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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hòs
PC
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n.
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Side walls of a wagon or truck, raves; ridelles.
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ibou
CA, PC, ST
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n.
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hibou
PC
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Owl; hibou.
L ape asit an en branch kòm en ibou. He was sitting on a branch like an owl. (PC); Eski to tande? Ibou-la ape fe koukou. Do you hear? The owl is hooting. (ST) ♦ So costume té semblé ein lamain énorme avec des doigts crochus, tout comme pattes ein zibou. His costume looked like an enormous hand with crooked fingers, just like the feet of an owl. (T40) •hibou gro latet n.phr. (PC); ibou gro latèt (ST). Florida barred owl ( Strix varia alleni ), barred owl ( Strix varia varia); hibou grosse tête. •ibou a konn n.phr. (CA; PC). Great homed owl; hibou à comes. ( Bubo virginianus virginianus). Aben mo mwoyen wa èn enn fwa, ibou a konn. Well, I sort of saw one once, a great homed owl. (PC)
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Ibéri
BT
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place n.
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New Iberia; Nouvelle Ibérie.
Sete du monn d Ibèri. It was people from Iberia. (BT)
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idé*
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n.
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lidzé
NE
lidé
CA, MO 60, NE, PC, ST
nidé
CA, NE, PC
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Idea; idée.
En bon lide. A good idea. (NE); Nonm blan te gen lide-sa-la. The white man got this idea. (NE) ♦ Li té gain Vidée sè'vi dipain-la comme li té sè'vi 'tits cailloux-yé. He got the idea to use the bread as he had used the pebbles. (BD)
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Mind; esprit, idée.
Petèt sa va vini don mo lide. Perhaps it will come to my mind. (NE); Mo pa konen sa li gen an so lide. I don’t know what he has on his mind. (ST) ♦ Ye te tou kirye pour konnen sa nonm-sa-la te gen dan so lide. They were all curious to know what the man had in mind. (JR) •fe (so) lide n.phr. (CA; PC; ST); fe mo nide (PC). To decide, make up one’s mind; se décider. Si mo fe mo lide, mo va kantini fe sa m ap fe. If I make up my mind, I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing. (CA); Mo pa konen ki rob pou achte. Mo pa kapab fe mo lide. I don’t know which dress to buy. I can’t make up my mind. (ST) ♦ Li te fe so lide pou kouri rann li-menm. He had decided to go turn himself in. (JR) •chonje nide v.phr. To change one’s mind; changer d’avis. cf. chanje
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il
MO 60, ST
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n.
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lil
PC
liyal
PC
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Island; île. (PC)
♦ Fonm-la mennen so de piti-ye on lil-la. The woman took her two children to the island. (JR) •Lil de Sip proper n. (BT). Cypress Island; lie des Cyprès. Mo ete ne, mo krwa, a Lil de Sip an kèk-par. I was bom, I think, somewhere on Cypress Island. (BT)
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place n. The Island (the land between the east bank of False River and the Mississippi, in Pointe Coupee Parish); I'lle (la terre entre la rive est de la Fausse Rivière et le Mississippi).
Mo popa te on Lil. My father was on the Island. (PC)
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Grove; bosquet.
Mo war enn il pen dan mo laplenn. I saw a pine grove in my field. (ST)
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im
ST
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n.
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Hymn; hymne, cantique.
Mo sœr ole chante en im ke nou te koutmen chante andan legliz . My sister wants to sing a hymn we used to sing in church. (ST)
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imajinasyon
CA
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n.
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Imagination; imagination.
Ena du monn ke kra ke euzot vi enn dragon me se pa vre. Se just en imajinasyon. Se pa naturèl. Some people think they saw a dragon, but it’s not true. It’s just imagination. It’s not natural. (CA)
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imité
CA
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v.tr.
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inmité
ST
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To imitate; imiter.
Kèkfwa a onz-èr mokèr-ye ap imite tou lez ot zozo, en pèrdri, en kardinal. Sometimes at 11:00, the mockingbirds are imitating all the other birds, a partridge, a cardinal. (CA); Piti-sa-la enmite so moman pou tou kichoz. That child imitated her mother in everything. (ST) ♦ Li té connin chanté si bien et imité tout zozo. He learned how to sing so well, and imitate all the birds so well. (FO T20)
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imèkté
ST
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v.tr.
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mité
CA, PC
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To sprinkle, moisten; asperger, arroser, humecter.
