How do you say “to dig” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say cava, descava, escava, fouire, fura, licheta. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | cava, descava, escava, fouire, fura, licheta, lucheta, luchete, palaversa, picouleja, trenqueja |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
cava
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig, to search (archaeology); to hollow out |
descava
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
escava
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig, to hollow out, to notch; sinuate |
| Feminine | escavado |
| Variants | escavado |
fouire
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig, to burrow; to spade; to hoe |
fura
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | to flirt (flirt); to dig; to search; to ferret; to spurt |
licheta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
lucheta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
luchete
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
palaversa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
picouleja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |
trenqueja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to dig |