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avoid

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:pêshé

Li vini a koté mò pou pêshé damm-la wa li.

She came on the side of me to avoid the lady from seeing her.

Pou pêshé li jiré, li té fé tou ça li té bezwin fé.

To avoid being cursed at, he did everything he needed to do.

Mo pêsh.

I avoid.

awake

adjective
Louisiana Creole:debou

To debou?

Are you awake?

Kan zòt té pélé, mo té pa debou enkò.

When yall called, I wasn't awake yet.

away

adjective
Louisiana Creole:pa lá; filé; gònn

Non, li pa lá.

No, she's away.

Mô sœr, li pa lá astœr.

My sister's away right now.

Li gònn.

She's away.

aweful

adjective
Louisiana Creole:térib, tèrib; détéstab; détèstab

O, mé ça çé térib, ça.

Oh, that's aweful.

Li té térib.

She was aweful.

Li détéstab.

It is aweful.

awesome

adjective
Louisiana Creole:vayan

to çé byin vayan

Your are very awesome

awkward

adjective
Louisiana Creole:gosh

Li un ti brin gosh, to konné.

She's a little awkward, you know.

ax

noun
Louisiana Creole:hash, lahash

Lontem pasé yé sé særvi lahash pou koupé dibwa.

Long time ago, they would use an ax to cut wood.