kaval (end-blown flute)

Brŭšljan 1

55 (a) òx mi tɤ̀j səs svìrki i s kəvàl':i svìrehne
Well, we did play [instruments], these small pipes and end-blown flutes.

56 (a) svìreə də kàž'em ufčàrite əmə tuvà e nè e n'àkujə
That is, the shepherds played [them]. But that’s not some kind of,

57 (a) təkà də se kàž'e kəktu n'àkuj urkèstər də iskàrət əmì
like you might say, performing in some kind of orchestra, but [rather]

58 (a) təkà vərì tə si turulìkə pudir ufc'ɛ̀te də sə zəwəvl'àvə
[a shepherd] walks along, chirps after his sheep to amuse himself.

59 (a) təkìvə svi sviràč'i sme bilì nìe səs svìrki kəvàl':i
We were all such musicians, with small pipes and end-blown flutes.

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 3

22 (GK) čobànite s kakvò svìrexa
Shepherds – what musical instruments did shepherds play?

23 (c) s kəvàl':e be səs svìrki s kəvàl':e
End-blown flutes, you know! Small pipes and end-blown flutes.

24 (d) kavàl'e
End-blown flutes

25 (c) səs svìrki i s kəvàl':e
Small pipes and end-blown flutes.

Brŭšljan 4

36 (VZh) [А овчарите с какво свирят?]
[And what musical instruments do shepherds play?]

37 (e) kəvàl
The end-blown flute.

38 (VZh) à s kavàli
What? End-blown flutes?

39 (e) s kəvàl kəvàl svìrime
The end-blown flute. We play the end-blown flute

41 (e) kəvàl svìrime kətu màl'ki se uč'àhne svìrki [whistle]
We play the end-blown flute. As kids, we learned the small pipes [whistle]

50 (d) kəvàl':e tùkə v grədɤ̀ št'à də ìdeme v burgàs
[They have] end-blown flutes in town. We’d go to Burgas,

51 (d) ìmə tàm kəvəl'ž'ìjnicə ut tàm št'àme də kùpime
there’s a flute-maker there, and we’d buy [them] there.

52 (d) ə kugɤ̀tu stàvəš'e nàš'ijət səbòr nə devèti àvgus tòə ìdvəš'e prəmətàretu
When we had our [village] fair, on August 9th, then peddlers would come.

53 (d) tvà prəmətàre nòsət svìrki nòsət kəvàl':e
[And] these peddlers brought small pipes and end-blown flutes.

54 (d) i nìe gi upìtvəme
and we would try them out.

Izgrev/Car

17 (a) də igràeme hòru də pejème pejɛ̀hme svìrehə səs kəvàl mumč’ètətə
to dance the horo and to sing. We sang, the boys played the end-blown flute,

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 …

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Recommended Model for Citations

Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)
Babjak 1: 13-15. In: Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition [2016] (http://www.bulgariandialectology.org, visited on 1 March 2016)

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