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Louisiana Creole words starting with “B

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bosal

adjective
English:ghetto
Synonyms:country; country bumpkin

bosko

Adjective
English:hunchbacked
English:beauty

Li pa érité sô boté a sô manman.

She didn't inherit her beauty from her mother.

English:bit

un ti bou (kishòj)

a little bit (of something)

English:end
Synonyms:finish, terminate, close

tèrm

end of fixed time agreement

ishk'o bou

until the end

A lafin lanné, no gin lafèt Nowèl.

At the end of the year, we have the Christmas holidays.

English:bun
Synonyms:hair bun; hair style

Mô défin manm té fé un tòrkèt enhó sô latèt.

My late mother used to do a bun on her head.

Vyé mounn-la té toujou fé un bouboul en yê latèt.

The old people used to always put their hair in a bun on their head.

bouch

Noun
English:to have a dirty mouth

boude

Verb (intransitive)
English:boudin, blood sausage