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glossary

... the Occitan in Cevennes

 

     

 

 
Adret Sunny (southern) hillside
Bastida Big farm
Bedigas One year old sheep; fig: stupid
Besal irrigation canal
Boria Farm, synonyme of mas
Boscàs (bouscas) Chestnut tree not grafted
Brasucada (brazucado) Grilled chestnuts
Calad Steep paved street
Canebièra Hemp field
Castèl Castle
Cevenas From preindo-european "Kam, kem": height
Clède Small house used to dry chestnuts
Clinton Cevennes vine
Coste Hillside
Drolle Child
Fadat A bit crazy
Fage La Fage, le Fageas, Where the beech tree grows
Faïsse, bancel Man-made terrace on the hillside
Font Fountain
Gardon Cevennes river
Gavot People from Gevaudan (pej.)
Gorg (gour) Hole in the river (where people can swim)
Gourgue Water tank
Lauze Flat schiste or calcerous stone
Mamet, papet Grand parents
Manhan (magnan) Silk worm
Mas (Say the final S) Farm
Néci Stupid
Novi Just married
Ostal House
Pacha (patcho) Oral contract, sealed by hitting the hands and then drinking at the cafe
Pelardon Sheep cheese: an average of one liter of milk for two pelardons
Peira Stone
Puech Isolated height
Raiol Name given to the Cevennes people, often protestants
Réboussié Anti everything
Rieu Small river
Roumèque Fantastic being who frightens children
Rouvière Where the oak grows
Serre Hillside, moutain, height
Tancat Dam on torrents
Ubac Shadowed (northern) hillside
Valat River, torrent

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