shovel

11 (b) vɛ̀emè gu pòsle s lupàtə i se udvɛ̀və žìtutu

After that, we winnow it with a shovel. You toss the grain up in the air,

38 (c) i i dičèla i li lizgàr i sas tovà sam se pri pripituvàla

With a – a two-pronged hoe, and a flat shovel: that’s how I fed myself.

76 (a) z gu iskupàh s mɤ̀ninkətə kupàčkə

I dug it out, with my tiny little shovel.

77 (GK) s kopaìlkətə

With a mini-shovel.

88 (a) na lupàti e

… it’s with shovels …

90 (a) lupàti è tòl’kəvi šəròčki

… shovels [that were] this wide …

94 (a) lupàtə

A shovel.

38 (a) če udv'ɔ̀d gu s lupàtə təkà gu v'ɔ̀t

They take it out with a shovel and winnow it.

159 (a) s’ɛ̀jm’i ž’ìttu a pə kət ìmə v’àtɤr səs lupàtt’ȅ

we sift the wheat. And when there’s wind we [use] shovels

160 (a) kət vɤ̀rl’im’e etɤ̀j sr’eštu v’àtɤrɤ tò sə udd’ɛ̀l’ə slàməta b’àgə

to throw it up into the wind, and it separates. The straw falls off

40 (a) sètne z bandrɤ̀k sètne s lupàta

and then with a “bandrŭk” (large hayfork) and then with a shovel.

59 (a) pә s lupàtә s lupàtә dɤ̀rvena tәkàvә

with the shovel, with this wooden shovel

75 (a) tùvә s lupàtәtә pruv’àvәme gu iščìstuvәme gu

to winnow it out with the shovel, we keep on cleaning it up.

91 (e) na adnà kùpčinkà gu napràame i tugàə zèməš ìmə pə a lupàti dɤ̀rveni

We make it into a little pile, and then you take – there’s these wooden shovels,

92 (e) i s tìe dɤ̀rvenìte lupàti nə veterè òp òp òp òp

and with these wooden shovels you – hey! hey! hey! hey! – up into the wind,

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