winnowing

Belica 2

51 (a) i kato go odberèm slàmata nafṛ̀game a vɤf plèvnite

So when we gather up the straw, we toss it in the loft.

52 (a) veàčki ìma pòčvame tùrame na veàčkata

[Then] there’s the winnowers. We start putting [things] on the winnower.

53 (a) edìn odgrìba žìtoto drùkᵊ odgòre veàčkata si ìma kòš tàm

One [of us] shovels up grain, another's up above. The winnower's got a basket,

54 (a) podàva na veàčkata odvèem žìtoto plèvata baškɤ̀

feeding into the winnower. We winnow out the grain – the chaff separately

55 (a) žìtoto baškɤ̀ priberèm i tovà i pòsle vèče

and the grain separately –and we store it away and that’s it. And after that –

Bosnek 1

27 (a) i vejàčkata i koì sa pò visòki če sa gòreka

A winnower. And the ones who were taller were up above –

30 (a) i koì sa pò visòki gòre če pùska: žìtòto ednì ogrìbaja

And the taller ones above would drop the grain down. Some raked [it]

31 (a) ednìte pa na plèvata koì mràzime decà gi tùrime

and others would be down with the chaff. We put the kids we hated [down there].

32 (a) na plèvata da odgrìba

to rake the chaff!

Breste 2

86 (a) na kùpi go na veàčkata go prevèeme go sìpvame vɤf kòšovete

into piles, winnow it with the winnower, and pour it into baskets.

Glavanovci 1

100 (a) obèremo slàmutu ka u ukàramo u plèvn’u i pòčnemo da umìtamo

we gather up the straw, take it to the loft, and start to sweep out

101 (a) žìtoto ta da vèemo da iskàramo [laughter] da iskàramo plèvutu

the wheat so we can winnow it, to make it /laughter/ so the chaff

102 (a) od ednà od ednù strànu žìtoto ne znàm a be kòlko e

is on one side and the wheat on the other. How much it –

109 (a) skubèmo natvàrimo na kolàta otkàramo na gùvno ta a očùkamo

We pluck it, load it on the cart, take it to the threshing floor and pound it,

110 (a) odvèemo i lèča pasùl’ pàj i pasùl’ smo si br bràli

winnow it, and [you’ve got] lentils! Ah, and we also gathered beans

Godeševo 3

10 (a) da òdimə nə ərmàn ə i səber'è̝me tvà žìtutu səs pl'evòwtə

Yes. We go to the threshing field. We gather up the grain and the chaff,

11 (a) səberè̝m gu nə kɤ̀wp i z'èmeme lupàti̥te fəf rəkɤ̀jte

we gather it into a pile, and take shovels into our hands.

12 (a) i še gl'òdəš iskəd'ètu ìmə v'àter tàm še istàtək

Then you look where the wind is coming from, and that’s the direction

13 (a) še fòrneš tò sə žɤ̀jtutu jəndàn si sə udv'àvə

you’ll throw the grain. It winnows out, off to the side

14 (a) jò pri pri pl'àvətə

over there where the chaff [is].

Godeševo 4

7 (b) i də sə i kətu sə svəršè i pòsle slàmətə fkàrvəš

and to – And when it’s done, afterwards you put the straw

8 (b) fəf pl'àvn'ətə də gu kàžem slet tùj səbìrəš žìtutu nə kùpu

into the hayloft, so to speak, and then you gather up the grain into a pile.

9 (b) udv'àvəš gu i pòčvəš veče kòlkutò e gu prenàs'əš

You winnow it and then begin – however much there is you take it

Gorno Vŭršilo 2

17 (b) izvàdim slàmata smetèm žitòtu ìmame takìva vejàčki ìmaxme

We take out the straw, sweep up the grain, we have these winnowers – we had [them]

18 (b) u zberèm go na kùp ut udvɛ̀em go s vejàčite i takà

– we gather it up in a pile and – and winnow it with the winnowers, and that’s it.

Kolju Marinovo 2

73 (c) pɤ̀k vičartɤ̀ gu udvèjš

Then in the evening, you winnow it –

74 (a) sm’èli sə mašìni ìməjme

It gets ground. We had machines [for that].

75 (c) məšìni gu udvèjš

you winnow it [with] machines.

76 (a) odv’àvəme go

We winnow it.

81 (VZh) s kakvò go vèete kàk se vìkə tovà

What do you winnow it with? What do you call that thing

82 (VZh) dèto gi m dèto se dìgə

that – that lifts up?

