place names

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.

9 (a) pres tovà tùka nagòre mu vìkat bùjaka pa čèren pɤ̀t

coming across – they called it Buyak up there – [on] a dark road,

Dolna Sekirna 2

34 (a) a rabotìmo u mìnata u pèrnik na tovà i tè tàmo

We worked in the mine, in Pernik, on this – there –

59 (a) nìe tèkezesè bèomo sekìrna tèkezesè stàdomo klònovo stopànstvo sɤs ə ə košarèvo

We were the Sekirna T.K.Z.S., we became a branch of the Košarevo one.

61 (a) te pòsle otidòmo u vèlkovci klònovo stopànstvo ga kàžeju

And then later we went to Velkovtsi. They call it a branch collective.

63 (a) i pòsle ot vèlkovci o se obedinìše sìčki tekezèta u brèznik àpekà

And after Velkovci all the collective farms were joined in the Breznik A.P.K.

Dolna Sekirna 3

89 (a) dèka ne ìdeše tùka na tàm ta vràpča te ta elòv.dòl

didn’t come here. [They came from] Vrabcha, from Elov Dol,

90 (a) ta odrànica ta gòrna.sekìrna ta svì znàeše svì čovèci

or Odranitsa, or Gorna Sekirna. All of them knew [him], all the men.

114 (a) ema tikà e elòv.dòl dùšinci odrànica əm gìginci košarèvo stan’òfci

That’s right. Elov Dol, Dushintsi, Odranitsa, Gigintsi, Kosharevo, Stanyovtsi –

115 (a) sè sè si ìma dùsinci èrul sìčki soborjè ìmaše

all of them, Dushintsi, Erul, all of them had their village celebrations.

Eremija 1

140 (a) òx kàk nè a dəšter'àta štò e u sèverna bəlgàrija

Ah, how could it not be? My daughter, who lives in northern Bulgaria –

141 (a) ako ste čùli gul'ànci plèvensko

maybe you’ve heard of Gulyantsi in the Pleven region?

Eremija 5

4 (d) na mlàdi godìni onà e po brèznik živejàla

In her younger years she lived around Breznik.

57 (c) òn bèše domakìn na plòdvif

He was a warehouse keeper [there] in Plovdiv …

58 (e) plòvdiw

Plovdiu.

Gela 1

24 (a) òdil iz belumòrietu i

He went all around the Aegean region and –

25 (PSh) dèvɤdgodìšen

Nine years old!

26 (a) nə dèvɤd gudᶤìni hòdɤl vəv belumòrietu s òfci təkà pək ezgà

When he was nine he went with the sheep in the Aegean region but now ...

27 (b) pò naprèž gà beše nàšu

Earlier on when [the region] was ours.

Gela 2

46 (a) ta tugàva nemɛ̀ takìva slatkᶤìši tɔ̀rn'em na širòka.lɤka

but back then there weren’t such sweet things. We set out for Shiroka Lŭka

47 (a) màjka nɨ ža tɔ̀rneš dnèska ž ìdeš do širòka.laka

(our mother) – You’ll set out today and go to Shiroka Lǔka,

94 (a) ednà gudɨìna ut plòvdiv be dušlà enà dukturìca ta be duvèla mòmče

One year a doctor lady came up from Plovdiv and brought a boy

101 (a) da da jadè tà be ut plòvdif de dòkturka ta tùka spà

to eat. She was from Plovdiv, this doctor woman, and stayed over here

Glavanovci 2

7 (a) mnògo odàvna tùka doòdi edìn ot tṛ̀n kɤdè opslùžva cèlata opštinà

…a long time ago. [Now] one comes by from Trŭn, he serves the entire district.

Kralevo 3

8 (a) zə kò sèlutu ìmə i ìmat kràl’evu jà tvà si pòmn’ə

why the village has the name Kralevo. I remember this

9 (a) ud d’àdə m t’è sigɛ̀ kàžuva

from my grandfather. There’s this, they say,

10 (a) tvà kəvàk məl’è kəvàk tupòlə

this “Kavak” (poplar) district. “Kavak” means “topola” (poplar).

