How do you say “excavation” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say afous, cros, escavamen, sous-cavado, subo, toumplino. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | afous, cros, escavamen, sous-cavado, subo, toumplino |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
afous
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | chasm; scouring; excavation |
cros
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | tomb, pit, silo, grave; vault; concavity; hollow; recess; excavation; quagmire; sepulchre |
escavamen
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | excavation |
sous-cavado
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | excavation |
subo
| Grammatical category | Noun (f.) |
| English translation | wolf pit, excavation |
toumplino
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | hole, ravine; excavation; quagmire |