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Bangejci 2

31 (TD) ɤ əm nə vr'etèntu kvò sə slàgə uddòlu
And what do you put down underneath the spindle?

32 (a) n'è
No.

33 (TD) ne sɤ̀ li slàgəše
People didn’t put anything [down there]?

34 (a) ìmə ìmə n'àkuj ə slàgət də də ni è l'èku ə trəkəlc'è
There are – there are some who put something to make it heavier. A little disk.

36 (a) əmə às ni sɤ̀m slàgələ às si gu pridɤ̀ tɤ̀j
But I’ve never put anything [there]. I spin [the wool] just

37 (a) kàktu mə i ùčilə màjkə mi [laughter]
the way my mother taught me [laughter].

Golica 3

24 (VZh) ne mù li slàgate nèkoj pɤ̀t ednò takòva da težì oddòlu
Don't you sometimes put some sort of thing underneath to weigh it down?

25 (c) əm n'àkoj slɑ̀ga ama ɑ̀z ne slɑ̀gam
Some people do, but I don't put [anything there].

26 (VZh) kàk se kàzva tovà koèto se slàga oddòlu da težì
What do you call that thing you put underneath to weigh it down?

27 (c) ami təkwòs n'àkoj bòlči zəvərtèli zə zə pò tèšku̥
Well, some [add] a small bolt [to make it] heavier ...

29 (c) n'àkoi bòlčənci̥ slɑ̀gat
... some put [in] a tiny bolt.

30 (VZh) bòlče li slàgət
They put a small bolt?

Stalevo 1

30 (a) oh vr’etèn:tu i pr’èšleni i zə pred’è̝š
[you’ll take] the spindle and the weight on it, and you’ll spin.

Tihomir 1

230 (GK) a otdòlu na vretènoto kakvò ìma də e tèško
And underneath the spindle, what do you have there to [make it] be heavy?

231 (a) zàprenìkɯ zàprenìkɯ
Weighted discs. Weighted discs.

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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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