Ninilchik Russian Dictionary

birds

ar'ól ОРЕЛ.

n. eagle. plural ar'ól'i. This includes the bald eagle.

baltún БОЛТУН.

n. 1 • bad egg, addle egg. This is an egg which has a shell but nothing inside. The egg doesn't hatch; the inside is rotten. Éta baltún. It's an addle egg.

2 • chatterbox, blabbermouth. See: baltúsha. Category: birds.

mnóga ar'ól'i many eagles. ?? mnóga ar'ól'i (complete transcription??) ... ?? many eagles. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

baltún БОЛТУН.

n. 1 • bad egg, addle egg. This is an egg which has a shell but nothing inside. The egg doesn't hatch; the inside is rotten. Éta baltún. It's an addle egg.

2 • chatterbox, blabbermouth. See: baltúsha. Category: birds.

mnóga ar'ól'i many eagles. ?? mnóga ar'ól'i (complete transcription??) ... ?? many eagles. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

baltún БОЛТУН.

n. 1 • bad egg, addle egg. This is an egg which has a shell but nothing inside. The egg doesn't hatch; the inside is rotten. Éta baltún. It's an addle egg.

2 • chatterbox, blabbermouth. See: baltúsha. Category: birds.

br'úshka БРЮШКО.

n. stomach, belly. dimunitive br'úha. See: krásnaya br'úshka. Category: birds.

cháyka ЧАЙКА.

n. seagull. plural cháyk'i. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

chórnaya pt'ítsa n. black bird. Lit: black bird variant chórnay pt'ítsa.

chórnay pt'ítsa black bird. chórnay pt'ítsa or chórnaya pt'ítsa discussion ?? Category: birds.

f'íl'in ФИЛИН.

n. owl. Category: birds.

n. loon. another recording; keep which?? Ya l'ubl'ú slúshat kadá gagára pláchit. ?? I like to listen when the loon cries. ?? Kadá t'i slíshish gagára búd'it dosh. ?? When you hear a loon it's going to rain. ?? Some Ninilchik people liked to make a play on words between this word for 'loon' and Gagarin, the name of the first astronaut (a Russian cosmonaut) to go into space. Category: birds.

gagára ГАГАРА.

gn'izdó ГНЕЗДО.

n. nest. pt'íchi gn'izdó bird's nest. aról'i gn'izdó eagle's nest. ar'ól'ya gn'izdó eagle's nest. warón'i gn'izdó crow's nest. warón'ina gn'izdó crow's nest. ukúd'ik'ina gn'izdó bee's nest. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

gus' ГУСЬ.

n. goose. plural gús'i. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

kl'un КЛЮВ.

n. beak. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

krásnaya br'úshka КРАСНОЕ БРЮШКО.

n. robin. Lit: red belly variant krásnay br'úshka.

another recording; krásnay br'ushka; keep which?? See: br'úshka ‘belly’; br'úha ‘belly’. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

kr'iló КРЫЛО.

n. wing. plural kr'íl'a. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

kukarékat' ΚУΚΑΡΕΚАТЬ.

v ipfv. crow. This is the sound that a rooster makes, as it is pronounced in Russian. See: p'ituh. Category: birds, sounds.

kukaréku КУКАРЕКУ.

prt. cock-a-doodle-do. variant kukaréka. This is the sound that a rooster makes, as it is pronounced in Ninilchik Russian. The following was said in Ninilchik when NR speakers were learning to speak English: Kukaréku, all same do. Cock-a-doodle-do, they all do (say) the same thing. Irene Leman used to say this: A wot éta p'itúh hwána rána kukaréka! But this rooster crowed very early! See: p'itúh ‘rooster’. Category: birds, sounds, Wayne Leman, Kibrik-Bergelson.

kul'ík КУЛИК.

n. sandpiper, snipe. plural kul'ik'í. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

kúra КУРА.

n. chicken, hen. plural kúr'i; dimunitive kúr'ichka. See: kúr'itsa; tsipl'ónak ‘chick’; kurapáshka ‘ptarmigan’; p'itúh ‘rooster’. Category: birds.

kurapáshka КУРОПАТКА.

n. ptarmigan. variant kurpáshka; plural kurapáshk'i. See: kúra. Category: birds.

kúr'ichka n. little chicken, little hen. variant kúr'itsa. non-dimunitive kúra. Rawúlka kúr'ichku dushíl. Ralph choked a little hen (the beginning of a cute song). See: kurapáshka. Category: birds, songs.

kúr'itsa КУРИЦА.

n. chicken, hen. See: kúra. Category: birds.

lástachka ЛАСТОЧКА.

n. sparrow, swallow. sparrows make nests out of mud, swallows out of grass. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

n'istí v ipfv. lay (an egg).

