dialect word discussion

Stoilovo 2

41 (GK) kvò e tuvà bandrɤ̀k

What is this “bandrŭk”?

42 (a) bandrɤ̀k ud dɤrvò nәpràen bandɤ̀r

The “bandrŭk” is made of wood.

43 (b) sәz zɤ̀bi sɤz zɤ̀bi

With prongs – with prongs.

44 (a) sәz zɤ̀bi sɤz zɤ̀bi èj tәkà č’ètiri zɤ̀bә

With prongs, with prongs. Like this, four prongs.

Sŭrnica 2

64 (b) i s kəmen’òk buedìsvəhə pàk

And they used to dye with “kamenyok” (lichen) too.

67 (MM) kakvò e tovà kamen’òk

What is this “kamenyok”?

68 (b) ut kàmənite sɤ̀štu kətu sl’às təkòə

It’s the same as mallow [grass], [but taken] off of rocks.

69 (a) vəs kàməkə kəmen’òk

On top of a rock, “kamenyok”.

74 (MM) à tvà po kàməkə ə

Ah! That [thing you find] on rocks! So –

77 (MM) i tovà mu vìkate kamen’òk

And that’s what you call “kamenyok”?

78 (b) kəmen’òk dà

“Kamenyok”, yes.

79 (a) a nə n’ègu kəmen’òk òti ut kàmək

[We call] it “kamenyok” because it comes from a rock (“kamŭk”).

86 (MM) ahà tovà ne sɤ̀m čùval

Aha. I hadn’t heard that [word].

159 (MM) dobrè abɤ̀tɤ ne e na val’àvica nə nòsix

So. And didn’t – didn’t you take the homespun to the “valyavitsa” (fuller)?

162 (a) ìmə tupàvicə mu vìkəme

There is. We call it “tupavitsa”.

164 (MM) a tupàvica à

Ah, “tupavitsa”. Ahh.

Sŭrnica 3

18 (MM) čakɤ̀m li na čakɤ̀m li mu vìkate kat se nared’ɤ̀t

“Chakum”? Do you call [that section] when they line up, a “chakum”?

19 (b) n’è n’èmə

No, nothing [like that].

20 (MM) nèma takìva

Nothing like that.

21 (c) pwòstə nìj reč’àhme pwòstə

“Puosta” – we used to say “puosta”.

22 (b) enà pwòstə

One “puosta”.

23 (c) enà pwòstə enà nìvə i hàjde

One “puosta”, one field, and off you go.

24 (MM) à èto tovà vèče e

Ah, that’s more like it.

Sŭrnica 4

31 (a) si ni be fùrnətə vìkəhmè mu kl’etɤ̀

… with us was the furnace We called it the “klet” –

37 (a) klič’ònətə mu vìkəhme tàm ti e brəšnòt tàm ti e əmbàrə

We called it the “klichona”. That’s where the flour is, and the granary,

Sveta Petka 3

1 (MM) vìe na càrevicata kàk i vìkate

“Tsarevitsa” (corn) – what do you all call it?

2 (e) nìe càrevica càrevinə i vìkəme

We call it “tsarevina”.

3 (MM) càrevina

“Tsarevina”.

5 (MM) a na kačamàka kàk mu vìkate

And how do you call “kachamak” (polenta)?

6 (e) mi mòž də mu kàž’eš’ i kəč’əmàk

Well, you can call it “kachamak”,

7 (e) mòž də mu kàžeš i prusenìk

or you can call it “prosenik”.

8 (MM) vìe prosenìk

[So] you [call it] “prosenik”.

9 (e) dà pa i mòž da à kàeš misìrka misìr càrevɛ̀no brašnò

Yes. But you can also call it “misirka”, “misir” – corn flour.

12 (MM) misìr mu

[You say] “misir” for it –

13 (e) misìrnu brəšnò kàzuvà če ut ut càrevìnata

“Misir” flour, that means it’s from – from “tsarevina” (corn).

70 (MM) kàk se kàzva tòja derèk

How do you call that post?

73 (e) tòj se kàzuva kòlə

It’s called the “kol” (pole).

74 (MM) kòla ili stòžero li tàm

Is it the “kol” or the “stozher”

77 (e) kòl tòj dètu vɤrdzùvaha hè vɤžètu

“Kol”. That thing where they tied the rope onto.

88 (e) təkìva è šibàci pà təkìva tòpki e grɤ vìkəmè gi drɤgɤlcì drɤgɤlcì

well, these beaters, with balls [on top] . We call them “drugultsi” (seed-beaters).

107 (e) katu ečemìkə uv’ès təkòvu nɛ̀štu čenìcə

like barley, oats, such things, wheat (“chenitsa”)

108 (MM) koè kàzvate čenìca

Which [is the one] you call “chenitsa”?

