How do you say “to gorge” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say brafa, engoula, gava, mourfia, tampi. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | brafa, engoula, gava, mourfia, tampi |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
brafa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to gorge |
engoula
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to engulf; to put to the mouth; to gulp down; to gorge |
gava
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | throat; sated; to stuff; to force-feed; to gorge; cachectic; well-off; goitrous; rotten; tubercular |
| Feminine | gado |
| Variants | gado |
mourfia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to sniff, to gorge, to eat greedily |
tampi
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to stuff oneself; to force-feed; to gorge |