dialect word discussion

Baskalci 2

76 (a) vìkә se ušàtka

That’s called “ushatka” (straight cut).

Bela 2

1 (VZh) xodìla li si u u granìtovo kvò mu vìkaxa pò ràno

Have you been to Granitovo? What did they used to call it?

2 (VZh) stàroto mu ìme kvò bèše

What was its old name?

3 (a) kalùger

Kaluger

4 (VZh) kalùger ahà

Aha, Kaluger.

Belica 1

61 (MM) čekɤ̀m li mu vìkate

Is it “chekŭm” (reaping space) that you call it?

62 (a) kàrame kàrame mu čekɤ̀m pòstat

We go along, go along the “chekŭm”, the “postat”

63 (MM) pòstat ili čekɤ̀m

[Well, is it] “postat” or “chekŭm”...

64 (a) dà pòstat

Yes, it’s “postat”.

65 (MM) po tùkašno

... in the local [speech]?

66 (a) pu pu gràždanski e postàt po

In city speech it’s “postat” [but] in –

67 (MM) belìški

[in] Belica [speech]?

68 (a) pa nìe na čekɤ̀m kàrame

We call it “chekŭm”.

69 (MM) aà

Aha.

70 (a) belìški i takà

That’s the way it is in Belitsa speech.

Bosnek 1

55 (a) i teferìč znàeš li kakvò e

Do you know what a “teferich” is?

68 (a) ednà edìn kanàt se slòži kanàt tì go znàeš ot karùcite

they take a “kanat” (cart board) and lay it out. You know, from a carriage.

69 (a) nalì si znàeš kakvò e kanàt ne znàeš

You know what a “kanat” is, don’t you? [I suspect] you don’t.

Breste 1

93 (GK) na tùj kàk mu sa vìka na tìja

What do you call these things?

94 (a) stàn mu sa vìka stàn

“stan” (loom). It’s called a “stan”

95 (GK) stàn màna ne na koè vìkate ili ne znàete

“Stan”. Do you call [any parts of] it “mana”, or don’t you know?

96 (a) kojò

What?

97 (GK) màni vìkat li na nèšto ili

Do they call something “mana”, or –

98 (a) nèma nèma ne znàm na takòva da vìkame màni stanɤ̀

No such. I don’t know that we call anything “mana”. It’s the “stan”.

Breste 3

38 (b) za svetùčkata t’à ìska da kàže na kakvò nè na tòka

[When she says] “svetuchka” she means by what [light], not by electric lights,

39 (b) na svetùčkata vìkaše

[but] by “svetuchka”, as she said.

40 (a) na svetùčkata na ogɤ̀n’a

By “svetuchkha”, by firelight.

42 (a) na ogɤ̀n’a

By firelight.

43 (GK) tàja dùma ne jà razbràx

I hadn’t understood that word.

44 (b) è dà

Well, yes.

Brŭšljan 1

34 (a) š'e̥ si̥ ufč'àr' jelì š'e si vəf pul'evɤ̀svutu č'ufč'ìe

– you’re a shepherd – or you’re in field labor, a land worker

35 (a) d'ètu mu vìkəme nìe pu.nàš'emu urèd də kàž'em ž'ènət

as we say in our [speech]. For example they plow, they reap,

45 (a) č'àsni surìjki ìməš'e mu vìkəme nìe ìməš'e dubìtək

private herds as we call them, there were livestock.

46 (VZh) kàk im vìkaxte vìe

How did you call those?

47 (a) surìje

“Suriye” (herds)

48 (VZh) a na mnògoto takòvo

Ah, for [a group of] many –

49 (a) nə mnògutu grùpətə ž'ivòtni mu vìkəme mu dùməme svì

When there are many, a group of animals, we call that pi-

Brŭšljan 4

11 (e) mɤ̀ninku be l'ehùdl'e gu vìkəmi nìe l'ehùdl'e

Tiny! We call it a “lehudle” (newborn). “Ledudle”.

