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Louisiana Creole words starting with “D

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dégouté

Adjective
English:disgusted, depressed, discouraged

dégouté; drénn

regular verb
English:drain

L'apé drénn diló.

He's draining water.

English:to remove the fat from

déjiré

regular verb
English:digest

Ça déjir pa fasilmen.

That doesn't digest easily.

Mo pe pa déjiré li.

I cannot digest it.

déklinné

regular verb
English:wane
Synonyms:decline; diminish; reduce; go down
Antonyms:produce; lift

Dékònn-la apé déklinné.

The sugar cane is waning.

English:carve

Yé va dékoupé un jiroman pou Halloween.

They will carve a pumpkin for Halloween.

dékourajé

Verb, Adjective
English:to be discouraged, to discourage
English:depressed
Synonyms:down-in-the-dumps; down; sad
Antonyms:happy

Li viní dékourajé apré lentærmen-la.

He got down-in-the-dumps after the funeral.

Ça té dékourajé yé.

That depressed them.

dékouvèr

regular verb
English:discover
Synonyms:learn; see; find out

M'olé dékouvèr mô famiy.

I want to discover my family.

English:rabies

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.