gajda (bagpipe)

Brŭšljan 1

60 (a) i gàjdi ìməš'e nə n'àkuj tə svìrexə vətrešnustɤ̀ gəjdərž'ìi

Some had bagpipes, and played them; bagpipe players [were] in the interior,

61 (a) štòtu jà i kəde grənč'àr xòdih nə tàm tàm ìməš'e mumč'ètə

because when I went to Granichar, there were boys there

62 (a) kuìtu svìrehə gàjdi nè e gàjdə gàjdə səs

playing bagpipes. No, not the [simple] bagpipe but the bagpipe with –

63 (b) kəvàl':i i kəvàl':i i də gàjdətə bəškɤ̀ i kəvàlət

End-blown flutes, end-blown flutes. A bagpipe is one thing, an end-blown flute –

64 (a) e dà de gàjdətə bəškɤ̀ i kəvàlət bəškɤ̀

Yes indeed. A bagpipe is one thing and an end-blown flute is another.

Brŭšljan 4

63 (d) nìe mu vìkəme vərtìkòlnicə gàjdətə tɤ̀pən'ət sə kàčvəə

We call it “vŭrtikolnitsa”. Bagpipe and drum [players] would climb up [on it],

64 (d) mòmi mumč'ètə pu č'ètiri dùš'i tò be mlògu mudèrnu

[and] girls and boys, four at a time. It was very modern!

65 (d) i xuròtu igràe nəòkulu gàjdətə svìri tɤ̀pən'ət

And [they] dance the horo all around, the bagpipe plays, and the drum.

Kovačevo 1

208 (b) nə vrèmetu kət k’i čùə tɤ̀pən’e tùkə svìrkite gàjdi òhò jàs

… back then, when I hear the drums here, the flutes, the bagpipe, oh! I’d …

Malevo/Asg 2

80 (b) iməš’e tugàvə muzikànte n’àkuj s cigùlkə svìl’exə svìr’exə n’àkuj

There were musicians then, some played the violin, and some

81 (b) səs gàjdə svìrexa i n’è igràeme nə xurò vesel’àme sa dumɤ̀t

played the bagpipe. And we danced the round dance and had a great time at home.

Stalevo 3

19 (IV) kat gàjdite dèto pràv’at

Like the way they make “gajdas” (bagpipes).

20 (a) kəde gàjditi̥

Yes, like the bagpipes.

Vasiljovo 1

30 (a) momìčeata momčè̝ata sedɛ̀t pàk stànat kato zasvìrat saz gàjda

The girls and the boys sit, and then they get up when the bagpipe starts playing.

31 (a) svìr’a saz gàjda stàneme igrèem i se razvalì sed’ànkata

The bagpipe plays, we get up and we dance. And then the work bee breaks up,

Vasiljovo 2

23 (b) i si vìka:me gajdàre cigulàre d’è̝ mùzika ud n’àkade dòde

And we’d engage bagpipe players and violinists, wherever musicians came from,

29 (b) i s’è takà ni svìrea gajdàre d’è svìrki d’è gajdanìci

And the bagpipe players would play for us, either with whistles or bagpipe chanters,

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