109 (e) čenìcətà e ud bèlutu dètu stàvə bèlutu brəšnò

“Chenitsa” is the white one, the one that gives white flour.

Tihomir 1

18 (a) səz d’ulbène drùgɤkvᵊi abanìef g zavàhme abanìef zavàhme

– different headscarves – foreign, we called them. We called them “foreign”.

Tihomir 2

62 (GK) i kakvì bànici ìmaše vìe kàk i vìkaxte bànica li

And what kinds of banitsa were there? How did you say it? “Banitsa”?

63 (a) ba klìnɤ

“Ba - “ [No,] “klin”.

64 (GK) àa

Aah!

65 (a) klìnɤ gɤ zav’ème [laughter]

We called it “klin”! [laugher]

Tŭrnjane 1

34 (ED) təkà li im vìkət vɤršàčki

That’s how they call them, threshers?

35 (a) vɤršàčki

Threshers.

40 (a) ìmaše ednì vɤršìni mašìni gi kàzvat levàtor

There were these kinds of threshing machine they call a grain elevator.

Tǔrnjane 2

10 (ED) dà kà sa kàzva tòo ùret dèto sa mɤ̀nat gṛ̀stite

Yes. What do you call the device that swingles hemp?

11 (a) a napràvat takòva mèlica

They make this – swingle.

44 (a) dà koto se istɤkɤ̀t sɤ dɤdɤ̀t na vajàvica kàzvame

Yes. And after it’s woven, it’s given to the fulling mill, [as] we call [it] …

Vasiljovo 1

35 (a) vàrim kəčəmàk tè mu vìkaa mamal’ìga germàn tavà

and make polenta. They called it “mamaliga”, the Germ-

36 (a) onè̝s mu vìkaa mamal’ìga tavà

Those guys called that “mamaliga”.

Vasiljovo 2

16 (b) nì gi znàja kòlko sa ama səm gi zapòmnila trìese kɤ̀šti

nor do I know [it], but I remember it being thirty “kushti” (houses).

17 (VZh) [Не беше ли кeщи?]

[Didn’t you used to say “keshti”?]

18 (b) trìese kɛ̀šti takà

Thirty “keshti” then.

Vladimirovo 1

81 (VZh) kàk mu vi kàk mu vìkaxa na tovà nə

How did they call that –

82 (a) blàgo vìno mu vìkame

We call that “sweet wine” (new wine).

83 (VZh) blàgo vìno

"Sweet wine".

84 (a) šùr

Must.

Vladimirovo 2

48 (a) i i za za kòleda takà

Well, for “koleda”, well –

49 (GK) za božìč ili kòleda

For “bozhich”, or [maybe you also say] “koleda”,

50 (CG) za bòžič

For “bozhich” [then].

51 (b) ne gò kàzvame bòžič

We don’t call it “bozhich”.

53 (b) tùka a kòleda

Here, it’s “koleda”.

56 (a) šo vìe kɤ̀ mu kàzvate

What you – however you call it.

57 (b) kòleda i na u božìč kàzvat tè

“Koleda”, but they call it “bozhich”.

Vladimirovo 3

108 (VZh) štòto bòba bòba tvà pò tèško a tovà drùgoto

Because the beans – the beans are heavier. But as for the other,

109 (VZh) kàk mu se vìka dèto e

how do you call what’s [left]?

110 (a) e tovà ɤ bobòvin’etu̥

Well, that’s “bobovinye” (pods and other remains)

Vŭglarovo 1

123 (d) à jà p’è̝kəh càrč’evu bràšnu təkà bəkl’enɨ̀ci ìkəhme

And I used to bake with corn flour. We used to call that “bŭklenik” (cornbread).

Vŭrbina 4

99 (d) i mešòvi dɤ̀ndəvi pu pràvilnutu pu.stàrumu dɤ̀bje

oak trees (“mesh”). More correctly, oak (“dund”), or – said in the old manner – oak (“dub”).

119 (d) vudɤ̀tə ispòlzvəhə i pràihnə gul’èm ədrəl’ès tàm

they made use of that water. We made a great “Adreles” holiday there.

120 (d) ədrəl’ès gu kàzvəme

“Adreles” [is what] we call it (St. George’s Day).

Vŭrbovo 2

56 (b) na drùgata za mrek’è

and the other one into dying.

57 (a) mrek’è

[Into] dying.

58 (b) ednòto umrè

One of them died –

59 (VZh) na mrek’è kvò e tovà

“Into dying” – what’s that?

61 (VZh) znàči da ùmre

Does it mean “to die”?

62 (a) da ùmre

[Yes,] to die.

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