Me kouri mite lenj-ye. I’m going to sprinkle the clothes. (PC)
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in
NE, PC
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int.
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Huh? Hein, n’est-ce pas?
Ijenn se en blan, en ? Eugene is a white man, huh? (PC) ♦ Baton-la en pe pli long ke mwen, hen? Sèrpan mande li. ‘The stick is a little longer than I am, is it?’ the snake asked him. (JR)
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ina
BT, NE, PC, ST
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v.
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ina
MO 60, PC
na
BT, CA, NE, PC
inan
PC
yinon
PC
yina
PC
inon
PC
ina
CA, NE, PC, ST
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There is (are); il y a.
Ena en ta le piti ki pa kone byen parle, pa longle, FRENCH. There are a lot of kids who don’t know how to speak it well, I don’t mean English, I mean French. (NE); Ena de moun ki fe en karkul. There are some people who do a calculation. (PC) ; Na dzi pen, na dzi le, na en pobon djenm onmba frijidè-lœ. There’s bread, there’s milk, there’s a jar of jam at the bottom of the refrigerator. (BT); Ena en ta de miryaj dan syèl-la. There are a lot of clouds in the sky. (ST); Ye rès pa jus dan la kann. La ou ena dibwa to trouv mokèr dukann. They don’t live just in the cane. You find cane mockingbirds wherever there are trees. (CA) ♦Mo dijà frémé yé, Compair Bouki, n'a si tan cokins dan tan jordi. I’ve already locked them up, Brer Bouki, there are so many thieves today. (T6) •na pa v.phr. (PC; ST); yena pa, ina pa (PC); ya pa (BT). There is (are) not; il n’y a pas. Na pa aryen m pa kone fe. There is nothing I don’t know how to do. (PC); Ya pa gran moun ki te chache de kokodri. There aren’t a lot of people who hunted alligator. (BT) ♦ Samblé mouen mo tas moutons apé vini piti', poutan na pa ki krévé. It seems to me that my flock of sheep is getting smaller, yet there aren’t any that have died. (T6) •na pa aryen mal v.phr. (PC). There’s no harm; il n’y a pas de mal. Na pa aryen mal e sa. There is no harm in that. (PC) •na pi v.phr. (ST); ena pi (CA). There’s no more; il n’y en a plus. Na pi dile. T a bezwen achete dile. There’s no more milk. You’ll need to buy milk. (ST) •sa ena? exp. (CA; PC); sa enon? (PC). ‘What’s wrong?’ Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? Mè, i di, mon gason, i di, 'sa ena? Sa ena? ‘But,’ she said, ‘my boy, what’s wrong? What’s wrong?’ (PC) ♦ Bouki monde sa ina. Brer Bouki asked what was wrong. (LA)
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Since, for, during; ça fait, depuis.
M ap rèste ondon la Louzyòn na diz-on. I’ve lived in Louisiana for ten years. (NE) •ènan lantan adv.phr. (PC); èna lonton (CA; MO 60); na lonton (NE). For a long time; depuis longtemps. Ènan lantan nou la. We’ve been here for a long time. (PC)
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Ago; il y a.
Fanm-la li mouri enan katr an, senk an. That woman died four or five years ago. (PC) ♦ Les otes fois, yéna longtemps, dans temps yé navé jis ein Bon Djé qui té pélé Michié Zipiter. In the old days, long ago, in the time when there was just a God named Mr. Jupiter. (FO T15) Conjug: a) inave v.imperf. (NE; PC); ènavè (MO 60; NE); enave (CA); nave (NE; PC); ènave, inavè, zave (PC). There was (were); il y avait. Ènavè en nòme Dezir Brousar ki tè cherif There was a man named Désire Broussard, who was the sheriff. (MO 60) ♦ Yé té si content, navé si longtemps yé té pas contré. They were so happy, they hadn’t met up in such a long time. (FO T15) b) ena sa v.fut. ina sa, na sa, nora There will be; il y aura. Na sa en bal demen a La Pousyèr. There will be a dance tomorrow at La Poussière. (NE) ♦ Si en kok chont avon minwi i nora brouya lonnmen. If a cock crows around midnight it will be foggy the next day. (LA) c) t èna (PC); ye t èna, t ena (PC). There was (were); il y avait. Lantan pase t èna pa NO INCOME, t èna pa aryen pou pe. In the past there was no income, and there were no bills to pay. (PC)
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inbibé
CA
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v.tr.
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bibé
CA
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To soak; imbiber.
