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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.