Y ap galope lafyèv trwa ou kat jou deja. They’ve been running a fever three or four days already. (CA); Li va galope en lafiyèv. He is going to run a fever. (ST)
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galopœr
BT, ST
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n.
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Runner; coureur.
Se pa fasil pou to trap en kokodri a la kours, paski kan i va ale l pou galope i lèv, e pi i bon galopœr. It’s not easy for you to catch an alligator running, because when he starts to run he gets up, and he’s a good runner. (BT)
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galèr
BT, CA, PC
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n.
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galinrin
PC
galin
PC
galè
CA, PC
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Planer, sander; raboteuse.
Ti pœ ize èn galèr ou ti pœ sèrvi enn lim ou ti poure sèrvi en kouto, enn hach, ti poure sèrvi plusieuz afèr pou taye leu bwò. You can use a planer, you can use a file or you could use a knife, an axe, you can use several different things to cut wood. (BT)
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galèt
CA
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n.
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Yeast cake; levure en cube, en tablette.
Mo mèt mo is tranpe dan dolo e mo pran en pe lafarin e mo fe en lapat mou e sa se la galèt e to lès li leve ouchka demen maten e la to mèt lafarin pou dirsi li pou fe dipen. I put my yeast to soak in water and I take a little flour and I make a soft dough and that’s a yeast cake, and you let it rise until tomorrow morning and then you put in flour to harden it to make bread. (CA)
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Vagina; vagin.
Tite fille faut ti soigne to galette, faut ti garder ça tout nette, nhomme-yé l'aimain ça ben serré, si non tu connais ‘t va payer. Little girl, you must take good care of your vagina, you must keep it very clean, men like it to be tight, if not you know you’ll pay. (DC)
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galé
CA
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Mangy; galeux.
To pli gale k en chyen. You’re more mangy than a dog. (CA) ♦ Li bimin tout chiens yé et paillé yé tout, jis ein pove chien galé. He beat all of the dogs and scattered them all, just a poor little mangy dog. (FO T15)
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galéré
PC
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v.tr.
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galérè
PC
galèré
CA, PC
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To plane; raboter.
Te pran trwa kat laplanch. Ye gen galè, ye galize li, galerè li, ye mizure li. They took a few boards. They had a planer and they smoothed it, planed it and measured it. (PC)
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gamèl
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ganmèl
CA
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Mess tin, porridge bowl; gamelle.
♦ Et dans coin-là, mo gamell. And in the corner, my porridge bowl. (T32)
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Round end (of a watermelon); Bout arrondi (du pastèque).
To fini manje en ganmèl demlan-la. You’ve finished eating the watermelon end piece. (CA)
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ganar
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Buzz (from drinking alcohol); cuite, état d’être éméché (après avoir bu de l’alcool).
♦ Tan yé fini boâ, Compair Cabri té gagné ein famé ganarre. When they had finished drinking, Brer Goat had a nice buzz going. (T8)
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ganash
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Old fool, old fogey; ganache.
♦ Pitit milâte là, Guichard, qui té toujours ein vié ganache. The little mulatto, Guichard, who was always an old fogey. (T38)
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ganbyé
PC
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n.
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ganmbyé
PC
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Cigarette rolling paper; papier à cigarettes.
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gar-dé-zye
CA
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n.
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gar-dé-zyé
CA
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Blinder; oeillère.
Mèt gar-de-zye an chval pou ye garde drwat. Put the blinder on the horses so they look straight ahead. (CA)
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gar-manjé
CA
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n.
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gar-monjé
PC, CA
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Larder, pantry (cupboard for storing dishes or food); garde-manger.
En gar-monje? Se pou met to laveseyl, to fourchet e to kiyè-ye, to vèr, sa to bwa andon. Sa va dan lakizin. A cupboard? It’s for storing your dishes, your forks and spoons, your dishes, what you drink out of. It goes in the kitchen. (PC) ♦ En a bon manje dan gar-manje. There are good things to eat in the food cupboard. (JR)
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garaj
CA, PC
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Garage; garage.
