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Louisiana Creole words starting with “D

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English:wave

Un gro délanm

A big wave

English:downpour
Synonyms:rain shower

Norá un lavmen démin.

There will be a downpour tomorrow.

Ç'apé mouyé un avlas.

It's raining cats and dogs.

déléyé

regular verb
English:dilute
Synonyms:reduce; change
Antonyms:thicken

To bezwin déléyé dilé-la avan donné li ça.

You need to dilute the milk before giving it to her.

English:a half hour

Mo va pélé li dan un démi-œr.

I will call her in half an hour.

Yé donné mò un démi-œr pou fini mô louvraj.

They gave me half an hour to finish my work.

démonté

regular verb
English:disassemble
Synonyms:undo; take apart
Antonyms:assemble

Yé di yé va tou démonté.

They say that they will disassemble everything.

English:bee
Synonyms:insect; honey bee

Navé dê ta moush kan mo té piti, mé na pi, lála.

There used to be so many bees when I was young, but not anymore.

Li mandé sô popá pou ékspliké zozo é moush-la-yé.

He asked his dad to explain the birds and the bees.

English:watermelon

Li linm manjé démélondo.

He loves to eat watermelon.

Diji démélondo

Watermelon juice