How do you say “crook” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say ando, bourdo, crosso, galavard, gourrin, nervi. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | ando, bourdo, crosso, galavard, gourrin, nervi, ouleto, talounaire |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
ando
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | pure; crook |
bourdo
| Grammatical category | Noun (f.) |
| English translation | blunder; crook |
crosso
| Grammatical category | Noun (f.) |
| English translation | crutch; crook |
galavard
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | glutton, crook, lazybones; gluttonous; voracious |
| Feminine | -ardo |
gourrin
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dirty man, idler, crook, debauchee; dissolute; libertine; ribald |
| Feminine | gourrino |
| Variants | gourrino |
nervi
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | nerve, crook, thug; rascal |
| Variants | nèrvi |
ouleto
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | vase; crook |
| Variants | óuleto |
talounaire
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | facetious; devious; crook |
| Feminine | talounarello |
| Variants | talounarello |