Mo mèt mo AUTOMOBILE dan garaj oto. I put my car in the garage. (PC); Divan-la jete mo garaj. The wind knocked over my garage. (CA)
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garanti
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Guarantee, assurance; assurance, garantie.
Mais cher, c’est comme ça dans la vie, ti peut prend garanti-là à COCODRIE! But cher, it’s like that in life, Alligator gives you a guarantee! (DC)
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garanti
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garonti
CA, NE
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To guarantee, assure; garantir, assurer.
Mo garanti twa, aben apre mo-tchèn mari mouri, kabann plen piti, mo gen tou sa mo bezonn. I guarantee you, after my husband died, the house was full of kids, but I had everything I needed. (PC) ♦ C’est bon, dit Néléphant, mo garanti toi ma sorti lavache la ou ben la corde a cassé'. It’s good, said Elephant, I guarantee you I’ll get the cow out or else the rope will break. (FO T1)
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gard
CA
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n.
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gad
PC
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Guard; garde.
Keken k ap gète se en gard. Someone who is watching is a guard. (CA) ♦ Rwa-la te met de gard pou espere pou Fran Koken. The king had put out some guards to wait for Franc Coquin. (JR) •’fé la gard’ v.phr. To keep watch, pay close attention; faire bien attention, veiller. ♦ Doctair Macaque avé Bourriquet té f é la gard tou tan pasqué yé yé té pa capab blié coman compair Lapin té trompé yé si ben dan so procés. Dr. Monkey and Bourriquet watched all the time, because they could not forget how Compair Lapin had tricked them during his trial. (FO 1887) •mèt on (so) gad v.phr. (PC). To notify; avertir. N apele le e vini pou li mèt li on so gad, la li sa pare pou vou dèmen. We will call and notify her, that way she’ll be ready for you tomorrow. (PC)
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gard-soléy
CA
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n.
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gar-soléy
CA, NE
gad-solèy
PC
gad-soléy
NE
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Sun bonnet; garde-soleil.
En bone se pou en ti bebe. En gard-soley se pou soley ou divan. Ti jîy mèt gard-soley. A bonnet is for a baby. A sun bonnet is for the sun or the wind. Little girls wear sun bonnets. (CA)
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garde-fou
PC
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n.
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gadé-fou
PC
gardè-four
PC
gardé-fou
CA
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Railing; garde-fou.
Mo mèt en garde-fou an mo legalri devan pou peche piti-ye tonbe deyò. I put a railing on my porch in front to prevent the children from falling off. (CA)
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gardyin
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Guard, warden; gardien.
En prizonnen tue so gardyen. A prisoner killed his guard. (ST) ♦ Ala gardien lageole. There’s the prison warden. (T10) •lanj gardyen n.phr. Guardian angel; ange gardien, cf. nanj
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Babysitter, nurse; babysitter.
Piti-la li gen en bon gardyen ki okipe li kan so paran pa la. The child has a good sitter who takes care of him when his parents aren’t there. (ST) ♦ Jou la méme moman la vini, li pélé gadgienne la dans in coin, li tiré en bas so romaine in gros couteau et li di li: - Molé to tchué mo fille. Lapé vini plis joli qué moin. That day the same mama came. She called the nurse into a comer, pulled a knife out from under her dress and said, 'I want you to kill my daughter. She’s getting prettier than me.’ (FO T16)
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gardé
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To keep; garder.
Li garde larjan mo dòn li. He kept the money I gave him. (PC); To kapab garde chapo-sa-a-la. Mo dòn twa chapo-la. You can keep that hat. I’m giving you the hat. (CA) ♦ Gardé sécret c’est ein bêtise. To keep a secret is silly. (T11)
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gardé
gen, MO 60
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gard
CA, MO 60, NE
gad
MO 60, PC
gar
PC
ga
MO 60, NE
gadé
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To look at, watch; regarder.