Mo bibe dolo-la ki tonbe. I soaked up the water that fell. (CA) ♦ Pou mòrdir sèrpon, to fe li bwa en kirelye la gres kochon fre e la to enbibe en lenj avek kol òy e to pas sa si la mòrdir. For a snake bite, you make (the patient) drink a spoonful of fresh pig fat, and you soak a rag in kerosene and put that on the bite. (BI)
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inbésil
CA, PC
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n.
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Idiot, imbecile, jerk; imbécile.
Arèt sa. T ap fe kòm en enbesil. Stop that. You’re acting like an idiot. (CA) ♦ ‘ Enbesil! ‘ ye di li. ‘To wa pa se senpleman en karankro? ‘ ‘Idiot!’ they said to him. ‘Don’t you see that it’s just a buzzard?’ (JR)
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indijèsyon
CA
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n.
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Indigestion; indigestion.
Mo tro manje. Mo trape endijèsyon. I ate too much. I got indigestion. (CA) ♦ Pou endijèsyon met en ti ben dolo on la sonn e pi donn en ti ben di ji la donn en kiyè trwa fwa pa jou. For indigestion put a little water in some ashes and give a spoonful three times a day. (LA); ‘indigestion [endijesyon]’ (BI)
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indépandan
PC
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adj.
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dindépandan
CA
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Independent; independent.
Men i te endepandan, la klòch sonn pa on lil. But they were independent, the bell didn’t ring on the Island. (PC); To dendepandan. To pa enkyèt sa moun di pou twa. You’re independent. You don’t worry about what others say about you. (CA)
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Sloppy; débraillé, négligé.
To chanje twa nepòrt koman. To tro dendepandan. You dress any old way. You’re too sloppy. (CA)
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infèksyon
PC
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n.
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Infection; infection.
Enfèksyonpou fe la pòstum. (It takes an) infection to make pus. (PC)
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infòrmin
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v.refl.
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To find out, discover; s’informer, découvrir.
♦ 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)
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ini
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v.intr.
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To unite together; s’unir.
♦ Nou zot tous Linionemaine gain pou zini pou bate rebail là yé. All of us Unionmen have to unite to beat the rebels. (T12)
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ini
CA, PC
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adj.
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Smooth, even; lisse, égal, uni.
To gen bouzouye li avèk dolo, to gen mouye e bouzouye li pou fe li ini. Pou fe li SMOOTH. You have to use water with your mortar. You have to use water to make the mixture smooth. (PC)
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injustis
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n.
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Injustice; injustice.
♦ »Si mo coupe on chandelle nomme-ça-là, m’a fait li einne injustice, et mo trops honnête pour fait ça. ‘‘ «If I cut that man’s candle, I’d be doing him an injustice, and I’m too honest to do that.» (JR)
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injèkté
CA
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v.tr.
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ènngjèkté
PC
ajèkté
PC
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To inject, give a needle to; injecter.
Panari sen en zafè ki sòr an-on to lamen, e ifo doktè fann sa, enngjèkte sa, e ouvri sa pou fe la pòstim sòrti. Whitlow is something that comes out on your hand, and the doctor has to break it open, inject it, to get the pus to come out. (PC); Dantis-la enjèkte mo mantan pou rache mo dan. The dentist gave me a needle in the chin to pull out my tooth. (CA)
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inkyété
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chèt
BT
shjé
BT
inkyèt
CA
inkèt
CA
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To care about, be concerned about, worry about; s’inquiéter de.
♦ Fille la dit so moman: -Mo pas inquiété li, lâché li dans la savane, et laissé li mouri si li oulé. The girl said to her mother, 'I’m not worried about him, release him in the meadow and let him die if he wants to.’ (FO T19)
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To care for, like; aimer.
L enkèt pa tro so paran kote so pèr. Li prefer so paran kote so mèr. He doesn’t care much for his relatives on his father’s side. He prefers his parents on his mother’s side. (CA)To worry; s’inquiéter. To wa tou traka m ap pase, mo tchèt pa apre lœ. You see all the trouble I’m going through, I don’t worry about it. (BT); To dendepandan. To pa enkyèt sa moun di pou twa . You’re independent. You don’t worry about what others say about you. (CA) ♦ Pa kété, Compair Bouki; mo tou tan trivé place koté torti pondi dézef. Don’t worry, Brer Bouki; I always find the place where the turtle lays eggs. (T4)
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inosan
ST
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adj.
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Innocent; innocent.
