weaving rugs

Bangejci 2

70 (a) əmi idnò vr'èmi si təčèxmi nìj i čèrgi

Ah, in the old days we would weave rugs

71 (a) čèrgite zə pustìləni si təčèxmi əmxəm

We would weave rugs to spread out for covers, yes.

Bansko

260 (RSh) ràskaži za tvà kakvì čèrg'i č'ète tùka pu bàncko

Tell [me] about that. What kinds of rugs do you weave here in Bansko?

261 (a) emì vɤ̀rime i si kùpime vɤ̀na

Well, we go [to the store] and buy some wool –

265 (a) resnàčị sam tkàla fnògu i č'èrž'i sam tkàla

I've woven a lot of tasseled blankets, and I've also woven rugs,

266 (a) i tìa dìpla šò e pòslano sìčku sam jà tkàla

and these mats that are spread out everywhere. I've woven everything.

267 (a) ә tùrime kùpime usnòva usnòva za č'èrg'ite kupùvame čelèta

So we put – we buy the warp, the warp for rugs. We buy skeins,

268 (a) cɤ̀rni čelèta o òsnuvà gu nàvià gu vdɛ̀nemè gu

black skeins. I make the warp, I wind it all around and thread it

269 (a) f nìš'tel'k'i v bɤ̀rdu òpna razbòe tùra

through the heddle onto the reed comb, stretch it out on the loom, and

270 (a) z prìvɤrzà gu lùpam lùpam i mɛ̀tam i sufàlč'ata tkàa

and tie it down tight. Then I bang, bang, throw the shuttle, and weave.

271 (a) nàtkaa mɛ̀ra kòlku ìskam da e dɤ̀lgu kòlku da e širòku

I finish weaving, I measure how long and how wide I want it to be, and

Gorna Krušica 3

22 (c) a tàa čèrga ìska da se istkàe i jàs tkàa

but this rug needed to be fully woven. So I’m weaving

23 (c) na tèmnoto večertà na ednà gàzena làmbička

in the dark of night, with just one gas lantern [to see by].

25 (c) drugàro mi sedì do mène da a ìstkaam ta da se ožènim

My fiancé is sitting by me [making sure] I finish weaving so we can get married

26 (c) òti nèmam čèrga pa a se òženàm

because I don’t [yet] have the rug [that I need] to get married

Graševo

95 (a) vèče smètəš zə štò ke jə slòžiš za kìtenìk le

you calculate how you’re going to put it [on the loom] – for a fleece rug,

96 (a) za prèstilki le zə čèrgi le kəkvòtu ti e nužnò təvà

for aprons, for rugs – whatever you need, that’s [what you make].

119 (a) i slet tuvà jə təčèš nə àlištè jə nəpràiš

And after that you weave it. You make it into the thick rug,

Kozičino 1

89 (a) ed’ìn kòzənik i udgòr’e səs kòz’ənik pràwim təč’èm gi ut kòzitɛ̏

a goat-hair rug, and above [us] a goat-hair rug. We make them, weave them from goats.

90 (a) kòzina prid’èm’e i təč’èm kòzənik i tə nə tèpəwcətə ìməwme

We spin the goat-hair and weave the rug, and then to the fulling mill. We used to have

116 (a) jà sə nìj si gi istəč’èm pr’id’èm kòzintȁ istəč’èm gu

Yes we- we weave them, we spin the goat hair and weave [the rug],

Pavelsko 4

89 (b) š’e gu pr’ed’èm tə pràvime pròsturi gu kàzvəhme

spin it, and make [of it] what we used to call hemp rugs.

92 (b) pàk i gu pràvehme zə č’ùvàl’i i pràvim ut t’ìjə pròsturi

and made it into bags. We make hemp rugs from it

Srebŭrna 2

104 (c) dà am kòlkə č’èrgi səm istəkàlə təkìvə

Ah, [I can’t count] how many rugs I’ve woven, these

106 (c) s’èl’cki č’èr č’èrgi d’èt

village rugs where

108 (c) səm dràla nòsila parcàli sam zɤ̀mala uttàm sam gi dràla

I tore up and got rags that I took from here and there, I tore them up

109 (c) səm gi tɤkàla kvò də ti kàža

and wove them [into rugs]. What can I say?

149 (c) kəto upɤ̀nətu i pràu amə kòlku č’èrgi

stretched out straight. Oh – [who knows] how many rugs [I’ve woven],

150 (c) i kòj še gi iznòsi də n’aə kò də ti kàžə

or who will use them up? What can I tell you?

Tihomir 1

144 (GM) əm kàži kàk ste pràili alištà

So tell us how you made thick rugs.

147 (a) č'e pàk pàk tač'ème si pòstel'ki

Well, we weave [them as] coverings.

148 (GM) amə gà sa šèreni

But [the ones that] are multicolored?

149 (a) ča bàgrime gɯ as bajɔ̀ bàgrime gɯ s bajɔ̀

We dye them with dye. We dye them with dye,

150 (a) i pɔ̀strime gɯ tač'ème gᵚi pàk s etò as kač'ɔ̀

and make the colors varied. We weave them, the same way, with a shuttle.

265 (a) deš'èkɯ tač'ème č'èrgᵚɨ mnògo ràbatᵊi tač'ème

We weave carpets, rugs – we weave lots of things.

272 (a) č'èrgɯ č'èrgɯ tač'ème

We weave rugs.

274 (a) i ž'ɔ̀lto i ž'ɔ̀lto tač'ème

And yellow. We weave [them] yellow [too].

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