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Louisiana Creole words starting with “B”

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English:bump

“Ifo pa joué ak bobó-yé.”

— You shouldn't play with bumps.

“Pou bobó-yé: krazé dê féy plantin é maré yé si plé-la avèk un morso linj.”

— Mash plantain leaves and tie them on the area with a piece of cloth.

“Zérison”

— Bumps on skin

English:headlamp used for hunting at night
English:baker

“Pierre Mesle çé té un boulanjé a Sin-Mattin.”

— Pierre Mesle was a baker in St. Martinville.

bouldouz, beldoz

regular verb
English:bulldoze

“Y'alé beldoz batis-la.”

— They're going to bulldoze the building.

bouldte

Verb (intransitive)
English:disorder, upheaval