noun, masculine/ba.ju/plural: bayous
bayou (a slow-moving, sometimes stagnant body of water left behind by the meandering of the Mississippi River in Louisiana or elsewhere); stream (a small river)
“Si tu vas dans la rivière il faut que tu restes dedans le chenal. C’est le plus creux dedans un bayou ou une rivière.” — If you go in the river you have to stay in the channel. It’s the deepest part of a bayou or a river.
Borrowed from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).