Ye te krwar ke li te tchwe en nom me li te prouve inosan. They thought he had killed a man but he was proven innocent. (ST) ♦ Tout train t'apé mainnain, e'est pou ‘ fait nous croi to innocent. All the fuss you’re making is to get us to believe that you’re innocent. (BD)
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Crazy; fou
. ♦Eh! pou' la belle Layotte ma mourri 'nocent, oui ‘nocent ma mourri. For the fair Layotte I must crazy die, yes crazy I must die. (GC1 )
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inpasyan
CA, ST
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adj.
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Impatient; impatient.
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inprès
NE
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v.tr.
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To impress, make an impression; impressioner.
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inpòsib
CA
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adj.
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Impossible; impossible.
Se enpòsib pou mon fe sa t ole jodi. Mo pa kapab. It’s impossible for me to do what you want today. I can’t. (CA) ♦ Avec in lagueule com to quène c’est impossib intrigué mo croi. With a face like yours it’s impossible to scheme, I think. (T33)
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insi
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adv.
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Therefore, so; ainsi.
♦ C’est nhabitude dans famille Madame Compair Lapin gagnin piti qui noir, c’est quand madame yé pair la nouitte, ainsi consolé toi. It is customary in Mrs. Brer Rabbit’s family to have one baby that is black, it’s when the woman is afraid of the dark, therefore get yourself together. (FO T15) •ensi-swat-il int. (CA; PC ST). Amen; ainsi soit-il, amen. Nan dou Pè e dou Fis e dou Sent Espri ennsi swat il. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. (PC)
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insilt
PC
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n.
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Insult; insulte.
Enn ensilt. An insult. (PC)
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insolan
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adj.
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Cocky; insolent.
♦ Voyez ce mulet-là, Musieu Bainjo, comme il est insolent! Look at that Darkey there, Mister Banjo, doesn’t he put on airs! (KB)
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instalé
BT, CA, PC
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v.tr.
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To rig (machinery); équiper, gréer.
Il e enstale li pour hale avèk en trèkteu. He is rigged up to haul with a tractor. (BT)
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To get comfortable, settle in; s’installer, se mettre à l’aise.
Li byen enstale laba. She is quite comfortable down there. (PC); To byen enstale dan to lamezon. You’re well settled into your house. (CA)
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instri
CA, PC
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adj.
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Educated; instruit.
Tou moun-sa-ye te pli enstri. All of those people were better educated. (PC)
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insultè
PC
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v.tr.
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insilté
BT, CA, PC
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To insult; insulter.
Nouzòt no te ensilte ye, eseye pale mèriken. De fwa, no te di kèkchoj fale pa, men sa ale toujou. We insulted them by trying to speak English. Sometimes we said something you shouldn’t say, but it was still all right. (BT); Mo pa senlman touche li, la l ole manti kote la lwa di ki mo konyen li, mo mo ensilte li, I didn’t even touch him and he wants to lie to the police and say that I hit him, that I insulted him. (PC); Salop ri! Li ensilte man. Li pa don man mo monnen. Doggone it! He insulted me. He didn’t give me my change. (CA) ♦ Alors ver de terre sorti, li poussé nabe la comme ein la paille et pi li prend insilté neléphant. Then the earth worm came out, he pushed the tree over like a straw and then he began insulting the elephant. (FO T3)
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insèk
BT
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n.
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insék
PC
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Insect; insecte.
Me lèr e pi la pousyèr, lez ensèk va pase onba la pòt. But air, dirt and insects come in under the door. (BT)
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intandé
CA
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n.
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Intention; intention.
Mo gen entande pou DEFROST mo frijidèr. Mo va atann juska safe cho. I intend to defrost my freezer. I’m going to wait until it’s hot out. (CA)
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intik
PC
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n.
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Antiques; antiquités.
Mo te krwa ye te gen vye enti anndan-la. I thought they had antiques in there. (PC)
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intrigé
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v.intr.
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To plot, scheme; intriguer, manigancer.
♦ Avec in lagueule com to quène c’est impossib intrigué mo croi. With a face like yours, it’s impossible to scheme, I think. (T33)
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introdwir
CA
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v.tr.
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To introduce; présenter.
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intèlijan
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adj.
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Smart, intelligent; intelligent.
♦Èce que yété jamin gagnin, dans tou la Nouvel Lorléan, ain nanfan plice intelligent é plice raisonable pacé li? Has there ever been, in New Orleans, a more intelligent and more reasonable child than he? (ME 91)
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intérèsé
CA
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adj.
