dialect word discussion

Bansko

69 (a) mi drùgu sme pr pravìli fasùl sus ɤ č'ekàn

Well, [of] other [things], we made beans with “chekan”,

71 (RSh) a štò e tavà č'ekàn'

And what’s this “chekan”?

72 (a) emi kà də ti kàža cveklò

Hm, how can I tell you? It’s beets –

74 (a) što sè kàzva cveklò cveklò što pràvaa zaxartà

what’s called beets. Beets, that they make sugar ...

76 (a) ud nègo ta nìj gu pràvime na turšìja

... out of. Well, we make pickles out of it.

169 (a) kurèmu se rɛ̀že vìkame smɛ̀nka

to cut [into] the stomach, [to] what we call “smenka” (spleen)

170 (a) nìj gu vìkame tovà smɛ̀nka

– we call that [part] “smenka”.

171 (RSh) kàk go vìkatè

What do you call it?

172 (a) tovà gu vìkamè gu smɛ̀nka tovà što sè razrɛ̀žuva

We call it “smenka” – that part that you cut out ...

186 (a) a pa pò ùbavìte krɛ̀šč'inì se nafpàva: bàbici stàrec kàzvame

But the nicer bits of meat are for “babitsi” (tripe), what we call “starets” –

Baskalci 1

36 (GK) ama vìe ne mù vìkaxte càrevička

But you didn’t call it “tsarevichka” [then] –

37 (GK) i tì zè dә go izmètaš

you’ve taken to twisting [your speech] about.

38 (b) misìrka

“Misirka”.

39 (a) e misìrka mu vìkame ma

Ah [yes], we call it “misirka”.

40 (GK) emi kàži mi misìrka

So, say “misirka” to me!

42 (GK) še govòriš kàkto trèva pu stàrutu ki

[I want you to] talk in the old way, you see?

43 (a) jà jàs ti kәžùvәm misìrka әki ti kàžә

Well, if I say “misirka” to you, if I talk [that way]

44 (a) mòe dә mi ne rәzbèreš

you might not understand me!

72 (a) mәzničàre se tìjә kәžùvәt mәzničàre i nəli tijə dòat i mәzàt i

These were called “milkers”, and they do the milking.

75 (a) nìa vèdrә gu vìka:me vedròtu sәbìra dvanàese kìlә

We called them pails; a pail can take [up to] twelve kilos.

92 (GK) dobrè a tòo tàm dètu e nàj glàvnijә kәt sә prài prèmlәs

OK. Now back to when they note the yield. The head person [there],

93 (GK) òn kàk sә kәžùvә

what do you call him?

94 (a) nèma glàven tàm

There’s no head person there.

95 (GK) à bàč nè se kažùva

Huh? Don’t you call him “bach” (sheep owner)?

98 (a) è è bàč ә әmә znàči nәlì ti kәžùvәm

Well, sure, sheep owner. Didn’t I tell you

108 (GK) e kàk se kažùva tà

And what’s that thing called?

111 (a) à tàm tàm što gò pìšaa

Oh, [you mean] where they “wrote” it down?

113 (a) à tuà gu tovà se kažùvaše ràbuški ràbuš ràbuz znàči i [match strikes]

Ah that! That was called a tally.

122 (a) dvè trì vratìčki kato sèdnat trìma mazničàre na stòluvetu

Two or three little gates where three milkers sit on stools.

123 (GK) takà li vratìčki li vìkaxte

Ah, you called them “little gates”.

138 (GK) i tovà t’àsnoto mèsto tàm dèto minàvat kàk se kažùva

And what do you call that narrow area that they move along,

139 (GK) dèka sedɤ̀t mazničàrete

where the milkers are sitting?

140 (a) sràga sràga

A “straga” (passage).

164 (GK) aha i tovà dèto dèto se sɤbìra mlekòto nә ufcàtә

Uh huh. And this – where the sheep’s milk accumulates –

165 (GK) tò kɤ̀k sә kәžùvә

what’s that called?

