dialect word discussion

Leštak 3

138 (e) kòsə

A scythe.

139 (GK) kosà

A scythe.

140 (e) kòsə

A scythe.

141 (GK) tovà mu vìkate

That’s what you call it.

142 (e) tù tùkə gu kàzvət turpàn

It’s called a “turpan” here.

205 (e) ìmə d’ètu càrevicə mèl’ət ə nəč’ùpvə gu zərnòtu nə

There’s one that they grind corn with. It chops up the kernels into –

206 (e) təkà kàg də ti kàžə

well, how can I tell you?

207 (GK) kàktu mu vìkate dùmata kažì

Say the word the way you call it.

208 (e) tràhənə gu kàzvət

They call it cornmeal.

210 (e) nə s’ìtno gu nəmèl’e i gu vər’ʌ̀t səs màlku bòp

It’s ground up very tiny, and then they cook it with a little bit of beans,

212 (e) i stàvə čurbʌ̀

and it becomes soup.

213 (GK) čorbɤ̀ ste mu vìkali n’àmaše li tà’a màndža speciàlno ìme

You called it soup. Didn’t that dish have some particular name?

214 (GK) n’àkakvo ìme nèjno si sàmo čurbɤ̀ kətu kàžət tovà

Some name that was its alone? When they say “soup” that means –

215 (e) č’òrbə

Soup.

216 (GK) tràhənə səs təkòə

Cornmeal with this –

217 (e) tràhənə səs bòp

Cornmeal with beans.

218 (GK) əhə təkà sə kàzvə

Uh huh – that’s what it’s called.

229 (GK) a segà tàm dèto sa zakòpčeni vòluvete tovà kàk mu kàzvaxte

Now, this thing where the oxen are attached, how did you call that?

231 (GK) umòt’

A yoke?

232 (e) umòt’ be

Hah, a yoke!

233 (GK) à

Yes?

234 (e) umòd be

Ahh, a yoke!

235 (GK) təkà li mu kàzvaxte

Is that how you used to call it?

236 (e) zəbràil gu səm màmə mu stàrə èj umòt’ umòt’ i oràlu

I’ve forgotten it, devil take it! Yes, the yoke. The yoke and the plow

254 (GK) è gu s’à kɤ̀k e tùkə ìmə tovà ednòto kɤ̀k se kàzva

O.K. now, here we’ve got it. There’s this thing here, how do you call it?

255 (e) tuvà e humòte

That’s the yoke.

257 (e) ə tvà nədòlu d’ètu spùsnətu sə kàzvə ž’eglì

And this that’s hanging down below, that’s called the pins.

258 (GK) tovà ednàta

This here, one of them?

259 (e) ədnàtə i tùkə ìmə ədnà

[That’s] one, and here there is one

260 (GK) žègəl li se kàzvə kàk

One “pin”, is that how you call it?

261 (e) ž’eglì ž’eglì

Pins, pins!

262 (GK) žeglì se kàzva

They’re called “pins”.

324 (e) pàlešnik sə vìkə

It’s called a ploughshare.

326 (GK) lèmeš ne mù vìkaxte

You didn’t used to call it “lemesh”?

327 (e) nè

No.

328 (GK) lèmeš jèmeš nèšto

“lemesh – yemesh”, something [like that]?

329 (e) nè pàlešnik

No. A ploughshare.

335 (GK) tɤ̀j s kàk se vìka raspɤ̀nka

Right. How do you call it, a crossbar?

336 (e) rəspɤ̀nkə

A cross bar.

337 (GK) raspɤ̀nčici

Little supports.

338 (e) də ne sʌ̀ spl’èskvət

So they don’t flatten out.

339 (GK) də ne sɤ̀ spl’èskvət tɤ̀j i ottùkə tovà nàči tovà

So they don’t flatten out. Right. And here this [thing] –

340 (GK) kàk se kàza èj tovà dərvò tùka

how did you call this [piece of] wood here?

341 (e) əmi cɛ̀lutu sə nərìčə uràlu bè

Well, the whole thing is called a plow!

342 (GK) c’àloto si e oràlo i tovà i tovà pàk

The whole thing is a plow – this, and this too.

344 (GK) sə vìka oràlo a tovà tùka dèto go dəržɤ̀t udzàde

It’s [all] called the plow. And this thing where they hold it from behind?

345 (e) əmi tuvà e drʌ̀škə

Well, that’s a handle.

346 (GK) vuìšte

A pole.

347 (e) drʌ̀škə

A handle.

348 (GK) ne sè seštaš ne sè sèštaš drɤ̀škə təkà

You don’t remember. Ah, you don’t remember. A handle. O.K. then.

390 (GK) tovà tùka dòlu n’àmaše li si odèlno ìme kàk se kàzva

And this thing below, wasn’t there a separate name for it? How do you call it?

391 (e) uràlu

A plow!