Ye te kouri asi pour garde konmon mo tape danse la vals. They all ran to sit down and watch how I was dancing the waltz. (BT); Ga konman li e bafre. Look how he’s stuffing himself. (PC); Nom-sa-la kanbre. Garde-li koman li kanbre kan li march. That man is bow-legged. Look at him, how bowlegged he is when he walks. (CA) ♦ Michié Loup gros gavion li si content bafré qui li jamain gardé ça qui l apé mangé. Mr. Wolf is a big eater, he likes to stuff himself so much that he never looks at what he’s eating. (T19) Conjug: a) an gardan pres.part. Looking; en regardant. ♦ Li marche tou alantou li an gardan li ben pròch. He walked all the way around it looking at it closely. (JR) b) gar v.imper. (BT); ga (CA; MO 60; NE; PC); garde (CA; NE; ST); rœgad, gade (PC); gad (MO 60). Look! Regarde! Regardez! To wa le hayon kroche? Gar! Tou partou, gar! Konm ma fiy a HOUSTON, èl ete menne lenj isi. You see the clothes hanging up? Look, everywhere, look. My daughter in Houston brought them here. (BT) ♦ Gagaye, mo fi, cou pélé to mouman. Look, my girl, go call your mama. (T27) •Ga li la! v.phr. (CA; MO 60). There he (she) is! Le (la) voilà! •Ga ye la! v.phr. (CA). There they are! Les voilà! •ga twa v.phr. (PC). Watch out; Attention! Dorte gen di ‘ga twa, e. Vini fouye to va pa parle, non! ‘ Dorothy said, ‘Look, he wants to come and dig, and you’re not to say anything!’ (PC) •garde pou v.phr. (NE; PC); gad pou (BT); gade pou (NE). 1) To look for; chercher. Mo garde tou partou pou mo lamont. Mo te pa kapab trouve li. I’ve looked everywhere for my watch. I can’t find it. (PC) 2) To pay attention to; faire attention à. [Si] li pele mwa en neg, mwa mo pe e gade pou sa mwen. If he calls me a nigger, I won’t pay any attention to it. (PC)
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To look, appear, seem; avoir l’air, sembler.
Sa gad mal. That looks bad. (PC); Sa gard drol. Se safe to t ap ri. That looks funny. That’s why you were laughing. (CA) •gad byen pou (so) laj v.phr. (PC). To look good for one’s age; porter bien son âge. Li gad byen pou son laj, en? She looks good for her age, doesn’t she? (PC) •gard byen v.phr. (PC). To look good; avoir I’air bien. O to gard byen. You’re looking good. (PC) •garde kòm si v.phr. (NE). To look as if; avoir l’air, sembler. Mari gard kòm si li malad. Mary looks like she’s sick. (NE) •gad parèy v.phr. (PC). To look alike, the same; se ressembler. Ye gad parèy. They look alike. (PC)
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To concern; regarder, concerner. •Sa pa garde twa.
exp. Sa gard pa twa. (CA). It’s none of your business, It doesn’t concern you; Cela ne te regarde pas. ♦ Ça pas gardé toi , to tendé, dit Jean Sotte, tois e 'est chien pou jappé dans la cour. ‘That’s none of your business, do you hear?’ said Foolish John. ‘You’re just a dog to bark in the yard. ‘ (FO T18)
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gardœr-de-vèséyl
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Cupboard; placard (de cuisine).
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garfètœr
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Caulker; calfat.
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gargali
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Gargle; liquide à gargariser, gargarisme.
♦ [Pou] mal de gòrj, fe en gargali avek di sel e vineg. For a sore throat, make a gargling solution with salt and vinegar. (BI)
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gargalizé
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To gargle; se gargariser.
Mo gargalize mo lagòrj evèk vinèg pou mo mal de gorj . I gargled (my throat) with vinegar for my sore throat. (CA) ♦Pi la gagalize to gòrj. And then gargle with it. (LA)
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gargoton
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gargotan
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Throat; gorge.
