swaddling

Brŭšljan 4

1 (e) det'ètu kət sə rudì pòčvəme də gu puwɨ̀vəme

When a child is born we start to wrap it up,

2 (e) də gu zəwɨ̀vəme də gu zəwɨ̀vəme də rəst'è zəvìtu s plenì

to swaddle it. To swaddle it so it will grow, wrappted in swaddling cloths.

3 (e) s plenì krəčkàtə mu nə prɤ̀slenkite ìmə pəmùk

In swaddling cloths. [At] his little feet, his little toes, there’s cotton

4 (e) də ne gù ub'ɨ̀və i e uvìtu uvìtu uvìtu uvìtu

so it won’t pinch him. He’s bound, bound, bound, bound –

5 (e) dò i tùkə krəčònkite mu sə vɤ̀rzəni

all the way to here. His little feet are tied …

7 (e) də rəstè štòtu ìnač'e jà nəlì vi kàzvəm zə tvà

… so that he’ll grow [straight]. Otherwise, won’t it – I tell you –

8 (VZh) kòlko

How many [times do you –] ?

9 (e) əmi dnèskə trì pɤ̀ti tr'àbvə də gu rəzvìje štòtu sə pupikàvə

Well you have to unwind it three times a day, because it gets wet.

10 (VZh) na kolko e

How old is it [when you do this]?

11 (e) mɤ̀ninku be l'ehùdl'e gu vìkəmi nìe l'ehùdl'e

Tiny! We call it a “lehudle” (newborn). “Ledudle”.

12 (e) l'ehùdl'e màlku nà kətu e tvà seà bèbe e tùkə dètu e

A little “le-hud-le”, like this baby right here.

13 (e) mu vìkəme l'ehùdl'e

[That’s] what we call a “lehudle”.

14 (VZh) [И колко време така?]

[How long do you keep it like that?]

15 (e) pèt š'ès m'ɛ̀scə dənò də sə fjàkne

[You swaddle it for] five or six months, in the hope that it gets strong.

Dolno Draglište 1

25 (a) futrinà gu izmìem i gu puvìvəme sus č'èrgi gò sme puvivàli [laughter]

In the morning we wash and diaper him. We diapered them with rugs. [laughter]

26 (a) nè e kət segà s tìjə bèli rəbòti s č'èrgi pəmùčni

Not like now with this white stuff. Cotton rugs,

27 (a) č'èrgi vɤ̀neni tàm nətùrime uddòlu tò se u umòče nìe prumènime

woolen [rugs] – that’s what we put down below. It wets itself and we change

28 (a) sədè dòl'nite drìpk'i tàm bèlitè i unòvə si sedì s mòkro [laughter]

only the lower clothes, the white ones. And the baby stays wet. [laughter]

Gela 2

15 (TD) s kvò gi povìvahte bèbetata

What did you use to wrap babies up with?

16 (a) səs vɤ̀l'nena plɛ̀na gulɛ̀ma pa to gulɛ̀ma plɛ̀na i ə

[We used] a big woolen swaddling cloth, a big “diaper”

17 (a) ut vɤ̀lna istəkàta vɔ̀lnena ta če ušìta ta səs sèka

woven from wool – [It was] woolen, and each one sewn up

18 (a) səz gəjtàn i dɛ̀kenu gà gu puvìeš s pòvoi vɔ̀lneni

with cords, and when you wrap the child up in this woolen swaddling,

19 (a) gà gu uvìeš òtɤ f plɛ̀ne ta zdì pràfku

when you wrap him he sits straight because of the swaddling,

20 (a) kvòt e pòjasa i gàštite ona nà gu putpìra

the belt and pants. See, it props him up, [the way it's]

21 (a) z gajtàne putplatènu tə təkò pək əzgà m'èlhi sə rudì se

lined by the cords like that. But [kids] now are soft. [The minute] it’s born,

22 (a) i gu tùr'ət f partàlɤ tàm i decàna si se nakvì hɔ̀

they put it into rugs. And that’s how children are now. Hah.

23 (b) i decàna sa nakìva mèlk'i mèlk'i plɛ̀ni mèlku

Children are soft, soft, [because] of soft wrappings.

Godeševo 2

3 (a) šə gu zəvɤ̀jš səs ədnɤ̀j pərcàlevi pl'àni tugà nemàše pl'àni

you’ll wrap it up in some rag wrappings – there weren’t [real] diapers then.

4 (a) tugà b'àə pərcàl'e šə gu zəvɤ̀jš i càl dè̝n d'àtetu

Then there were [just] rags. You’ll wrap it up and all day long the child

5 (a) təkà sedɤ̀j fəf pərcàl'ete n'è̝mə kòj də gu putsušɤ̀j ud ràbutə

stays like that that in the rags. There’s no one [who can take time] from work to dry him out,

Gradec 2

21 (c) obàče kato go zèl u rɤcète tòj e bìl uvìt

But when he took it into his arms, it was all wrapped up

22 (c) sɤs tòo povòj

in these swaddling clothes.

24 (c) uvìt obàče povòjɤ nè e bìl uvìt mnògo

Wrapped, however the cloth wasn’t well wrapped,

25 (c) i se razvṛ̀zal təkà i i sɤ vlačìl po zeml'àta

and it apparently became untied and dragged along the ground.

Nasalevci 1

101 (a) kvò se prài ròdi se detèto pa ga povìju

What do they do? The child is born, then they wrap it up

146 (GK) tɤ̀j i nèšto slàgaha li m i f kakvò go zavìvaxte detèto

So. And did they put something on [the child]? What did you wrap up the child in?

147 (a) sɤs tək čaršàv be

Well, in a sheet!

149 (a) povìju ga u pèlenk’e

They wrap it up in diapers.

152 (GK) u pelènke

In diapers.

153 (a) tùka se povìje u pèlenk’e ottùka ottùka tàm takà ga povìju

So they wrap him up in diapers from here to here, they wrap it

Široka Lŭka

49 (a) jɛ̀ si sam hrànɤla kùtɤla razvìvala puvìvala

I bore them myself, I fed and nourished them myself, I unwound and wound them up (= changed their diapers),

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