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Belica 2

64 (MM) kɤdè ìma kɤdè ìmaše vodenìca

Where is – where was the mill?

65 (a) emi tùka si ìmaše po rekìte na vòda vodenìca

Well, here along the rivers, on the water. There was a mill

66 (a) s kàmik šmìrgel kàmik mu kàzvaa omèlem brašnòto

with a stone that they call an emery stone. We’d grind up the flour,

105 (MM) dobrè i kàzvaš na vodenìcata

OK. [Now] you say that at the mill …

107 (MM) čèren

… [you mill flour for] dark [bread]

108 (a) nə vodenìcata šmìrgel kàmik si se vṛtì è tòlk'uo kolò

... at the mill the emery stone revolves, a wheel this big.

109 (a) tò si e odgòre napràveno i si pàda žìtceto po màlko

It’s made so the grains falls on it from above a little at a time,

110 (a) ot tùka kràj kolòto kolòto go isfṛ̀ga na brəšnò

from here by the wheel. And the wheel puts out flour

112 (a) i vɤf kòšče tàm sɤbìra se tùra se f čuvàle

And everything gets gathered in a basket, and put into sacks.

Breste 2

87 (a) i mèleme pòveče na tìja vòdnite vodenìci

And grind it. Mostly at these watermills,

94 (a) ìmaše si vodenìci po dolovète si ìma vodenìci

There were watermills. Down in the gullies there were watermills.

96 (a) si mèleme tàm na rɤkà ne smè mlèli

We grind [it] there. We didn’t grind by hand.

Gorna Krušica 1

26 (a) i vèče pòčneme da vrɤtìme na kàmɤnìte kato na vodenìca

we start to turn the stones, like at the watermill.

27 (a) vìe ne stè nì viždàli ni vodenìca takàva

You [probably] haven’t seen such a watermill.

Huhla 1

18 (a) bòg də gu prost'ì utìəhə tə sm'èlihə e tùkə ìmə m'èlnicə

may he rest in peace, they went and ground it – there’s a mill here –

Hvojna 2

39 (a) v’èč’e nə fud’enìcətə ìməhm’e pròsti fudenìci̥ səs kàmək sə vərt’ì

at the mill. We had simple mills [here]: a stone that revolves

40 (a) vudɤ̀tə gu kàrə v’àtərni n’èməš’e tùkə s vudʌ̀

[and is] driven by water. We didn’t have [the kind] with wind - here it was with water.

Kolju Marinovo 1

7 (a) kəto rəbòtim nàči nəlì s kulà s vulòvi ur’èmi zem’ɤ̀tə

… when we work, it’s with oxcarts, you know, we plow the earth,

8 (a) sèjəmi pribìrəmi ž vəršèm žènim vəršèm i àjde nə vudenìcə̥ta [laughter]

we sow, gather, thresh, [then] we reap and thresh, then it’s off to the mill [laughter]

Leštak 2

74 (d) əmi smet’èž gu udvɛ̀ež gu ə hàjde nə vudenìcə [laughter] gu sm’èl’əš [laughter]

You sweep it, winnow it, and off to the mill [laughter] you grind it [laughter]

75 (VZh) a vodenìcətə kədè bèše tùkə nablìzo li bèše

And where was the mill around here? Was it nearby?

76 (d) n’è e tùkə nəgòre ədnò məhəlʌ̀ imèše tùkə nə rɛ̀kətə

No, [it was] up [there]. There was a neighborhood there, on the river.

Salaš

219 (a) ìdeš ta sm ta smèjaš na vodenìcu ìmaše u krečìmir i u salàš

go down to the mill. There was one in Krechimir. And in Salash

220 (a) e imàlo pèt šès vodenìce ama onò ìmaše vodà po rek’ète

there used to be five or six mills, because there was water in the rivers.

Sŭrnica 4

38 (a) d’èt si sm’èlilu ž’itòtu gu si dukàrəlu iz vud’enìcətə

where you’ve ground the grain – you’ve brought it from the mill,

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