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do

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:fé; fou (colloquial)

“Li fé ça touléjou.”

— She does that everyday.

“Mo fou ça endan lakizinn.”

— I put it that in the kitchen.

do better

adjective
Louisiana Creole:fé mye, fé myé
Synonyms:progressing; healing
Antonyms:worsening; doing worse

“L'ap fé mye.”

— He's going better.

do good

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:fé di byin; fé li byin

“Ça fé di byin répozé touléjou.”

— It does a lot of good to rest everyday.

“M'ap fé li byin.”

— I'm doing good.

do hair

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:kwafé
Synonyms:hair dress; style hair; fix hair

“M'a kouri koté Franswá pou li kwafé mô shvé.”

— I'll run to Franswá's for him to fix my hair.

do housework

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:fé (sô) ménaj; fé ménaj
Synonyms:clean; clean up; tidy up
Antonyms:dirty

“L'apé fé ménaj.”

— He's doing housework.

do on purpose

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:fé éspré
Synonyms:intend; purposely
Antonyms:make a mistake; mistakenly

“Li té fé ça éspré.”

— She did that on purpose.

“Mo pa fé éspré!”

— I didn't do it on purpose!

Louisiana Creole:fé dê bétiz
Synonyms:misbehave; act silly; act up
Antonyms:behave

“L'apé toultem fé dê bétiz.”

— She's always doing silly things.

doctor

Noun
Louisiana Creole:dofen

doctor

noun
Louisiana Creole:doktré, médsin, doktè

“L'olé doktré ça avan voyé li.”

— She wants to doctor it up before sending it.

dog

noun
Louisiana Creole:shyin, shin, takounn, chyen, chyen'

“shyin a pèddri; shin a pèddri”

— bird dog

“shyin tayó; shin tayó”

— mutt; mixed breed dog

“Bærjé alman; bèrjé alman”

— German shepherd

dog gonnit

exclamation
Louisiana Creole:salopri
Synonyms:shoot, shoots; shucks; god damn it; god dang it

“Salopri! Li kité san péyé!”

— Dog gonnit it! He left without paying!

doing

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:apé fé, ap fé
Synonyms:making
Antonyms:finished

“Ki t'apé fé?”

— What are you doing?

“M'ap fé li byin.”

— I'm doing well.

“L'ap fé un ta.”

— She's doing a lot.

doll

noun
Louisiana Creole:katin, katènn; poupé
Synonyms:baby doll; darling; sweetheart; honey

“Li linmé poupé-yé.”

— She loved baby dolls.

“Ça çé mô poupé!”

— That's my darling!

“Used as a term of endearment for women.”

— See second example above.