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Louisiana Creole words starting with “K”

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English:catechism

“Mo fé mô katéshis é tou a légliz a Sin-Mattin.”

— I did my catechism and everything at the church in St. Martinville.

English:fourteen

“katòz néléfan”

— fourteen elephants

English:escort

“Préziden-yé toujou gin kavalyé akoté yé.”

— Presidents always have escorts at their sides.

kavo

noun
English:safe

kavo

noun
English:vault

kavó

noun
English:burial vault

“Kavó-la-yé ojordi çé tro shær.”

— The burial vaults today are too expensive.

“Yé gin un kavó pou tou yê famiy.”

— They've a burial vault for the whole family.

kawenn

Noun
English:ye gen toti kawenn-ye
English:snapping turtle (for soup), female genitalia

kay

noun
English:lark