dialect word discussion

Gela 3

30 (VZh) əmhəm kàk se gl'ɔ̀dat nalì po

Uh huh. How one “looks after”, you know, in ...

31 (c) gl'ɔ̀dat sa

“looks after”

32 (VZh) po po rodòpski

… [spoken] in – in the Rhodope manner.

Gigen 2

22 (d) bès də gi bɛ̀lim pə pòsle bèrem kočànite̝

without husking them, and then we gather the “kochani” (corncobs).

23 (d) tò kočàni si i vìkame nìe tò segà ne vìkat kočàni

We called them “kochani.” People don’t call them “kochani” any more

24 (d) ama togàva kočàni im vìka:me

but back then we called them “kochani”.

Godeševo 4

11 (VZh) [Впрягаш или впрьогаш?]

[(When you say ‘you harness [it]’, do you say) fpryagash or fpryogash?]

12 (b) gu fpr'àgəš i gu fpr'ògəš sè si e ednò

Whether you say “fpryagash” or “fpryogash” – it doesn’t matter!

13 (a) fpr'àgəš

[It’s’] “fpryagash”

14 (b) n'àki təkà əmə n'àkuj gu pək kàzvə še gu fpr'àgə

Some [say] this [“fpryogash”] but another will say he’ll harness it, “fpryaga”.

15 (b) mə pučtì še gu fpr'àgəš kàzvət

But mostly it’s – you’ll harness it, “fpryagash” - [that’s what] people say.

Gorna Krušica 1

16 (GK) kàk mu vìkaxa na tovà rɤ̀šni

How did you call that [thing] – mi- ?

17 (a) kàmɤni se kàzvat kàmeni

Stones. They’re called stones.

18 (GK) rɤ rɤ

mi- mi-

19 (a) kàmeni za melène za za urìs i za orìs n’ɛ̀maše

Stones for grinding rice, for – [in fact] there wasn’t any rice [then].

20 (a) a takòvo bulgùr go va vìka:me ot ə pšenìca

It was that – we called it bulghur, [made] from wheat.

46 (a) tùka tò s im zabràtk’i takìva zabràtk’i

They’ve [got] these headscarves –

47 (GK) kàk im vìkaxte zabràtk’i šamìi

How did you call the headscarves? “zabradka”? “shamiya”?

48 (a) zab

“Zab-”

49 (GK) šervèta

“sherve”?

50 (a) ə krɤ̀pi i vìka:me nìekḁ krɤ̀pi a onò krɤ̀pitè se kàzva

Towels. We called them towels. Towels is what you call

51 (a) i tìja što sè trìeme

those [things] that we dry ourselves with.

59 (a) da go istɤ̀češ è tòlkafki jàˀ jà è tòlkafki krɤ̀pički pràve:me

you weave it – even this big. We made towels this big, you see?

60 (a) trijàčki go vìka:me zə də

We called them “driers”, for –

61 (GK) za da se trìes ɤhɤ̀

For drying yourself with, right.

62 (a) za licèto da si trìeme

To dry our faces …

64 (a) tovà da si trìeme rɤcète

to dry our hands with.

66 (GK) jà kvà xùbava dùma

Wow, what a nice word.

Huhla 1

10 (a) əhòw jà səm jàlə m'ètlin l'àp

Oho! [Well,] I’ve eaten “broom bread”.

11 (GK) mèt i l'àp

[You mean] “honey and bread”.

12 (a) m'ètl'en m'i d'èt mitɤ̀t šə stɤ̀ržene ustɤ̀rgəni

[No, bread] from a broom. What you sweep with. We scrape [it], scrape [it] up.

13 (k) ot metlà dèto se pràət

From brooms, [It’s] what they make …

14 (a) s'up'urg'ètə

“Syupyurge”

15 (k) metlìte s'èmeto kàzvə se s'up'urg'è

seeds [of the branches of a] broom. It’s called “syupyurge".

16 (k) tovà e tùrskə dùmə s'up'urgɛ̀ znàči metlɤ̀tə

That’s a Turkish word,” “syupyurge”. It means “broom”.

Iskrica 3

23 (c) səjà dètu mu vìkəmi nìe eli kušàrə a təkà kušàrə

“saya” (sheepfold), as we call it. A “kushara” (sheepfold), yes – a “kushara”.

Kolju Marinovo 2

93 (GK) i kɤ̀k sə vìkət

And what are they called?

94 (a) lupàtə

A shovel.

95 (c) i òpki ìmə i lupàti ìmə

There are [the old] pitchforks, there are shovels,

Kolju Marinovo 5

54 (a) ni znàjə vìždəl li si gi bɤ̀rim

I don’t know if you’ve seen them even.

55 (GK) kakvò e kato kòfa nèšto

What is it, like some sort of bucket?

56 (a) kətu kòfə amə bəkɤ̀reno

Like a bucket, but [made] of copper.

57 (GK) axà bəkɤ̀reno zatùj mu se vìka bəkɤ̀r

Ah, from copper. So that’s why you call them “copper” [kettles].

Kovačevo 1

4 (GK) vìj tùka glavèš li mu vìkaxte gudèš li

Did you here call an engagement “glavezh”? Or “godezh”?

5 (a) gudèš gudèš

[We called it] “godezh”, “godezh”.