166 (a) ve̝drò

A pail.

167 (GK) vedrò dòlu dètu

The pail is down below the …

168 (b) ama ìmeto̥

The udder!

169 (GK) dèto tovà tò dèto go mɤzèš

… below the thing that you milk.

170 (a) vɤf ә vәf tuvà što go mɤzèš ml’àkutu le

in the – in the thing where you get the milk?

171 (GK) à nә ufcàtә tuvà dètu se sɤbìrә

On the sheep, where it accumulates –

172 (b) ìmetu

The udder.

173 (a) à ìmeto ìme se kàzva ìme

A, udder! It’s called an udder.

194 (GK) әhә e kàk se kәžùvә tàә vɤ̀lnә dètu ә strižèš ud ednà ufcà

Uh huh. Now how do you call the wool that you’ve shorn from a single sheep?

195 (a) ustrìženәtә vɤ̀nә

Shorn wool.

200 (b) runò ednò rùno

Fleece. A fleece.

207 (GK) kàk sә vìkә tàә čèrnәtә

How do you call the black kind?

208 (a) mi čèrnә vɤ̀lna tàa e

Well, it’s black wool.

209 (GK) samočèrkә

“Samocherka”?

216 (GK) a tàә mrɤ̀snәtә vɤ̀lnә kàk se kažùvә

And how do you call the dirty wool?

217 (GK) mrɤ̀snәtә nèprànәtә nèprànәtә vɤ̀lnә nәlì tr’àvә se ispère

Dirty, unwashed. The unwashed wool. It has to get washed, right?

218 (a) hm onà ke se ispère sìčkәtә ne mòže dә ìmә mrɤ̀snә vɤ̀lnә

Yes, you have to wash all of it. You can’t have dirty wool.

219 (GK) e kàk se kәžùvә

So how is it called?

220 (b) emi se sèrava sèrava vɤ̀lnә

It’s greasy wool.

221 (a) emi tò à emi tò e nà e sìčkәtә sèrava kugà a strižème

Well, well, - Ah, right! All of it is greasy when we shear it.

223 (a) kogà se strižè sìčkә sә kәžùvә tàa nè e pèrena

When it’s [just] shorn one says “This one isn’t washed [yet].”

224 (a) sèrava e vɤ̀lnata nè e pèrena

It’s greasy wool, it’s not washed.

233 (GK) әmi ə tùka ut korèmo dèto tovà

But down by stomach, the part …

235 (GK) okolo pokraj ìmeto pokraj glavàta kàk se

… around the udder, around the head, how ..

237 (GK) kàk se kažùva tàa vɤ̀lna

how do you call that wool?

238 (a) nè pòtstrik se kažùva tovà znàči ako a si takòva

… those – that’s called skirting. That is, if it’s –

243 (a) vìka se tàa vɤ̀lna pòtstrik

[and get] this wool [that] is called

248 (GK) ami ot ot šìleta ot jàgneta kàk se kәžùva tàa vɤ̀lna

And how do you call the wool you get from lambs and yearlings

249 (GK) dèto gi strìžat

when you shear them?

250 (a) jàrina

“Yarina” (lambswool).

251 (GK) jàrina se kažùva tàa

So that’s called “yarina”.

253 (GK) a pa takòva kàk se naričat kato sa màlki

And how do you call them when they are little?

254 (GK) kàk mu vìkaš na na kato rodì ofcàta màlko kàk otnačàlo

How do you call the young of a sheep, when it’s just born?

255 (a) emi emi tә àgәnce jàgne mu vìkame

Well, we call that “agŭntse”, “yagne” (a lamb).

256 (GK) jàgn’e i pòsle kàk kakvò stàva

“Yagne”. And later, when it gets –

257 (a) ka kato ponagolemèe šìleta i vìkame šìleta

When it gets a bit bigger, we call them “shileta” (yearlings)

258 (a) ama na kòj na mɤ̀škite na žènskite

For which, the males or the females?