83 (c) i nàj naprèš jednò vr’èmi

Way long ago, in the old days …

84 (GK) ednò vrème kàk e bilò

[Yes,] what was it like in the old days?

85 (c) àsəl’ stàrite òrə səs òpki

… the really old people [used] a two-pronged pitchfork

86 (a) ò jednò vrèmi ij bilò

Oh, in the old days it was …

87 (c) fɤ̀rl’ət na v’àtərə

They toss it up into the wind –

88 (a) na lupàti e

… it’s with shovels …

89 (c) fɤ̀rl’ət fɤ̀rl’ət

toss it, toss it …

90 (a) lupàti è tòl’kəvi šəròčki

… shovels [that were] this wide …

91 (c) i sə udv’àvə

… and it gets winnowed.

92 (a) è tòl’kəvə dlɤ̀čki

… and this long.

93 (GK) i kɤ̀k sə vìkət

And what are they called?

94 (a) lupàtə

A shovel.

95 (c) i òpki ìmə i lupàti ìmə

There are [the old] pitchforks, there are shovels,

97 (c) i vìli ìmə dètu sə trɤ̀si gà sə vəršè

and there are [modern] pitchforks, that you toss about when you thresh.

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]

Leštak 3

64 (e) udvɛ̀jəd gu təkà nə veterɤ̀ də bɤ̀de č’ìstu̥

They winnow it in the wind so it will be clean.

65 (GK) əmhəm kàg gu vèehte

Uh huh. How did you winnow it?

66 (e) əmì səs rəš’ètu ednì drɤ̀ški təkìvə

Well, with grates. These [things with] handles.

68 (e) kətu təkòvə d’ètu prudàvət č’ergàrite

Like these things that itinerant peddlers sell.

86 (GK) i segà ako ìma kàmən’e nèšto prɤ̀s slet tvà

So now if there are stones, and some dirt [comes in], after that

87 (GK) čìsti li se po drùk nàčin n’àkəf prìmerno kət zərnòtu

do you clean it some other way? For instance the grains.

88 (GK) zərnòto go zbìrate pòsle na kùp nalì

You gather the grains up afterwards into a pile, right?

89 (e) dà

Yes.

91 (e) nə kùp nə kùp se səbìrə

In a pile. It’s gathered into a pile.

99 (e) dà i d’ètu ìmə sùšk’e əf rəš’ètutu gu zəvɤ̀rtə təkà

As for the husks, you twirl the grate around like this. The women

100 (e) ženìte gu vərtɤ̀t i sùšk’etu ustàvə vdìgə sə gòre

twirl it around and the husks stay behind. [All that] rises up.

101 (e) nəlì e pò l’ʌ̀ku

It’s lighter, you know.

103 (e) izlàzə ud žitòtu i se dìgə gòre

It gets separated from the wheat and rises up.

104 (e) tɛ̀ gu pribìrət s rəcète i gu fʌ̀rlət

They gather it up in their hands and throw it off [to the side],

106 (e) i təkà gu preč’ìsti

and that’s how it gets purified.

107 (GK) à na tovà rešèto ìməše li mu speciàlnə dùmə

Ah. So then this grate: was there a particular word

108 (GK) da se kàzvə tò rešèto ot kakvò e napràveno

for it? Did you say “grate”? What is it made from?

109 (e) ut kòž’e

From leather.

110 (GK) ut kòže səs ə otdòlu nàči

From leather. And underneath, [there was] –

111 (e) dùpki kòlkutu cigàrətə dol də fl’ène

Holes, the size of a cigarette, [for things] to go [through].

112 (GK) əhà ot tàm mòže da pàdnat kàmene e nə

Aha. So that stones could go through there, and –

113 (e) n’è uttàm minàvə ž’ìtutu

No, that’s where the grain goes through –

114 (GK) à žìtoto si minàva odòlu pàda

Ah! [It’s] the grain [that] passes through and falls –

115 (e) dà ž’ìtutu minàvə uddòlu i tvà d’ètu č’èkləsə sùšk’e ustàva

Yes, the grain falls through, and what’s left is the awns and husks.

116 (GK) ahà i tò se obìra s rəkà

Aha, and then you gather that up in your hands …

118 (GK) i se isfɤ̀rl’a nastranà ɤhɤ̀

… and throw it off to the side. Right.

Malevo/Asg 1

16 (a) kətu jə udvìjem’ə vərìme si jə sìəm ə̟ səs rəš’ètu

After we winnowed them, we’d cook them. First we shake them through the sieve,

Malevo/Hsk 1

238 (a) nə hərmàn’e ìməše vijàl’ki i pòčvət səs vijàlkətə

of the threshing floor. There were winnowers: they start with the winnower.

