mowing

Bela 1

28 (a) è pa plàmen prɤ̀ska ili kupìl e kosàčka kòsime isfṛ̀game gòrime

Well, Plamen sprayed, he bought a mowing machine, we mow it, toss it, burn it.

Čokmanovo 1

5 (a) nəuč’èni svir'ànə də si igràime vìd'ehme si ràptətə hòd'əhme si nìe

to dancing to live music. We would see to our work, and we would go

6 (a) nə del'èku nəh rəvništà tàm si kus'ɛ̀hne četìrise tuvàrə zbìrəhme

far away to the plains, and there we’d mow, and gather up forty loads.

7 (a) s'ɛ̀nu si zbìrəhme səs mùl'ətətə tuvàr'əhme si s'ɛ̀nu duhòdəhmè si

We’d gather up the hay and load the hay onto the mules, and come home –

Gela 3

67 (c) če hùbavu ama làni səbìraše senò ta bilò pò hùbavu tùka

that it’s good. But last year she gathered hay here and [said] it was better here.

72 (c) z be pò ùbavo dubrì kugàtu zbìrame senò səs tèp i səz bàba [laughter]

it was better. It’s good to be bringing in the hay here with you and Granny."

Gigen 1

10 (a) kupà:me žɤ̀ne:me kòse:me sɤbìra:me sɛ̀no zə stòkә̥tә̥

We went out digging, harvesting, mowing, we gathered hay – for the animals.

Glavanovci 1

70 (a) tùramo rukòl’k’e po nàs ako nèma mùžje da onì otìdu na kosìdbu

We put handfuls behind us if there aren’t men to [help]; they go off to mow.

Glavanovci 2

30 (a) à če kòsiš li

Ah, you’re going to mow?

31 (b) həm

Hm.

32 (VZh) nùmem da kòsim

I don’t know how to mow.

33 (a) ne umèeš li

You don’t know how?

34 (VZh) ne umèem

[No,] I don’t.

36 (a) stìga be jà mògu da kòsim ženà ne umèe da kòsi

Ha, stop it! I, a woman, can mow, and this guy doesn’t know how!

37 (VZh) è pa tì si učìla jà ne sɤ̀m se učìl

Well, you learned how, I didn’t.

42 (AK) àz àz ùmem màlko pròsto

I know how, a little.

46 (a) kvò da kòsi e pa rekòx onò trèbe svè da znàm

how to mow?” And I said I need to know everything.

55 (AK) a kòseneto e mùška ràbota takà li

Mowing is man’s work, isn’t it?

57 (AK) kòseneto e mùška

Mowing is man’s –

58 (b) mɤ̀ška dà

Man’s, yes.

63 (a) ta takà ta tàtko mnògo i sɤs sinɤ̀t xùbavo kòsi

Indeed. Well, Dad together with his son mows nicely.

70 (a) kà se nakovè kosàta mòže da naòstriš i pèt pùti da kòsiš

When you pound the scythe [right] you can sharpen it and mow five times

71 (a) i ùbavo kòsi ne tì dṛ̀pa i mnògo nìsko amà

and it mows nicely, doesn’t push you, and [reaches] low, but –

Leštak 3

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

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

Malevo/Asg 2

68 (VZh) [...]

[What time (of year) did you go out to do the mowing?]

69 (b) kugàtu l’uvàdite dòdət vr’ème də sə kus’èt utìvəm səs mùl’etu i məgàretu

When it comes time to mow the meadows, I go out with the mule and the donkey;

70 (b) zìməm kusʌ̀ta kuvəlàta brusʌ̀ i ut’ìvəm nə l’uvàdata i pòčvəm də kòs’e

I take a scythe, a small anvil and a whetstone, I go out to the meadow, and I start to mow,

71 (b) nə rʌ̀ka slèt kətu gu òkus’e səber’èm gu nə ərmàni issuš’ìme gu

by hand. After I finish mowing we gather [the hay] up onto threshing fields, and dry it,

Rajanovci 1

27 (a) ìmaše n’ìve ìmaše sìčko i mì tàm gi pasèmo dogdè

there were fields, there was everything. And we pastured them there until

28 (a) se okòsi ama nè e da gi pasèmo u u livàdete

[it’s time to] mow. You can’t pasture them in the meadows [then]

29 (a) što livàdata se kòsi i trèbe sèno za zìmata za ofcète

because the meadows are being mowed: we need hay for the sheep in the winter.

32 (a) kato se okòsi mi gi pasèmo pòsle po livàdete

during mowing time. After that we pasture them in the meadows.

58 (AK) a za stòka a kakvò kòseše kakvò se kòse za stòka

And the livestock – what did they mow for the livestock?

