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Louisiana Creole words starting with “M”

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may

noun
English:link

may

noun
English:link (in a net)

may

noun
English:mesh

may

noun
English:segment

maye

Adjective
English:children’s game in which participants hold hands and turn around (cf. ‘ring-aroundthe-rosie’)

maye

adjective
English:jointed
English:corn
Synonyms:maize

“Pou fé makshou, to bezwin mayí.”

— To make maque-choux, you need corn.

English:warm

“(Tem) Ça fé mañè sho ojordi.”

— (Weather) It's warm today.

“Çé pa asé sho, lá.”

— It's not warm enough, yet.

English:way
Synonyms:manner

“Çé konm ça nouzòt parl.”

— That's our way of speaking (That's how we speak).

“Çé yê mañè viv.”

— It's their way of life.

“(travel) Ékèl dirèksyon?”

— Which way?

mañé

regular verb
English:handle