6 (c) gudèš

[It’s] “godezh”.

Kozičino 1

39 (a) pək tugàs mu vìkahme wrahɑ̀n’

[But] back then we called it “vrahan” (red-checked woolen skirt).

137 (a) tèpawcɛ mu dùməm’e

We call it a “tepavtsa” (fulling mill).

138 (GK) kә̀k

What?

139 (a) tèpawcɛ mu dùməm’e tòj səgɑ̀ ìmə tàm ə wudɛ̀

“Tepavsta”, [that’s] what we call it. He – well, there’s – there’s water there.

Kralevo 2

4 (VZh) kàk vìkate nəškì

How do you call it, bread-trough?

5 (a) ɤ̀ nɤ̀ški

Uh, bread-trough.

6 (c) nàšto màlko po tùrski nəškì

Our [way of saying it] is a little like Turkish – bread-trough.

8 (c) ili ednò kurìtu tɤ̀j

Or [just] a trough.

35 (VZh) bànica li gu vìkate ili

“Banitsa”, is that what you call it, or…

36 (a) bànica

"Banitsa"

37 (VZh) po starovrèmski

… [something else], in the old-time [language]?

38 (c) klɨ̀n klɨ̀n

“Klin" – "klin”.

39 (d) klɨ̀n, klɨ̀n, màlko po tùrski

“Klin”, “klin”, a little like Turkish

41 (VZh) starovrèmskoto kàk bèše

So what was the word from the old days?

42 (a) klɨ̀n [laughter]

“Klin” [laughter]

43 (VZh) aha.

Aha.

44 (c) tàm kəde kòstinuvu tàm pràv’ət də edè

Over in Kostinovo they make [it] to eat.

Leštak 3

3 (GK) segà znàči snòpi pu dèset bròjə təvà e košìnə təkà li

Now – a pile of ten sheaves, that’s a “koshina,” right?

4 (e) da

Yes.

20 (e) uddòlu duš’em’ʌ̀ nəred’ènu èdri kàməne è təkìvə

Underneath was a “floor” layered [with] big stones. Like these.

21 (GK) vìe mu vìkate dušemè nəredèno

You all called it a “layered floor.”

22 (e) dà duš’em’ʌ̀ pustàrumu

A “floor”, in the old way [of talking].

44 (GK) əhə i ə pɤ̀rvo se nə čà kàk im vìkaha

Aha. And first did they – how did they call those – that, “nakɤlvavat” (cut up small)?

45 (GK) tovà na nakəl’vàvət go

[did they say] “nakɤlvavat” [in the meaning “cut up small”]?

46 (e) səz bràdvə sə nəsìč’ə

You chop it up with an ax.

47 (GK) vìe ne vìkate nakəlvàva sə

You didn’t [use the word] “nakɤlvava”?

48 (e) kujè

[For] what?

49 (GK) zitòtu̥ snòpetu

The grain. The sheaves.

78 (GK) əmhəm segà po nàšijə kràj na tovà nàj mèkoto dèto ustàva

Uh huh. OK then. In our region they call this softest part, what’s left

79 (GK) ut kato go utɤ̀pčət živòtnite kato se uvəršè mu vìkat mekìna

after the animals crush it up, after you thresh – they call this “mekina”.

80 (GK) pri vàs čùval li si tàja dùma

Have you heard this word around here?

81 (e) ne

No.

82 (GK) pl’evɤ̀ si e

It’s [just] chaff.

83 (e) pl’evɤ̀tə

The chaff?

84 (GK) dà

Yes.

88 (GK) zərnòto go zbìrate pòsle na kùp nalì

You gather the grains up afterwards into a pile, right?

89 (e) dà

Yes.

90 (GK) vìkaxte li mu sòr ednò vrème ili kàk dùma ìmaše li zə

Did you call that “sor” in the old days? Something else? Was there a word for it?

91 (e) nə kùp nə kùp se səbìrə

In a pile. It’s gathered into a pile.

92 (GK) nə kup

Into a pile.

93 (e) nə sòr nə sòr

Into a “sor”, into a “sor”.

94 (GK) à na sòr

Ah, [it was] a “sor” …

95 (e) nə sòr

Into a “sor”.

96 (GK) mu vìkahte a təkà

… [that] you called it. Ah, so.

97 (e) nàč’i òpštu

In general [terms].

98 (GK) sòr

“Sor”.

107 (GK) à na tovà rešèto ìməše li mu speciàlnə dùmə

Ah. So then this grate: was there a particular word

108 (GK) da se kàzvə tò rešèto ot kakvò e napràveno

for it? Did you say “grate”? What is it made from?

109 (e) ut kòž’e

From leather.

133 (e) e tàm mòe də də vərhʌ̀t i vɤ̀rli sə puubrìšəd gu

That’s where they could thresh. And they did. They clear it off

134 (e) səs turpànə màlku də nèmə jʌ̀dru i i vərhʌ̀t

a bit with a “turpan” (scythe) so there’s nothing big [in the way], and they thresh.

135 (GK) kakvò e tovà turpàn

What is this “turpan”?

136 (e) turpànə dètu kusì tre senòtu kus’ìlu

A “turpan”, [the thing] that you mow gr- hay with. A mower.

137 (GK) əhə

Aha.

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