silkworms

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1 (a) bùbički hrànehme trì hràneh trì kutìi bùbički

We used to feed [= keep] [silk]worms. I kept three boxes of silkworms.

5 (GK) jà da ni razkàžeš bùbi kàk se glèdat

So tell us about the silkworms. How do you look after them?

6 (a) kàk sed'ɤ̀t ə

How they [just] sit [around]? What?

7 (GK) kàk se glèdət bùbi

How you look after the silkworms!

8 (RA) kàk se glèdət bùbi

How you look after the silkworms!

9 (a) ò bùbt'e t'è sə gl'èdət jà tùkə udzàt' bəhč'ɤ̀tə ìməh

Oh, the silkworms, [how] you look after them. I had a garden here in back,

10 (a) zàt kɤ̀štətə c'àlə bəhč'ɤ̀ èj tàm ìmə bəščɤ̀ èj tàm

behind the house, an entire garden. There was a garden over there [by]

11 (a) vujnìcte d'àt nəpràhə kəzàrmə tvà b'àš'e bəhc'ɤ̀

where the soldiers built the barracks, that was a garden.

12 (a) r'àž'eh lìste nòsim lìste nà kətò nòseh lìste pànnə mi

I'd cut up leaves and carry them. I was carrying leaves, and it fell on me

13 (a) èj tàm gòr'e tà edìnə kràk si sč'ùpih tə kətu nòseh lìste̥te̥

up there, and I broke my leg while I was carrying the leaves.

39 (VZh) a bùbite bùbite kàzə ot tùkə si ìmala bəxčà

So the silkworms, the silkworms. You said you had a garden around here.

40 (a) bəhč'ɤ̀ bəhč'ɤ̀

[Ah], garden. [The] garden.

41 (VZh) kakvò ìmaxte v baxčàta

What did you have in the garden?

42 (a) tìj gi dàvət təkà s'àme zə gi ispìliš' tòj drèmnìčku s'àme

They give them [to us] as seeds, and you’ll hatch them. It’s a tiny little seed

43 (a) kət è dumàtentu s'àme təkɤ̀vu s'àme

like the seed of a tomato. That kind of seed.

45 (a) təkɤ̀vu b'àš'e də gi ispìliš' nə tòplutu̥ sìpi nə ədìn pən'èr

That kind. You hatch them in a warm [place], and pour [them] into a basket.

46 (a) zə kləd'èš' zə pust'èliš' ədnɤ̀ knìgə pust'èliš' i ədnɤ̀ kɤ̀rpə uddòlu

You’ll put them [in], spread out a piece of paper and a towel underneath,

47 (a) če zə gi sìpəš' t'è sə pìl'ət s'etne klàvət lìstetu izòkulu

and then you’ll pour them [in] and they hatch. Then you put leaves all around

48 (a) t'e nəbìtkuət nəbìtkuət nəbìtku s'ètnekə nə rəš'ətà ìməhne

and they gobble, gobble, gobble [it up]. Then we had these grates,

49 (a) nə t'àə rəš'tà gi klàvəne bùbičkite če gi hrànehne

and we put the silkworms on the grates, and we’d feed them.

50 (a) è sòo ahɤ̀r b'àš'e pɤ̀l'en bùbič'ki tàm əhɤ̀rət zàncətə h udəìt'e

This stable was full of silkworms. The stable, the pantry, in the rooms –

51 (a) lež'àhne vɤ̀nkə bùbički̥ tvà trì kutìi bùbički hràneh

we slept outdoors. Silkworms [everywhere]! I fed three boxes of silkworms.

52 (GK) mnògo li e tovà

Is that a lot?

53 (a) à

What?

54 (GK) mnògo li e kòlko e nìe ne smè vìždali

Is that a lot? How many is that? We’ve [never] seen [any].

55 (a) əm mnògu sə màlku li sə

Well, that’s a lot! [You think] it’s a little?

56 (GK) ne znàm ne smè vìždali

I don’t know! We’ve [never] seen [any].

57 (a) nə st'è gl'èdəli bùbič'ki

You’ve [never] looked after silkworms?

58 (GK) nè

No.

59 (a) ə nìe gl'èdəme n'àmə s'à s'à kò gl'èdət sià nìštu n'àmə

Well we do. [But] nothing now. What do they do now? There’s nothing now.

92 (GK) əmhəm i kato gi izpìliš kato gi izpìliš bùbite kvò stàvə

Uh huh. So, after you hatch the silkworms, what happens?

93 (a) kvò stàvə nà zə hi hràniš də i hràniš zəhràniš

What happens? Well, you'll feed them, feed them and feed them up.

94 (a) stànət li zə sɤ̀n t'è zəspɤ̀t s'ètne zəspàvət gà sə rəzbùd'ət

When they're ready to sleep, they fall asleep, and sleep. When they wake up,

95 (a) pà zə hi hràniš' pàk s'ètn'e zə hi rəzred'ìš' nə drùgi rešta

you feed them again, and then you spread them out on other grates,

96 (a) s'ètne òšte trì sɤ̀nə spɤ̀t

and then they will sleep three more “sleeps”.

97 (GK) trì sɤ̀nə

Three “sleeps”.

98 (a) trì sɤ̀nə spɤ̀t spɤ̀t s'ètnekə v'èk'e gà hi hràniš tvà kəm zəv'àjkə

They sleep three sleeps. When you feed them next, they [go] to the spinning.

99 (a) v'èke də i hràniš pəškùle də zəvìješ

So you feed them [one last time] to [make them] spin [their cocoons].

101 (a) s'ètn'e zə gi zəvijèš də jə hràniš zə tòlkuvə stànuvɨ

So then you feed it to [make] them spin, and it gets this big.

102 (a) ut sk'el'etə nəbùəne šùmk'ətə t'ìe nə nəbìtkə udgòr'e

We put greenery on top of the racks and they gobble it from above,

103 (a) èj təkɤ̀vi gul'àmi pəškùle b'àli pəškùli

and then [make] these big cocoons. White cocoons.

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