12 (a) əmi tàm ìməlu gòre si n’àkəde kəde tvà d’et kàzvəme nìe

And somewhere up there, close by that which we call

13 (a) bəlkànckite selà i drùgu tàm tupòluu ə a nàštu s’èlu

Balkan villages, there was another “Poplar [village]”. But our village

14 (a) ìmet nòsɨ nə ə tùkə e tvà nə vɨsòku̥tu nə vərhə̀

gets its name from – Here is this high place up at the top,

15 (a) se kàzvə krɤ̀klàre krɤklàre

it’s called “Krŭklare” (“The Forty”), “Krŭklare”.

55 (a) kò gu sə premàzali ə təkà də umr’àl kə f smòl’ənsko

they trampled him – in short, he died in the Smolyan area.

56 (a) lènče kàk sə kàzvə tvà be kàk bə ràkjuvu li

What’s the name, Lenche? Was it Raykovo?

57 (a) ne znàm nəkəd’è

I don’t know, [it was] somewhere.

58 (VZh) a ràjkovo

Yes, Raykovo

Malevo/Asg 3

11 (c) ə pres prəs kəčòrskən.igrèk gu vìkəme unvà derè čàkəj

Well, through what we call Kuchorskan Igrek. There’s a riverbed there – wait:

Malevo/Hsk 1

73 (VZh) sè tovà ìme li ìmaše sèloto màl’evo ili

Has the village Malevo always had this name, or

74 (VZh) pò ràno ìmaše drùgo ìme

did it used to have some other name?

75 (a) tik’è̝k’u: b’èše pò rànu təkà se kàzvəše tik’è̝k’u: i slət tvà màl’evu

It used to be Tekekyoy. It was called Tekekyoy, and after that Malevo.

77 (a) stàrutu m ìme b’èš’ə tik’è̝k’u: ə pək sl’ət tvà màl’evu gu preimənùvəhə

Its old name was Tekekyoy and then after that they changed the name to Malevo.

78 (a) əmə jà k pòmn’ə mal’əvu d’è kogà e bỳlu tik’è̝k’u:

but I remember it [as] Malevo back when it was Tekekyoy.

79 (a) pò ràno znàm če e bỳlu tik’è̝k’u:

I know that earlier it was Tekekyoy,

80 (a) əmə jà gu zəpòmn’əh màl’evu jà i dàže ìməm’ə

but I know it as Malevo. And we even have

81 (a) tùkə ənnɤ̀ m’èsnus sɤ kàzvə màl’evu nɨ̀vɨ

an area around here called Malevo, it’s fields.

83 (a) nɨ̀vɨ rəbòtehme gi sə kàzvət màl’evu m’esnustɤ̀ màl’eu

We worked these fields; they’re called Malevo, the Malevo area.

Mogilica 1

59 (VZh) kakvì mahalì ìmaše vəf sèloto pòmniš li gi kàk se kàzvaha

What districts were there in the village? Do you recall how they used to be called?

60 (a) pòmn'əm ednɔ̀ nə esèjufce bùkuvu etùv mugìlicə

I remember one. There was Eseyuftse, [and] Bukovo, and here – Mogilitsa.

61 (VZh) əmhəm a gòrna mahalà n'àma li

Mmhm. And there’s no upper district?

62 (a) elìnden

Elinden.

65 (VZh) t'à t'à e kà a seà kàk ja kàat

And – and how – how do they call it now?

66 (a) e sà ə kàzvət elìnden

They call it Elinden now too.

67 (VZh) a pò rànu

And before?

68 (a) pàk enèj pàk sètne pò̝ rànu

That then too. The same thing earlier.

70 (a) elìnden pàk bo go etùzi də оtkòlešnu həsànkòj

Elinden. And, this – here, what used to be Hasanköy

71 (a) segà burìkuvu imenòvənu

now is named Borikovo.

73 (a) kìsel'č'evu

Kiselchevo

74 (VZh) a natàm koì sa

And what are the ones further on?

75 (a) bùkuvi bùkuvu nəh tàm i jesèfce pək nə

Bukovo, Bukovo. And over there also Yeseftse and –

76 (VZh) pək ednò ìmə kòšnica po nə

And there was another one, Koshnitsa, mo- ?

