winnowing with coarse sieve

153 (a) s n’in’t’ìrit’ȅ udn’èməm’i i kɤt ustàni wèči sàmu zɤ̀rnutu

We take it off with the big wooden pitchforks. And when only the wheat is left,

154 (a) kətu i sm’it’èm’i nə id’ìn kùp inò vr’èm’i n’àməš’i n’ìštu

when we sweep it into a large pile – In the old days there wasn’t anything to –

155 (e) na dərmòna

[You put it] into the “darmon” (large sieve).

157 (a) mi pràim nə v’ɛ̀jm’i nə dɤrmòn’ nə dɤrmòn’ sə kàzwə

We then – we winnow it with the large sieve. It’s called “darmon”.

158 (a) i gol’àmu e tɤ̀j e tɤ̀j nə trì kòlə i [unintelligible] i s’ɛ̀im’i

It’s big, like this, set up on three stakes [unintelligible] and we sift –

77 (a) ìmәme dɤrmòn’ i prez dәrmòn’әt tùrimè i

we’ve got a “dermon” (large sieve). And we put it through the large sieve

79 (a) i gu dәrmonìme

and we “dermonize” it (sift it coarsely).

81 (a) tɤ̀rsime i vudɤ̀ i slet tuvà sètne pәk nә rәšètu

We shake it too and after that put it through a grate.

82 (a) ustàtәkәt tәkà dètu ustàne dә nè e prez dәrmòn’әt

The remainder – what’s left that didn’t go through the “dermon”,

83 (a) tàm tɤr̀sime gu prez rәšètu

We shake it through the grate.

9 (a) i pš’enìcənə sm’ətè̝me nə kùp i ìməme si reš’età kətu sɨ̀tu

and we sweep the wheat into a pile. [Then] we have these sieves, like the ones

10 (a) dèsu sìp’ət bràšnu tə gu vdìgneme i vdìgnem pl’əvɤ̀nə

where you sift flour, and then we lift it up, we lift up the chaff

11 (a) i nèi nèj gu sme v’ɛ̀li

and that’s how – that’s how we’ve winnowed it [all].

41 (a) dərmunìme gu sètne prez dərmòn’

we “dermonize” it, [run it] through a “dermon” (big sieve)!

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