Kúra yáytsu n'islá. The chicken laid eggs. Category: birds, food.

nógat' НОГОТЬ.

n. fingernail, claw. plural nókt'i, nóht'i. Category: body, animals, birds.

pér'ushka ПЕРЫШКО.

n. feather. plural pér'ushk'i. non-dimunitive p'iró. Category: birds.

n. 1 • feather. p'iró ПЕРО.

n. 1 • feather. another pronunciation; keep which?? plural pér'ya ‘ПЕРЬЯ’. ad'ín p'iró one feather. mnóga pér'ya many feathers. mnóga p'iró many feathers. Ya nashlá ad'ín pér'ya. I found one feather. U étoy pt'ítsi zabáwn'iya pér'ya. This bird has beautiful feathers. dimunitive pér'ushka. Category: birds.

2 • fin.

3 • pen. Category: school, writing.

p'it'íchk'i n. little birds, baby birds. variant pt'íchk'i; non-dimunitive pt'ítsa. Category: birds.

p'itúh ПЕТУХ.

n. rooster. Ya p'ituhá sl'íshu. I hear a rooster. See: kúra. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

pt'ítsa ПТИЦА.

n. bird. plural pt'ítsi. Tsélaya kúcha pt'ítsi l'itáyut. The birds are flying in flocks. pt'ítsi gn'iznó bird's nest. dimunitive p'it'íchk'i. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

r'ápchik РЯБЧИК.

n. spruce hen, grouse. variant rápchik. Category: birds.

saróka СОРОКА.

n. 1 • magpie. Saróka bélabóka na paróg'i tsikála, i góst'i pr'ishl'í. Magpie the white side on the porch chattered, and guests came. See: saróka b'ilabóka.

2 • chatterbox; chatty person. A chatty person is commonly called a saróka, because they sound like a magpie. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

s'igaw'í phr. call of a certain bird; part of a bird song; We referred to the bird as the sigowi bird. Betty Boyd Green says this song is by the sparrow. Category: birds.

sigowi sigowi. part of a bird song; we referred to the bird as the sigowi bird. Sigowi, apostrofidosi ??? ?? Category: birds, songs.

sn'izhóy pt'ítsa n. snowbird, snow bunting. See: z'ímnay pt'ítsa; pt'ítsa; sn'ek. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

tsipl'ónak ЦЫПЛЕНОК.

n. chick. plural tsipl'ónk'i; variant s'ipl'ónak, s'ip'ónak (s'ipl'ónak??).

U kúr'i s'ipl'ónak. The hen has a chick. See: kúra. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds, record.

útka УТКА.

n. duck. See: gagára ‘loon’. Category: birds.

n. crow, raven. The same word is used in Ninilchik for a crow or raven. A raven is bigger than a crow. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

yástr'ip ЯСТРЕБ.

n. hawk. ... yástr'ip ... ?? ?? Category: birds.

waróna ВОРОНА.

n. crow, raven. The same word is used in Ninilchik for a crow or raven. A raven is bigger than a crow. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

yástr'ip ЯСТРЕБ.

n. hawk. ... yástr'ip ... ?? ?? Category: birds.

waróna ВОРОНА.

n. crow, raven. The same word is used in Ninilchik for a crow or raven. A raven is bigger than a crow. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.

yástr'ip ЯСТРЕБ.

n. hawk. ... yástr'ip ... ?? ?? Category: birds.

yiytsó ЯЙЦО.

n. 1 • egg. variant yáytsa, yáysa; plural yáyts'i, yáys'i. ad'ín yáytsa one egg. Kúra yáytsu sn'islá. The chicken laid an egg. An'í yáyts'i kráshut. They are coloring eggs.

2 • testicle. Category: body, birds.

Yáysa zak'ís. ?? The egg is rotten. ??

2 • testicle. Category: body, birds.

Yáysa zak'ís. ?? The egg is rotten. ??

2 • testicle. Category: body, birds.

z'ímnay pt'ítsa n. snowbird, snow bunting. Lit: winter bird See: sn'izhóy pt'ítsa ‘snowbord’; zimá ‘winter’. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, birds.