12 (e) l'ehùdl'e màlku nà kətu e tvà seà bèbe e tùkə dètu e

A little “le-hud-le”, like this baby right here.

13 (e) mu vìkəme l'ehùdl'e

[That’s] what we call a “lehudle”.

Černovrŭx

22 (a) ìdət i pràštət n'àkuj àj tùkə komìtə mu kàzvəmi èj tàm

and they send somebody, we here call him a rebel, up there

25 (GK) kàk im kàzvəxə na tìja dètu strèl'at dètu isprevàrvət svàdbətə

How do you call those who shoot, who go on ahead of the wedding procession?

29 (GK) prèvarnici da im vìkaxa

Did they maybe call them “prèvarnitsi”? [ritual announcers]

31 (GK) prèvarnici ili prevàrnici koìto isprevàrvat naprèt

“Prèvarnitsi”, or “prevàrnitsi” – who race ahead to announce (“isprevarvat”).

32 (a) kònnici im vìkət busìlci im vìkət n'àkuj ni znàm zəštò

They're called horsemen. Some call them “basil-bearers”, I don’t know why.

33 (a) šòtu ìmə idnò ìmi i tùkə i sigà i sigà e ustànəlu

[Maybe] because that’s a [person’s] name, and now – now what’s left,

34 (a) nəslèdnik busìlciti kətu pr'àkur

what remains, is the “busiltsi”. [It’s] like a nickname.

36 (a) tò ottàm nòsi ìmitu si šòt bəš bəštà mu nə tòs

This is where the name is from, because the father of that person

37 (a) bìl təkɤ̀f kònnik

was supposedly such a horseman.

39 (a) à kònnici dà sə im vìkəli pràvilnu štòt ìskə pò inirgìčni xòrə

Ah, yes! They called them horsemen! Because it requires more energetic people ...

Dolna Sekirna 2

84 (VZh) vìe mòmkin’a go vìkate

Ah, you call that “servant girl”.

85 (a) mòmkin’a à ə tìja bìl oficèrᵊ

“Servant girl”, yes. And he was an officer

128 (b) ama zèl’eto kažì kakvò znàči tovà nè e zèle ìstinsko

But tell them what “zele” means here, it’s not real “zele” (= cabbage).

129 (a) à

What?

130 (VZh) a ftasàlo takòva

It’s something sour.

131 (b) a làpat

“Lapad” (sorrel).

132 (VZh) à ot lap šta štàfel’

Ah, uh, “shtavel” (sorrel)

133 (a) štàfel’

Sorrel.

134 (b) štàfel’

Sorrel.

135 (VZh) ahà

Aha,

Dolna Sekirna 3

15 (a) što e zagòn ne znàete li

what a “zagon” is? You don’t know [do you]?

16 (VZh) kadè e ogràdeno ta da ne bègaju da ne

It’s where it’s fenced off so they won’t escape, so they won’t –

Dolno Draglište 3

13 (a) ud lèbə si splèskəme fudùl'k'i

we flatten out the bread [dough into] – “fudulchi” –

14 (VZh) dà

Yes?

15 (a) fudùli fudùli

"fuduli, fuduli"

16 (VZh) dà

Yes, [that’s the word].

Dolno Ujno

173 (a) nè nè làm na làmba səs gàzg'e

No, no! It’s a lamp, a lamp. [Burning] “gasgye”...

174 (RA) xɤ̀

Huh!

175 (a) z gàs [laughter] i s vìdelce pək ne znàm

gas! [laughter] And a “videltse” (small dish holding a candle). I don’t know –

176 (a) prez ə kato detè sɤ̀m na vìdalo rasnàla

during – as a child, I grew up with [that kind of lighting].

Drjanovec 2

36 (a) nògutu uc’è kàzvɤmi b’yl’ùk

when there’s a lot of sheep, we call it a “herd” –

Eremija 3

51 (a) səs sìto ìma si speciàlno

Using a sieve. There was a particular –

52 (GK) takà si mu vìkaxte vìe

Is that how you called it?

53 (a) sìto

A sieve.