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antérèsé
CA
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Interesting; intéressant.
Mo lir en ti peu tou kikchoj ke m ape wa ke enterèse. I read a little of anything I see that is interesting. (CA)
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Interested; intéressé.
Li enterèse dan mwa. Lap fe zye dou apre man. He’s interested in me. He’s winking at me. (CA) ♦ Nonm-la te ben enterese deja. The man was already quite interested. (JR)
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intéré
PC
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n.
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lintèré
CA, PC
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Interest; intérêt.
Èna plus de pòv kè de rich. E le pòv toujou vote pou lœr-tchèn entere, t wa, kont le rich. There are more poor folks than rich folks. And the poor folks always vote for their own interests, you see, against the rich folks. (PC) ♦ Minme Bourriquet la, ké vou té voyé pou répresenté vou nintérêt, vini menti en ho vou. That same donkey, whom you sent to represent you, came to lie to you. (FO 1887)
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Interest (financial); intérêt (financier).
Mèt to larjan dan la bank e li fe lentère. Li redouble. Put your money in the bank and it earns interest. It doubles. (CA) ♦ M’a payer toi, li dit, avant l'ôtonne, si’ mo parole, l’intérêt-la et principal-la. I will pay you, he said, upon my word, the principal with interest. (BD)
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intérésan
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adj.
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Interesting; intéressant.
♦ Li zongle konm li te rich astè, sa se et enteresan pou kouri peye lotel-la pou so dejennen. He thought that since he was rich now, it would be interesting to go pay the hotel for his lunch. (JR)
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invitasyon
CA
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n.
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linvitasyon
CA
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Invitation; invitation.
Mo i en lenvitasyon pou en lanos. I received an invitation for a wedding. (CA) ♦ Kan li té voyé tou so vitations et li té gagné tou kichauge paré, li couri côté Compair Lapin. When he had sent all of his invitations and he had everything ready, he went to Brer Rabbit’s house. (T3); Compair Lapin et Compair Bouki accepté n’invitation. Brer Rabbit and Brer Bouki accepted the invitation. (FO T4)
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invité
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Guest; invité.
♦ Vou oua, Compair Tigue, tou mo zinvités pa gagné latête, fo vou oté vou kenne pou konné dancé dan kadril larenne. You see, Brer Tiger, all of my guests lack a head, you must take off your own in order to dance in the queen’s ball. (T8)
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invité
CA, MO 60, NE, PC, ST
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èvité
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onvité
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ninvité
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To invite; inviter.
MISS CHANDLER évite nonm-leu pou dine che li. Miss Chandler invited the man over for dinner at her place. (BT); Enave kat moun envite. There were four people invited. (CA) ♦Li té va ninvité tous les Sénateurs et Sénatrices, Gouverneurs et Gouvernourices qui li té connin. He was going to invite all the senators and their wives, and all the governors and their wives that he knew. (T40)
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invizib
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Invisible; invisible.
Et l’américain ‘tait pas là pour li montrer que n’importe comment noir li était c ‘est invisible li est pour vrai. And the American was not there to show him that no matter how black he was, what he really was was invisible. (DC)
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inòrm
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Enormous, huge; énorme.
♦ So costume té semblé ein lamain énorme avec des doigts crochus, tout comme pattes ein zibou. His costume looked like an enormous hand with crooked fingers, just like the foot of an owl. (T40)
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ipotèk
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Mortgage; hypothèque.
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ipotéké
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To mortgage; hypothéquer.
♦ Fé di moin cé té ain la méson qui té tou hipotéquée, à force li belle! They say it’s a fully mortgaged house, it’s so pretty! (WO)
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irinn
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lérinn
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Urine; urine.
Ye trouve disan dan so lerin. They found blood in his urine. (ST) ♦ Pou lentonsyon d irin, bouyi en la men plen de ti sabo, e bwar sa trwa fwa par jou. For urine retention, boil a handful of little pony-foot, and drink that three times a day. (BD)
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iriné
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irinin
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To urinate; uriner.
Li bwa tro dolo. Li gen pou irinen. He drinks too much water. He has to urinate. (CA) ♦ [Pou] lentonsyon dirin, bouyi nèf grenn kafe vèr, e fe li bwa sa tonk li pa byen irine. For urine retention, boil three green coffee seeds, and make him drink that as long as he isn’t urinating well. (BI)
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