77 (a) ə kòšnicə ət ut tàm e məžɔ̀s

Oh yes, Koshnitsa! My husband’s from there.

Rajanovci 1

63 (a) rɤ̀čno po kalùdžer kvò ti vi raspràvam gòre no

By hand, in Kaludzher as I was telling you, up there –

64 (a) kalùdžer se kàzvaše mesnostɤ̀ kato pòčne a se kòsi

the place was called Kaludzher. When they begin to mow –

Repljana 4

1 (a) ama dùpkete kvò se zovèšeu u glàmu

How did they call the holes in the stony hill?

2 (a) jà za dùpkete se ne mòk sètim jovàn znàe

I can’t recall [anything] about the holes. But Ivan knows.

3 (b) stanìšina dùpka

[One of them is called] Stanishin hole.

4 (a) ama jà nè.znam ednà stanìšina ednà a u

Well, I don’t know. One [might be] Stanishin hole, another –

5 (a) ednà odovàm ednà ottàm mèča dùpka nèkakvo ìmaše iz ovàm

There’s one here, another there, and there was some sort of Bear’s hole here.

6 (c) ovàj golèmata dùpka kvò se zovèše što od ovùj strànu

How did they call this big hole, the one on this side?

7 (b) e pa stanìšina dùpka tàj ne è li

Well, isn’t that the one that’s Stanishin hole?

8 (a) e tàj

Yes, that one.

9 (b) tè tàm tè tùj sɤ̀k u tàm

Ah there – that one there!

10 (a) dèto dèda g’òrg’a se bèše zavṛ̀l

That’s where Grandpa Georgi had wriggled [down into] …

11 (c) à gòre bèše pàvlova pàvlova zakàpina

Higher up was Pavel’s – Pavel’s “zakapina”.

12 (b) pàvlova zakàpina

Pavel’s “zakapina”.

18 (b) koè

Which [place]?

19 (c) tòj bèše u bunàrɤt odnèlo dà

It was by the well that it [his cap] slipped off.

20 (a) dèda g’òrg’a

Grandpa Georgi.

21 (b) ò tòj e gòre gòre è na ravnìšte

Oh, it’s way, way up there. Up on Ravnishte.

23 (b) gòre kvò se zovèše te tòj gòre u gorèlino nè nè

What was that called up there, Gorelino? No, no –

24 (b) màle mìto gòre tàm tàm tàm tàm u nàštu glàmu tòj

Ah, Mita – Up there. There – there, the one in our stony hill.

30 (d) nè nè nè

No, no, no.

31 (c) nè nè gòre imàlo odàvna bunàr

No, no. [It was] long ago that there was a well up there.

32 (a) ta ga tražìše ta

… and they searched for him …

33 (b) à

Ah –

38 (c) nè mìlice nè e ravnìšte tòj tòj kako ot tùj stràn

No, Militsa, it’s not Ravnishte. That’s more to this side.

39 (b) è nò tekà otkɤm tṛgòvište

Right, towards Tŭrgovishte.

40 (c) podi venɤ̀cɤt, podi venɤ̀cɤt

Under the cliff edge, under the cliff edge.

41 (b) ò tòj golèma dùpka

Oh, that’s a big hole!

42 (c) podi venɤ̀cɤt

Under the cliff edge.

43 (a) a be tùj bèše u tùj dùpku dèda g’òrg’a

Well yes, it was here. It was that hole Grandpa Georgi [was in].

44 (b) tòj golèma dùpka

That’s “Big Hole”.

45 (c) à ahà à tekà

Ah, aha! So that’s it.

46 (b) a òn u bunàrɤt slazìl

So it was the well that he (Georgi) went down into.

47 (c) a podi venɤ̀cɤt tàm

And [the one] under the cliff edge up there?

48 (b) a tòj podi venɤ̀cɤt kɤm tṛgòvsko golèma dùpka se zovè

The one under the cliff edge, towards Trgovishte, is called “Big Hole”.

49 (b) tekà se zovè

That’s what it’s called.

Stančov Han 3

27 (c) pək ednò vr’èmi tùkə tùkə ìməmi idnò s’èlu gòri

But in the old days here – we have here a village higher up

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