How do you say “sly” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say acata, amachouti, andre, cato-miaulo, finocho, mandre. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | acata, amachouti, andre, cato-miaulo, finocho, mandre, manjo-lesert, routina, routinous, sournacho, sournaras, sournaru, soutaras, soutourniéu |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
acata
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to hide (by covering), to cover, to wrap; sly |
amachouti
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | sly |
andre
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | sly |
cato-miaulo
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | goody-goody; sly |
finocho
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | cunning, sly, crafty, wily |
mandre
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | crank; sly |
manjo-lesert
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | sly |
routina
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | cunning; sly |
routinous
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | cunning; artful; wily; sly; crafty |
| Feminine | routinouso |
| Variants | routinouso |
sournacho
| Grammatical category | Adjective, Noun |
| English translation | sly |
sournaras
| Grammatical category | Adjective, Noun |
| English translation | sly |
sournaru
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | taciturn; sly; sullen; atrabilious |
| Feminine | sournarudo |
| Variants | sournarudo |
soutaras
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | sly; concealed |
| Feminine | -asso |
soutourniéu
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | sinister, sly |