amusar

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

(Fribourgeois) amujâ; (Valdôtain) amuzé; (Piemontais) amuzà, amuzê; (Savoyard) amusâ, am'zâ, amujé, ameusèr, ameujér, amoujér, amouji̱; (Bressan) amuzë, amujë, amujô; (Beaujolais) amuzyun

(Fribourgeois)
- amujâ^DFF
(Valdôtain)
- amuzé^PVA (Introd, Quart)
(Piemontais)
- amuzà^VFC (Ceres)
- amuzê^DGL (Giaglione)
(Savoyard)
- amusâ^DSV (Annecy)
- am'zâ^DSV (Bozel)
- amujé^DSV (Chambéry)
- am'zâ^DSV (Gruffy, Leschaux)
- ameusèr^DSV, ameujér^DSV (Montricher)
- amoujér^DSV (Ste-Foy)
- amusâ^DSV (Thônes)
- amouji̱^LPT (Tignes)
(Bressan)
- amuzë^DFF (Attignat)
- amujë^DFF (St-Cyr)
- amujô^DFF (St-Étienne)
(Beaujolais)
- amuzyun^DPB (Belleroche)

Sources:

DFF: “amuser”
DGL: “amuzê”
DPB: “amuzyun”
DSV: “amujé”, “amusâ”
LPT: “amouji̱”
PVA: “amuser”
VFC: “amuzà”

(other ORB forms) amusàr, amusiér

Etymology

Borrowed from French amuser.

Pronunciation

(Valdôtain):

(Valdôtain)
- ⟨amuzé⟩^PVA (Introd, Quart)

Sources:

PVA: “amuser”

Verb

amusar (ORB)

to entertain, distract
to delude

References

Gauchet, Louis & Jeanjaquet, Jules & Tappolet, Ernest (1924‒33) “amuser”, in Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande, Neuchâtel: Attinger.
Stich, Dominique (2003) “amusar”, in Dictionnaire francoprovençal/français, français/francoprovençal: Dictionnaire des mots de base du francoprovençal: Orthographe ORB supradialectale standardisée, Thonon-les-Bains: Éditions Le Carré: “amuser (+ pron.), var. amusiér”.

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