How do you say “to inhale” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say aspira, chima, chuca, nifla, pipa. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | aspira, chima, chuca, nifla, pipa |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
aspira
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to inhale |
chima
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to drink (pej), to sip; to inhale; to gulp down |
chuca
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to inhale; to suck, to drink, to savor |
| Variants | chucha |
nifla
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to sniff, to inhale, to snuff, to sniff, to smell |
pipa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to draw in, to attract; to fascinate; to inhale; to lure |