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Louisiana Creole words starting with “B”

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bar

noun
English:striped bass
English:bar
Synonyms:to close

“O, y'apé toultem bwa o saloun labá.”

— Oh, they're always drinking at the saloon over there.

English:barbel

“of a catfish”

English:barb

“tuft of feathers found on the male turkey's breast”

English:barber

“Mo barbiyé çé pa lwin mô lamézon.”

— My barber is not far from my house.

English:having Negro blood
Synonyms:dirty; muddy

barbu

Noun
English:white catfish

barde

Verb (intransitive)
English:to go quickly, dart off