How do you say “to lower” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say abeissa, afala, amata, beissa, cala, clina. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | abeissa, afala, amata, beissa, cala, clina, gaba, perboula, rabatre, rabeissa, surbeissa |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
abeissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lower |
afala
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lower |
amata
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to hide under grass, to confound, to cover, to humiliate, to floor; to lower; to confound; to subdue; to crouch; to floor |
beissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lower, to bump, to belittle; to nap cloth |
cala
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to cease, to deflate (fig), to lean (to lean, to yield); to appease; to lower; to stall; to slow down; to settle; to tend |
clina
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to bend, to incline (to yield); leaning; to lower; to lean |
gaba
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to knock down, to lower |
perboula
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to knock down, to lower |
rabatre
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to knock down, to lower |
rabeissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to belittle, to lower |
surbeissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lower |