travas

Norman

Etymology

From Old French travail (“suffering”). Cognate with French travail (“work”).

Noun

travas m (plural travas)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) work
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 512:

     Pûs de broue que de travâs.

     More bustle than work.

   • 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:

     Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.

     In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.

Portuguese

Verb

travas

1. second-person singular present indicative of travar

Spanish

Noun

travas ? pl

1. plural of trava