To pran en kouto, to koup li anba so gargoton e to seny li. You take a knife, you cut him under the throat, and you bleed him. (BT)
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Adam’s apple; pomme d'Adam. (PC)
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gargàn
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gargan
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gargonn
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gargony
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gargann
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gargana
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Throat; gorge.
La gargony, la, to val, sa se la lœ manje pas. The throat, there, when you swallow that’s where your food passes. (BT); Mo manje tro. Mo plen ouchka kote mo gargan. I ate too much. I’m stuffed to the gills. (CA) ♦ Ma révéyé avé ein lasouafe ki té apé graté mo gargane. I woke up early with a thirst that was scratching my throat. (T16)
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Adam’s apple; pomme d’Adam. (CA)
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garni
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To decorate, trim; garnir, décorer.
Mo garni mo latwalèt e bebèl-la. I decorated my dresser with knicknacks. (CA) ♦ Liporté jipon garni. She wears a lined underskirt. (WO)
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garofyé
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garòfyé
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grofyé
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Water or swamp locust; garaufier, caroubier. (Gleditsia aquatica).
Fevye, st en dibwa, garòfye ki pa gen- enn o de grofye. The honey locust is a tree which only has one or two thorns. (PC)
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Thom (of the locust tree); épine, piquant (du caroubier).
To kou mâche on en garofye, l a pike twa. If you step on a thorn it will prick you. (PC) ♦ Tit Jean oua li té gain ein garofié et li desçonne et li sorti garofié-la. Little John saw that he had a thorn in it, so he came down and removed the thorn. (B D)
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garoshé
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To throw; jeter.
Garrochez yé moyèr à vilain ‘méricain. Throw off their ways of being ugly Americans. (DC)
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garoté
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To kick; donner des coups de pieds.
Mo se garote twa si-tèlman to sa kra en siklôn k ap pase disi twa. I would kick you so much that you’ll think a cyclone is passing over you. (CA)
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gars
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gas
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Bitch; garce, salope.
Vyey gas. Old bitch. (PC)
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garson
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Boy; garçon. 27
garson te Chaken gen trwa pyas. The boys each had three dollars. (PC) ♦ En fois yavé dé ti garçons qui té vive dans ein lamaison avec fléve dréte derrière. Once there were two little boys who lived in a house with a river right behind it. (FO T22) •garson-d-onnè n.phr. (PC); gason-d-onèr (PC). Best man; garçon d’honneur. Bononm-la se so BEST MAN, e gason-d-onèr-la se sa ki ansonm ave fiy-d-onè-la. That guy is the best man, and he is the one who will be with the maid of honor. (PC) ♦ Lendemin tout moune té réini et yé célébré la noce Compair Lapin avec Mamzelle Lapin Blanc et Compair Renard té so premier garçon d'honnair. The next day everyone got together and celebrated the marriage of Brer Rabbit to Mrs. White Rabbit, and Brer Fox was his best man. (FO T15) •ti garson n.phr. (CA). (Baby) boy; petit garçon. Se en ti garson. It’s a boy! (PC); Ye t ole en ti garson me ye i en ti fiy. They wanted a baby boy but they had a baby girl. (CA) •ti-garson n. Grandson; petit-fils. cf. ti-garson •vye garson n.phr. (CA; PC). Bachelor; célibataire. Anfin se en vye garson. Well, he’s an old bachelor. (PC)
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Son; fils.
Mo te gen trwa gason, e senk fiy. Mo se en gro famiy. I had three boys and six girls. I’ve got a big family. (BT) ♦ Tou gaçons lézot rois. All of the sons of the other kings. (T7)
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garsonyèr
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Bachelor’s quarters, boys’ room; garçonnière.
Le garsonyèr, se la ou ye te gen sa pou le garson, te pa kouche ave fiy dan mèm mezon. The bachelor’s quarters is where the boys slept, they didn’t sleep in the main part of the house with the girls. (PC)
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