How do you say “quagmire” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say bourboui, cros, fangas, founs, garouias, toumplino. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | bourboui, cros, fangas, founs, garouias, toumplino |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
bourboui
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | imbroglio; borborygmus; quagmire; chaos; mess; muddle |
cros
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | tomb, pit, silo, grave; vault; concavity; hollow; recess; excavation; quagmire; sepulchre |
fangas
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | quagmire |
founs
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | hollow (path), bottom, funds; deep; breadth; hollow; deeply; quagmire |
| Feminine | founso |
| Variants | founso |
garouias
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | mire, quagmire; pond |
toumplino
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | hole, ravine; excavation; quagmire |