How do you say “to twist” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say aguerli, bidourseja, courdeja, courdouna, desvira, entourti. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | aguerli, bidourseja, courdeja, courdouna, desvira, entourti, entourtiha, entourtouira, envediha, envertouia, estorse, retorse, retourtiha, s'entourtouia, tourtiha, tourtouira, troussa |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
aguerli
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to falsify; to twist |
bidourseja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
courdeja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist rope; to twist |
courdouna
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist, to lace, to line a field with trees |
desvira
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to divert, to turn back (trans); to twist; to deflect; to bend; to subvert |
entourti
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to bend (key); to twist |
entourtiha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
entourtouira
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
envediha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
envertouia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to roll up, to twist |
estorse
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist; to extort |
retorse
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
retourtiha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist; to twist again |
s'entourtouia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to coil up, to twist |
tourtiha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to twist |
tourtouira
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to torture; to twist; to garrotte |
troussa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to bend (key), to bend, to twist; to cut up; to truss |