Cajun Terms

• ain? - what?


• an ahnvee - a longing or hunger


• axe - ask


• bag daer - back there


• batroom - bathroom


• beb - sweetheart, darling


• cahbin - outdoor shed


• couyôn (pronounced coo-yaw) - fool, foolish, stupid


• dat - that


• dare - there


• dis - this


• don matta - doesn't matter


• drawz - underwear


• freesons - goose bumps


• ga lee - expression of astonishment


• get down - get out of a vehicle


• gep - wasp


• gris gris (pronounced gree gree) - a curse put on someone


• haunt - embarrassed


• hose pipe - garden hose


• loan mo - lawn mower


• meenoo - cat


• mynez - mayonaise


• nanny - godmother


• nuttin - nothing


• pa-rân - godfather (French "parrain")


• pass by - to stop by


• peekon - thorn


• peeshwank - a little person, runt


• pis au lee - goldenrod


• pod nah - partner, good friend


• ro-day - go from place to place or run the roads


• shâ-dear - (French "chèr")


• shah - go away


• sto - store


• tink - think


• tree - three


• udder - other


• zink - sink