animal skin bags

Stalevo 3

1 (GK) əmi kato e n’àmalo tenekìi sìreneto v kvò sa go dəržàli
But when they didn’t have tin cans? What did they keep cheese in?

2 (a) mə̀h tugàvə m’əhuv’è
Then [they used] skins.

3 (GK) a
Oh?

4 (a) m’ehuvè e pràehə mlògu ut òfcet ud òfč’etu m’əhuvè pràehə
They made many [containers of] skins. From sheep, they made skins of sheepskin

5 (a) i kəd gu nəl’ɛ̀jət ə nàeš čud’èsnu sɨ̀ren’e stànvəše
and when they poured [milk into it], you should see what wonderful cheese emerged.

6 (a) tùr’ət mu i màlku svər’ʌ̀t ut kràvətə ml’àku kət stàne
They put a bit in – they boil some cow’s milk and when it gets

7 (a) pò təkɤ̀vu izvàd’ət ud m’àhə i ut tvà nətrun’ʌ̀t
to be more [like cheese]– they remove it from the skin and grate off [some].

8 (a) tùri i ut tvà gàt tùriš stànvə
Put some of this [with other ingredients]. When you do, it becomes [a dish].

9 (GK) ami če tò ne n’àma li kɤ̀k səs kòsmite
But– but won’t there – What [do you do] with the hairs [from the animal skin]?

10 (a) akò
If –

11 (GK) kɤ̀k sa tòo m’ax kɤ̀k se prài
How is this skin bag [constructed]? What do they do?

12 (GK) n’àma li k od vɤ̀lnata da takòva
Isn’t there any of the wool to –

13 (a) à ba č’e tòj e ub’ɛ̀len nəpràen m’àhə d’èt
Oh no! It’s all scraped off, and all prepared, the skin bag that –

16 (GK) i go šìjət sled tovà li
And they sew it [up] after that, right?

17 (a) tòj si e kɤ̀t si e c’àl
It’s – [They do it] when it’s still a single [piece].

18 (a) i e vʌ̀rzən gòre i tòo m’ah
And it’s tied at the top. [That’s how they make] this skin bag.

27 (a) i tàa kòža si ustàne f kòžətə i i m’àh vè̝ke
And this hide remains [a whole] hide, and [as such, becomes] a skin bag.

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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