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Louisiana Creole words starting with “D”
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dégouté
Adjectivedégouté; drénn
regular verb“L'apé drénn diló.”
— He's draining water.
dégré
Noun“Nationality”
déjiré
regular verb“Ça déjir pa fasilmen.”
— That doesn't digest easily.
“Mo pe pa déjiré li.”
— I cannot digest it.
déjénné (alt: déjinné)
regular verb“To have breakfast; to eat breakfast”
déjœnin, déjœn
Noun, Verbdéklinné
regular verb“Dékònn-la apé déklinné.”
— The sugar cane is waning.
dékoupé; koulé; sizlé
regular verb“Yé va dékoupé un jiroman pou Halloween.”
— They will carve a pumpkin for Halloween.
dékourajé
Verb, Adjectivedékourajé; dégouté
adjective“Li viní dékourajé apré lentærmen-la.”
— He got down-in-the-dumps after the funeral.
“Ça té dékourajé yé.”
— That depressed them.
dékouvri
regular verbdékouvèr
regular verb“M'olé dékouvèr mô famiy.”
— I want to discover my family.
“Li gin dékriz-la!”
— She has the rabies!
“Kan un shyin gin dékriz, ça mòd un mounn, épi mounn-ça gin dékriz osi, komm unn fyèv.”
— When a dog who has rabies bites a person, that person gets the rabbies too, like a fever.
“Pou dékriz, to pe prenn dilo sinativ. Ç’alé édé kalmé twa.”
— When you have the rabies, take sedative water. It will help calm you.