61 (a) sɤs kosà rɤ̀čna kosà mì ìmamo ako sàkate a vi g’u pokàžem

With a scythe, a hand scythe. We have one, if you want I’ll show it to you.

63 (a) rɤ̀čno po kalùdžer kvò ti vi raspràvam gòre no

By hand, in Kaludzher as I was telling you, up there –

64 (a) kalùdžer se kàzvaše mesnostɤ̀ kato pòčne a se kòsi

the place was called Kaludzher. When they begin to mow –

65 (a) nè ama tovà e bilò u stop u stopànstvoto sabère su svì

No, that was during the collective farm. Everyone gathers.

66 (a) mɤžè ìdu da kòsu mòre dàže ìmaše učìtelite

[All] the men go to mow, there were even teachers

67 (a) učìtelite òdešeu da kòsu učìtela stànko edɤ̀n ìmaše̥ nàj dòbɤr bèše

Teachers went to mow. There was one teacher, Stanko, he was the best

68 (a) pa i drùgite òdu da kòsu tè tekà a no pres čàsno

And others went to mow, like that. But during private ownership

70 (a) onì si prodḷžìu da si da si òdu da kòsu pa

They continued to go out to mow,

Stikŭl 1

51 (a) zəfàtəmə ut ut ftò̝ri àvguz də kusìm də kusìm pu stàrutu

we start on the second of August to mow – to mow. According to the old way,

Stikŭl 4

20 (a) dè si kusìm lyvàdɨse i kərtò̝fček i ud grədìna kvòtu ìməš

From mowing the meadows, and potatoes, whatever you’ve got from the garden.

Tihomir 2

160 (a) s tirpàna kasìme č’aìreto

The scythe [is for when] we mow in the meadows.

Trŭnčovica 2

81 (b) əmə pukrɨ̀tə s kušɨ̀tə ševarɨ̀gɨ ža ìdem də kusɨ̀m ševerɨ̀gɨ

but covered with bristle grass. And swamp grass – we go to mow swamp grass.

82 (b) tòj kusɨ̀ dvà trɨ d’è̟ òtkusə nèču žə kusɨ̀š li

[My father] mowed two or three tracks, then: “Necho, are you going to mow?”

83 (b) ə če že kusɤ̀ gul’àmətə sestrà nə mòjtə màjkə

“Yes, I’ll mow,” [he said]. And my mother’s older sister –

85 (b) əmə ìmə mumčè s mè̟ne àjde vìe se məčète tùka s ànželə

she has a son my age. “Come on you, struggle a bit here. [You go] with Anzhela.

86 (b) žə kusɨ̀ že səbɨ̀rəte kušɨ̀tətə že vɤ̀ržete kòj kəkvòtu mòe

She’ll mow and you’ll gather the bristle grass, and each tie up what you can.

87 (b) tɨ̀ že kusɨ̀š lè̝ču̥ tòj kusɨ̀ čuv’àkə kusɨ̀ pə nie dvàmə nədzàt

You’ll mow [too], Lecho.” So he mows, that guy, and the two of us in back

88 (b) səbɨ̀rəme nəvɤ̀ržəm b’àgət pə pijàvɨci èj təkvɨ̀s vəžà pijàvici

gather it and tie it up. And leeches burst out. Leeches this big, like ropes,

89 (b) iz vudɤ̀tə ò čìču àž žə kusɤ̀ às vìkəm ža kusɤ̀

[jumping] around the water. “Oh, Uncle! I’ll mow,” I said. “I’ll mow,

90 (b) če kət mànə s kusɤ̀tə i b’àgət pijàvicite

because when I sweep my scythe around the leeches go away.”

91 (b) àz [unintelligible] edìn òtkus dvà òtkusə du večertɤ̀ se smen’àvəjmi

I managed one or two tracks till evening, and took turns

92 (b) səs nə tè̟tkə mi nə lè̟l’ə mi mumčè̟tu̥ sme u ednɤ̀ gudɨ̀nə

with my aunt’s son, the boy who’s the same age as me.

93 (b) i tòj iskàrə dvà trɨ̀ òtkusə àz dvà trɨ̀ òtkusə

He finished two or three tracks, and I did two or three tracks.

95 (b) i tɨ̀ čàkəj že dòe də kusɨ̀

You wait for him to come to mow [but probably in vain].

Vŭrbina 3

70 (b) tugàə gu ukusìš

And then you mow [the field].

71 (a) hə tugà gu ukus’ɛ̀əme pàk stàne fel’ìs

Then we mow it, and then you get offshoots.

Vŭrbina 4

15 (d) i nèe si ispòlzvəme sɤ̀štu kusìme pràime dubɨ̀təkə si

[and] we use it as well. We also do the mowing, and make [food for] the livestock

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