scythe

Glavanovci 2

28 (b) da ne klèpaš kosàta

Are you [trying to] peen the scythe?

64 (a) ama trèbe se xùbavo naklèpa mnògo bṛ̀zo sɤs klepàn’e na kosùtu

But you have to peen it well. [It goes] very fast when the scythe is peened.

65 (a) tovà e majstorìjata da a naklèpaš xùbavo ìma si čukàlo oddòle

It’s a real art to peen it well. There’s a small anvil below

66 (a) se pobìe i sɤs čukčè koèto ne mòže sèko čukčè

that you stick [into the ground]. Then the hammer. Not any kind of hammer,

67 (a) čukčè za kovàn’e na kosù onò e od dvète stranì takòva širòko

but a hammer for forging a scythe. It’s broad on both sides

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

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.

138 (e) kòsə

A scythe.

139 (GK) kosà

A scythe.

140 (e) kòsə

A scythe.

141 (GK) tovà mu vìkate

That’s what you call it.

142 (e) tù tùkə gu kàzvət turpàn

It’s called a “turpan” here.

Malevo/Asg 1

4 (a) d’ènu̥ s’è mʌ̀kneme kujàtu je pò visòkə i səs kòsə jə kus’ə̟̀t

We harvest it like usual. We cut the taller [growth] with a scythe

Malevo/Asg 2

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,

Rajanovci 1

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.

Tihomir 2

159 (a) tò s tò s tirpàna tò ne bᵊìva tò s klà

You can’t do it with a scythe. Only with a –

160 (a) s tirpàna kasìme č’aìreto

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

Trŭnčovica 2

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

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

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