259 (a) i mɤ̀ški i žènski se vìkat šìleta znàči tàagodìšnite

Both males and females are called yearlings, the ones born in the same year.

260 (a) znàči prolètnite jàgništa se vìkat segà šìleta dogodìna vèke

That is, lambs born in the spring are called yearlings up to a year.

261 (a) zә drùgәtә gudìna dzvìski

And in their second year [they are called] “dzviski” (hoggets)

263 (a) dzvìskә znàči tò e

A [female] hogget, that’s it.

264 (GK) i mɤ̀škoto se vìka dzvìska

And is the male [also] called a hogget?

265 (a) mɤ̀škoto se vìka dzvizò dzvìze znàči znàči po šilèto štò e dzvìze

The male [hogget] is called “dvzizo”. So after the yearling comes the hogget.

266 (a) tovà e dzvìze tovà e màtor tovà e stàr kòč

That’s the hogget, [then] there’s the “mator” [young ram], then the old ram.

267 (GK) koè e màtor

Which is the “mator”?

268 (a) à e màtor trètata gudìna znàči kato fàneše

It’s a “mator” in its third year, when it’s just begun –

269 (GK) a pɤk stàr kòč nat

And then it’s an old ram after –

270 (a) sta stàr kòč nàt trì gudìni tòa e stàr kòč sta

It’s an old ram after three years. That’s [when it gets to be] an old ram

272 (a) stàr kòč ili stàr bràf mòeš da go kàeš

An old ram, or you could also call it an old head.

287 (GK) na koè se vìka kačòr

Which one is called a “kachor”?

288 (a) ә kәtu mu vrɤ̀zeš rogòveto i izlègәt nәgòreka znàči pràvo

When you bind its horns so they grow tall, that is, straight …

290 (a) nagòre a nè nastranì tovà se vìka kačòr znàči

… upwards, and not to the side. That’s called a “kachor”.

291 (a) è tòo ìma kačòr znàči kačòr si e napravìl

And then you’ve got a “kachor”. One’s made himself a “kachor”

292 (GK) znàči ovènčeto ovnèto se vìka tàm dzvizàra se vìka kačòr

So a ram there is called “dzvizar”, [I mean] a “kachor”.

Baskalci 2

15 (a) jà ot tùka takà ke otsèčem dìp màlko i se vìka tovà izbrɤ̀ska

I make a little slanted cut here, and we call that “izbrŭska” (slant-cut).

28 (a) na lèvoto ušè ti e belègo odzàt ràbuška nalì odzàt se vìka

And on the left ear you’ve got a mark, a notch in the back. It’s called “the back”

29 (a) kato ušèto kato e takà ot tàzi stranà

when the ear is like this, on this side.

31 (a) a pa otprèt se vìka pa prèdnata stranà

and [the notch] in the front part is called “the front”.

32 (GK) izbrɤ̀ska

The slant-cut.

34 (GK) izbrɤ̀ska kugà e udzàt

[So it’s called] a slant-cut when it’s in back –

35 (a) o odzàt izbrɤ̀ska i otprèt mòže izbrɤ̀ska pa i otprèt ìma i izbrɤ̀ska

A slant-cut in the back, but you can also have a slant-cut in the front.

71 (GK) nàči sàmo ìzbrɤska i ràbuška

So only the slant-cut and the notch.

72 (a) dà izbrɤ̀ski ràbuški znàči otprèt odzàd znàči àku tì e

Yes, slant-cuts and notches, in front or in back, so if you’ve got …

74 (a) dìp cèpnenko nèkoj pa mòže belègu dә mù e

… a cut at a slant – but then someone could [also] make his mark

75 (a) nә vrɤ̀u nә ušèncetu saà sàmu tәkà e cèpnenku rәscàpeno

on top of the ear, with only a little bit cut out.

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