pèlé

• apélé, apèl, apèyl, aplé, pél, pélé

Inherited from Louisiana French appeler (“to call”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈle/
• Rhymes: -le, -e

pèlé (short form pèl)

1. (transitive) to call (out)
2. (transitive) to call, summon
   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 48:

     Mo di 'aben pel en NURSE^[sic], pètèt li ka ouvè li.' [Mo dí, 'abin, pél in nurse, pètèt li ka ouvè li.]

     I said, 'Well, call a nurse, maybe she can open it up.'

3. (transitive) to call (to name, to identify, to describe)
   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 48:

     Yavé eune foi eune madame ki té gagnin dé fille yé té pélé Rose et Blanche. [Yavé ènn(?) fwa ènn madamm ki té gañin(?) dé fiy yé té pélé Rose é Blanche.]

     There was once a woman who had two daughters named Rose and Blanche.

     (literally, “...[that] they called Rose and Blanche.”)

4. (reflexive) to be called, to be named

   Mo pèl mò Shal. ― My name is Charles. (literally, “I call myself Charles.”)

   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 48:

     Mo pèl mon Magi... Li pele li-menm Kriket. [Li pélé li-minm Krikét.]

     My name is Maggie... His name was Cricket.

     (literally, “I call myself Magi... He called himself Cricket.”)

5. (intransitive) to ring (of a telephone)
   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 48:

     Mo te e lave mo lasyet tan telefòn-la pele. [Mo té ê lavé mô lasyét tan téléfònn-la pélé.]

     I was washing the dishes when the telephone rang.

• May also be treated as a one-stem verb.

• Guillory-Chatman, A., Mayeux, O., Wendte, N., Wiltz, H. (2020). Ti liv kréyòl: A learner's guide to Louisiana Creole (2nd ed.). TSÒHK.
• Valdman, A., Klingler, T. A., Marshall, M. M., Rottet, K. J. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana University Press. ISBN: 0-253-33451-9.