239 (a) ədɨ̀n vərtɨ̀ drùgijə slàgə drùgijə dɤ̀rpə zərnòtu uddòlu

One rotates [it], another puts [things in], another pulls the grain out from below,

Pavelsko 1

27 (a) i drùgi dvàmə truìcə pàk ə səs v’ìl’i rəstrɤ̀s’uvət snòpenu

And two or three others [take] pitchforks and toss the sheaves apart.

28 (a) rəstrɤ̀s’uvət rəstrɤ̀s’uvət’ i stàvə nə slàmə i tugà izvàd’im mùl’enu

They keep on tossing it about and it becomes straw. Then we take away the mule

29 (a) izvàd’im i slàmənə i vəzber’èm žìtunu i kətu pòčn’e də dùje v’àtər

and also the straw, and we gather up the grain. And when the wind picks up

30 (a) i gu vìjeme vìjemè gu i i sə udvìje žìtunu

then we winnow it. We winnow it and the grain separates out,

Petrov Dol 3

165 (a) kət i sm’it’èm’i də ispruv’ɛ̀jm’i pr’ib’ìrəm’i u hɤmbàr’e i slàgəm’i tàm èč’i

when we sweep it up and winnow it, and gather it into the barn, and put it there,

Široka Lŭka

9 (a) zbìrame žìttu nə kùp nə kùp i i vɛ̀jem i pejèm

We gather the grain up into a pile. A pile. [Then] we winnow, and we sing.

Stoilovo 2

40 (a) sètne z bandrɤ̀k sètne s lupàta

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

72 (a) v’ɛ̀eme v’ɛ̀eme udv’ɛ̀eme gu kәd gu udv’ɛ̀eme tә gu isčìstime

We winnow and winnow it, and when we finish winnowing we clean it

73 (a) nә zɤ̀rnu nè mlògu čìstu dè uddelìme gu ut slàmәtә

into grain [that] isn’t very clean [yet], we need to separate it from the straw.

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

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

76 (a) če kəd gu prov’ɛ̀eme tə gu iščìstime ut slàmata kətu se iščìsti

And when we winnow it and clean out the straw, when it’s clean

Stojkite 2

11 (b) i pòčvat da vejɛ̀d ž’ìtutu i udvejɛ̀d gu hùbavu i pòčvat tugàva

and they begin to winnow the wheat. And they winnow it nicely, and then begin

12 (b) də gu kàrat də gu nasìpvat səs krìni vəf č’uvàle

to take it off to pour it into bags with a half-bushel measure.

Tihomir 2

188 (a) azàm ž’ìtətə pàk s as m’ètla at adv’èeme go fnes’ème go

and then the grain with a broom. We winnow it, and carry it inside.

216 (a) kanà da pràim tò ne imè sakvòne sakvɔ̀n ballɔ̀kᵊi atvɛ̀ana atsɛ̀ana

What [else] could we do? There wasn’t such plenty that’s winnowed and sifted.

Vladimirovo 3

95 (VZh) əmhə a tòo zrèlijə kɤdè dèk dèto go vìkaš pešàk

Uh huh. And those ripe ones, the ones you call “peshak”,

96 (VZh) pòsle nèšto prài li se tàm vèe

do you do something with them there afterwards? Do you winnow [them}?

97 (a) pòslem go tùrame ta sɤ napečè i s ednò dṛ̀vu

Afterward we put them out in the sun and then [beat them] with a piece of wood –

98 (a) [thump thump] bùame bùme ako a mnògo [thump] čùkame odgòre nəšìbame

[thump thump] bang, bang – if there’s a lot [thump] we pound them on top, thrash them,

105 (VZh) əmhə tò kàk se vèe zìmaš ot ut u tenekìi

Uh huh. And how do you winnow? Do you take these large tin boxes and –

106 (a) ko ə tenekìjata kòfi takòvo grebèš i sìpvaš

Tin boxes, buckets, and such. You dig through and pour it out [and the wind takes the chaff].̀

107 (c) nèšto dòle mu slòži oddòle

[You have] to put something below it [to catch the beans in].

Vŭglarovo 2

40 (b) tì də səbɨ̀rəž kupɤ̀ slàmətə

You gather up a stack of straw –

42 (b) če veiš na rɤ̀kə [unclear]

and winnow it by hand [unclear]

43 (c) če vejàlkə ìmə či gu vejè

There’s this winnower, and you winnow [with] it.

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