54 (GK) dà

Yes.

Garvan 1

119 (a) l'èsi b'e l'èsi nəl'i znàjš kəkò e tòj l'èsi

Table tops, yes! Table tops. You know what table tops are?

120 (a) dɤ̀l' ne znàjš kòj tə znàj

[Well] who could guess whether you’d know that.

Gela 1

52 (a) ga z'ɔ̀ də mi sa smɛ̀e za svà za ledùnkisɤ

and she started to make fun of me about these “ledunki” (icicles)

53 (a) zìmnu vrɛ̀me nəlì zgà sa spùskət tè gu zuvɔ̀t šušùl'ki

these things that hang down in the winter. They call them “shushulki”.

54 (a) rèku marìja tì si utkàčena če kək štè də e šušùl'ki

And I said, “Maria, you’re crazy, how could it be ‘shushulki’?

55 (a) če tò šušùl'ki zuvɔ̀t ut sᶤìnɨ slᶤìvɨ šušɔ̀t g zuvɔ̀t šušùl'ki

That which people call ‘shushulki’ is what’s made from dried plums!

56 (a) pə tì vìkəm lədùnkite

But you,” I said, “[use that name for] ‘ladunki’ (icicles).”

57 (a) vè bàpke tò bròi sa pò pràvilnu vàštu

[And she said] “Hey granny, [others] consider yours [to be] more correct.

58 (a) ledùnka jà tò kàpɤ kàpɤ nəlì sə pulɛ̀ga pulɛ̀ga pulɛ̀ga

It’s a ‘ledunka’ because it drips and drips, you know, and little by little

59 (a) i stàne è tòlčava

it gets this big.”

61 (a) hà stàna tòlčevu ledùnčište nèneka i vìka nà sàšu

Hah! and it got to be an enormous icicle. So [Maria] says “Here, Sasha –

62 (a) sàšo jà kòlku ìka ìma tàm šušùl'ki

Sasha, look,” she says, “how many ‘shushulki’ (icicles) there are over there!”

64 (a) jɛ̀ ìkəm kadɛ̀ ima šušùl'ki [laughter] i tàm pòčnem sa smɛ̀em

And I say, “Where are there ‘shushulki’ (dried plums)?” [laughter]. And we start laughing.

65 (a) kàk vìka bàpke ma nvà e ledùnka

“What do you mean, Granny?” he (Sasha) says. “That’s a ‘ledunka’.

66 (a) če vìka vàšto pò pràvilno ledùnka

She said your [word] is more correct. That thing is a ‘ledunka’ (icicle),

67 (a) òt vìka vìš kàk mi kàzvə tìe se pulɛ̀ga pulɛ̀ga pulɛ̀ga

because,” he said to me, “see [how] they (icicles) little by little build up

68 (a) i stàne gulɛ̀mu ledùnka i katu nè e šušùlka [laughter]

and it becomes a big icicle. So [that means] it’s not a ‘shushulka’.” [laughter]

70 (TD) vìe na kvò vìkate šušùlka

[So] what is it that you call “shushulka”?

71 (a) ami ut sᶤìnɤ slᶤìvɤ gà išušìš ud jɛ̀bəlki ut təkò šušùl'ki

Well, when you put plums to dry, or apples or such, [that’s] “shushulki” (dried fruit).

73 (a) nəlì znàeš šušùl'ki òtɤ gu šušᶤìš [laughter]

You get it? Dried fruit, because you dry it! [laughter].

Gela 2

51 (a) nà nà ut pòpovija lɛ̀p

and you say “Here, have some of the “priest’s bread”,

53 (a) če bìl blàk i tò si gu stùrilu lɛ̀ban

because it is supposed to be tasty, and the child took the bread.

54 (a) i i mu dadèš i tò jadè i čɤ blàk

You give it to him and the child eats it, and it’s tasty

55 (a) čɤ bìl ut pòpuvija [laughter]

because it’s supposedly from the “priest’s bread” [laughter].

Gela 3

29 (c) kàk se glèdat

How one looks after [them]?

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