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Louisiana Creole words starting with “D”
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délanm
noun“Un gro délanm”
— A big wave
“Norá un lavmen démin.”
— There will be a downpour tomorrow.
“Ç'apé mouyé un avlas.”
— It's raining cats and dogs.
déléyé
regular verb“To bezwin déléyé dilé-la avan donné li ça.”
— You need to dilute the milk before giving it to her.
déléyé; fwété
regular verbdémanjé
regular verbdémanjézon; ti bouton
adjectivedémi-èr; démi-œr
adverb“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.
démlon, mélon
Noundémonté
regular verb“Yé di yé va tou démonté.”
— They say that they will disassemble everything.
démoush, moush
Noundémoush-a-vèr
noun“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.
“Li linm manjé démélondo.”
— He loves to eat watermelon.
“Diji démélondo”
— Watermelon juice