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Bangejci 2

38 (TD) əmi pòsl'e kət sə ispred'è pr'èždətə kvò jə pràit'e
And later, after the yarn is all spun, what do you do with it?

39 (a) əm či pr'èždətə jə mutàimi nə idnò mutuvìl'či̥ è təkvòs
Well then we wind it up on a yarn-crutch about the size

40 (a) è tɤ̀j kət bəstùn'enu səs vìluškə tùkə udòlu s vìluškə
of this cane-like thing with a fork – here below, with a fork,

41 (a) tùkə ìmə ràvnu tɤ̀j d'èt sə slàgə pr'èždətə
and here [where] it’s flat, where you put the yarn,

42 (a) i tɤ̀j gu pràvim nə grànici pòsli gu putup'àəmi fəf vudɤ̀
and then we аrrange them in skeins. After that we soak it in water

43 (a) də sə upɤ̀ni tɤ̀s pr'èždə kət sə upɤ̀ni pr'èždətə i kətu isɤ̀:ni
so the yarn will stretch out. And when the yarn is stretched out, and dry,

44 (a) sn'èməmi jə ut ə mutuvìl'čitu i jə m'ètvəmi nə slɤ̀nci
we take it from the yarn-crutch and put it out in the sun

45 (a) də si isɤ duisɤ̀:ni štòtu tò ni mòži də isɤ̀:ni nə mutuvìl'čitu
to finish drying, because it can’t get dry on the yarn-crutch.

Dolno Ujno

52 (a) i predèm kɤdèl'ə si ìmax i si predèm prèžda
And I spin. I had a distaff, and I spin – yarn.

67 (a) žìčici prèžda
Threads, yarn.

74 (a) i pòslem prèžda stàvi se i se pletè ot nèja
And then [you’ve got] yarn. You put it [on] – and you knit [things] from it.

118 (a) i u nègo krosnò ennòto navìeno je prèžda
And it had beam[s], one of them with the yarn wound on it.

Malevo/Hsk 1

164 (a) i dàže i dàvəhə pr’èždə plətuv’è dàvəhə nəsr’èštu kòj kòt ì̥skəše
and would even give us yarn or cloth for it, whatever you asked for.

165 (a) əku ìskəš pr’èždə əku ìskəš plətov’è əku ìskəš pərɨ̀ də tə dədɤ̀t
Yarn if you want, cloth if you want, or just if you want them to pay you money.

Mogilica 1

34 (a) gà ispredèš pàk pupàriš pr'ɔ̀lutu usnuvèž gu stòriš
You spin it, and then you scald the yarn, then warp [the loom] and make

Srebŭrna 2

123 (c) ə vɤ̀n tuj dètu šə gu təč’èm tùj kròsnu kupùvəm’ì kòi pr’èžbata
… at the outer edge that we weave [onto]. [For] this beam, one of us buys the yarn.

124 (c) i ìməmi č’i̥krɤ̀ci t’ès č’i̥krɤ̀ci gi ə nəvìv’əme nə məsùri
And we have [these] spinning wheels, we wind [the yarn] onto spools.

Stalevo 1

117 (a) zə snuv’èš i zə gu usnuv’èš tvà zəh òsem
You warp, and you warp [a skein of] eight for this [kind of loom operation]

118 (a) unvà zəh dvənàes unvà p’etnàjs
[a skein of] twelve for that [kind], and of fifteen for that [other kind].

119 (GK) kɤ̀k gi brojàxte
How did you used to count them?

120 (a) nə nə žɨ̀ci i zə zəpàzvəš žìčkətə d’èt je ut kùp’enə pr’èždə
By the threads. You take a measure of a thread from factory-made yarn

121 (a) tò je pò mlògu d’è̝t je pr’è̝denu tò je s pò màlku
– there’s more of that kind, whereas the yarn spun [at home} – there’s less of that.

122 (GK) štòtu pò debèlo
Because it’s thicker.

123 (a) pò dib’èlu̥ pr’è̝dentȕ je pò dib’èlu tòj e pò màlku usnuvànu i
It’s thicker, the [homespun] yarn is thicker. There’s less of it in the warp.

Stančov Han 1

81 (a) utvàr’ә zə pr’èždәtә kàzvә s è tɤ̀j sә utvàr’ә i sәs
It opens up for the yarn –it does it like this. So it opens up, and with –

Sŭrnica 2

58 (a) kvà pr’èž’də ìskəš’
[You dye] the yarn [to be] whatever [color] you want.

59 (MM) à prèždata bojadìsvaš
Ah, it’s the yarn that you dye.

60 (a) pr’èž’dətə buedìsvəme zel’ènə li s’ìnə li č’ərv’ènə li urànževà li
It’s the yarn we dye. Green, or blue, or red, or orange, whatever [you want].

61 (b) nə enò nə enòtu
One at a time.

62 (a) kvàtu ìskəš’ pr’èž’də slàgəš’ kəzànə buedìsvəš
Whatever [color] of yarn you want, you fix up the cauldron [again] and dye it.

63 (a) buedìsəš’ ednàtə màhneš’ jə buedìsəš’ drùgə pàk buedìsvəmè si
You dye one, take it out, dye the next, and [that’s how] we do the dyeing.

90 (a) slòž’iš’ pr’èž’dətə slòž’iš’ i kəmen’òkə vərhù òš
put in the yarn, and put the lichen [back in] on top of that …

133 (a) i gu sìpiš’ fəf vudɤ̀tə i nətupìš’ pr’èž’dite
and then pour it into the water. And [then] you put the yarn to soak…

135 (a) màlku də ftvərdì i slet tvà gu slàgəš’ n’ègu zə usnòvə
… so that it gets a little stiff. And then you put it on the warp

136 (a) ə drùgutu pək təč’èš’ zə vɤ̀tək
and the other [= non-stiffened yarn] you weave as the woof.

Sveta Petka 1

74 (MM) takà e dobrè a šàrkite kòj ti kàzva kàg da gi tùriš
O.K. then. [When you weave] who tells you how to arrange the patterns?

76 (a) t’à si gl’èdə ud drùgətà i si gu vèzə tàm po tàmcək
one [of us] looks at [what] another one [does], and arranges [the threads] that way.

78 (a) pr’èždətà si gl’èdə i
She looks at the yarn and –

79 (d) pr’èždətə kəkvàt si tùrišᵊ ə kət
At the yarn the way you put it on [the loom]

81 (d) rəzlìčnə pr’èždə
Different [colors] of yarn …

Tihomir 1

120 (a) navìeme pr'ɔ̀lo prəs tə prəs i sə fàta sèj
We wind the yarn [onto the spools] – pss pss – and it catches, like that.

Vŭrbina 1

38 (a) kəsu es’ɛ̀ də kàram’ə i ž’əvòt’ brəšnònu tɨ gu dukàrət sml’ètu
they way we enjoy life now. They bring flour to you already ground,

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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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