How do you say “dung beetle” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say bóusié, escarava, merdassié, tavan-merdassié. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | bóusié, escarava, merdassié, tavan-merdassié |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
bóusié
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | dung beetle |
escarava
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | cockchafer, stag beetle, scarab; dung beetle |
merdassié
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | dung beetle; foul-mouthed; filthy |
| Feminine | merdassiero |
| Variants | merdassiero |
tavan-merdassié
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | dung beetle |