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Louisiana Creole words starting with “M

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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

mefyan

Adjective
English:mistrustful, suspicious
English:distrust, mistrust