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Louisiana Creole words starting with “B”

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bammbay

Adverb
English:soon, by and bye

ban

noun
English:bench

“A koté lari, y na un ban pou asi.”

— Next to the street, there's a bench for seating.

English:banana

“To pe ashté kèk banann pou lamézon?”

— Can you buy a few bananas for the house?

English:yellow chicken snake
English:bamboo

“Dan tem-çála, yé sé mèt yê linj pou shéshé dési dékann a linj.”

— Back then, they would put clothes to dry on bamboo.

English:bamboula

“African dance”

bandonen

Verb (transitive)
English:to abandon

bandonné

regular verb
English:abandon

“Mo va jamé bandonné twa.”

— I will never abandon you.

“Li té pa bandonné sô piti-yé.”

— She never left her children.

bani

regular verb
English:banish

“Yé banní li yê saloun.”

— They banished him from their saloon.