392 (GK) uràlu sə vìkə a tovà tùka vuìšte uvìšte

It’s called a plow. And this here? “vuishte”? “uvishte”? (pole)

393 (e) əmi čɛ̀kəj kətu flèneme vɤ̀tre še zəpìtəm unèjə

Wait a bit, let’s go inside and I’ll ask some people

394 (e) də ìdim nə tàə č’ɛ̀s

to see about that part –

396 (e) kəkvò ìme mòe də mu kàžem

[to see] what name I can put to it.

405 (GK) a volòvete s kvò gi pətkàrvat

And what do they drive the oxen on with?

406 (e) s prʌ̀čkə

With a stick.

407 (GK) prɤ̀čka se vìka ili

You call it a stick, or –

408 (e) prʌ̀čkə prʌ̀čkə

A stick, a stick.

409 (GK) ili si ìmaše

– or was there –

410 (e) tujɛ̀gə

A staff.

411 (GK) kopràl’a nè

[It] wasn’t a “kopralya”?

412 (e) kak

What?

413 (GK) kopràl’a da mu vìkat ili nè n’àma si takòva

[Is there a chance] that they call it “kopralya”? Or not? There’s no such –

414 (e) ne

No.

415 (GK) takòva si ime si n’àma həm

[It appears] there’s no such name. Hm.

416 (e) prɤ̀čkə

[It’s a] stick.

Malevo/Asg 1

12 (a) kòn’ n’è z guv’ʌ̀də n’è

[or] with a horse. Not with cattle, no.

13 (VZh) [С какво не вършеехте?]

[What was it you didn’t thresh with?]

14 (a) n’è z guv’ɤ̀də

[We did] not [thresh] with cattle!

22 (VZh) [Как се казва на гъстото мляко?]

[How do you call “thickened milk” (yogurt)?]

23 (a) čʌ̀stu ml’àku

“Thick” milk.

24 (VZh) kàk

What?

25 (a) čʌ̀stu ml’àku

“Thick” milk.

31 (a) i tugàvə si stàvə čʌ̀stu

And then it becomes “thick”.

32 (VZh) [Какво?]

[What?]

33 (a) čʌ̀stu [laughter]

“Thick!” [laughter]

95 (a) mi stànuvə č’il’ìk’ ədìn pʌ̀rs č’ilìk’ stànuvə [laughter]

Instead you get unbaked dough – a finger-length of unbaked dough [laughter]

96 (a) ədnò vr’ème təkà gu kàzvəhme

That’s what we used to call it in the old days.

Malevo/Asg 2

9 (b) ə ìnəče pugòrckumu sə kàzvə smɤ̀rč sàmu təkɤ̀f məter’àl

or, as foresters say, spruce. Only that kind of lumber.

10 (b) i gu òdime pu guràtə i gu tɤ̀rsehme po kəmenìstu m’àstu

We went out to the woods and would seek it out in rocky places

11 (VZh) [“търсиме”или “тръсиме”?]

[“tŭrsime” (seek) or “trŭsime” (seek)?]

12 (b) trɤ̀sime à ə trɤ̀sime nə təkòvə m’àstu kəd’ètu ìmə kàməni

We’d seek it! Seek it in the kinds of places where there are rocks,

Malevo/Hsk 1

123 (VZh) kàk ja kàzvaxte na vrèmeto càrevica li i vìkaxte

What did you used to call it in the old days? Did you call it “tsarevitsa” (corn)?

124 (a) ràpkə

“Rapka” (corn).

125 (VZh) ràpka i vìkaxte əhə

Aha, you called it “rapka”

126 (a) [laughter] ràpkə

[laughter] “rapka”.

139 (a) slət fəsùlə bustàne sled bustàn’ə càrevɨcə̥tə

and after the beans, then melons, and after the melons, then “tsarevitsa” (corn).

140 (VZh) ràpkata

“rapka”

141 (a) dà ràpkətə i slət tvà pòčvəme v’è̝k’e də gɤ̀rl’ime nàj nəpr’èš

Yes, “rapka”, and then, we begin already to tamp the soil. First,

Markovo

177 (a) bubàək mu vìkaa pərì dàvət nə bəštàtə

They called it “wedding tax”, the money they give to the father.

178 (GK) bubàek

“Wedding tax”.

179 (b) tò e kato nišàn

It’s like a betrothal.

180 (a) bubàək

Wedding tax.

181 (b) àz ne znàm

I don’t know.

182 (GK) nišàn

A betrothal.

Mogilica 1

2 (VZh) a tovà vɤ̀lnenija plàt dèto go istəkàvate kàg go kàzvate

This woolen fabric that you make by weaving, how do you call it?

3 (a) habɔ̀

“Habe” (thick felt),

5 (a) habɔ̀ habɔ̀ tə tèš tè ə š'ijət pəntəlòne drùguš' š'ìehə pəltà

“habe”, “habe”. They sew trousers of it. Earlier on they used to sew coats

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