Ninilchik Russian Dictionary

relatives

at'éts ОТЕЦ.

n. father. moy at'éts my father. twoy at'éts your father.

báb'ichka n. grandmother (small name). non-dimunitive bábushka. See: bábachka ‘butterfly’. Category: relatives.

Moy at'éts on parúsk'i gawarél. My father talked Russian. See: pápa ‘dad’. Category: relatives.

báb'ichka n. grandmother (small name). non-dimunitive bábushka. See: bábachka ‘butterfly’. Category: relatives.

Moy at'éts on parúsk'i gawarél. My father talked Russian. See: pápa ‘dad’. Category: relatives.

báb'ichka n. grandmother (small name). non-dimunitive bábushka. See: bábachka ‘butterfly’. Category: relatives.

bábushka БАБУШКА.

n. grandma, grandmother. iyónaya bábushka her grandma. náshiy bábushka our grandma. dimunitive báb'ichka. See: Zhíl-bil u bábushk'i séren'kay kózl'ik. Category: relatives.

brat БРАТ.

n. brother. moy brat my brother. mayí brát'yi my brothers. On moy brat. He's my brother. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

d'ád'a ДЯДЯ.

n. uncle. another recording (keep which??) moy d'ád'a my uncle. See: t'ótka. Category: relatives.

d'édushka ДЕДУШКА.

n. grandfather, grandpa. Joe Leman, Sr. holding his grandson Wayne Leman. Category: relatives.

doch ДОЧЬ.

n. daughter. variant dócha; plural dóchi. mayá doch my daughter. Iwónay doch máyn'in'kaya. His daughter is small. dimunitive dóchka. Category: relatives.

dóchka ДОЧКА.

n. daughter. plural dóchk'i. mayá dóchka my daughter. Iwónay dóch'ka tam. His daughter is there. non-dimunitive doch. Category: relatives.

fam'íl'a ФАМИЛИЯ.

n. family, immediate family. plural fam'íl'i. See: s'im'yá. Category: relatives.

kr'ósnaya КРЕСТНАЯ.

n. godmother. masculine kr'ósnay. Category: relatives, church.

máma n. mama. mám'ina dom mama's house. M'i do mám'ina dom dashlí. We arrived at mama's house. See: pápa. Category: relatives.

mush МУЖ.

n. husband. Éta moy mush. This is my husband. Iyónay mush ushól na póshtu. Her husband went to the post office. Éta mush búd'it? Is he going to be a husband? See: zhiná ‘wife’; muzhík ‘man’. Category: relatives, people, marriage.

n'iwésta НЕВЕСТА.

n. bride. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, people, relatives.

palaw'ína s'istrá n. half sister. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives, record.

pápa ПАПА.

n. dad. accusative pápu. See: máma; at'éts. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

pr'ibábushka n. great grandmother. Category: relatives.

pr'imn'án'ik ПЛЕМЯННИК.

n. godson, nephew. See: pr'imyán'itsa. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

pr'imyán'itsa ПЛЕМЯННИЦА.

n. niece, goddaughter. variant pr'im'án'itsa. See: pr'imn'án'ik ‘godson’. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

pr'iyómchik n. godchild. variant pr'iyómshchik. Category: relatives, church.

rad'ít'il' РОДИТЕЛЬ.

n. relative. plural rad'ít'il'i. moy rad'ít'il' my relative. Ya ushól r'ibáchit' sa swayím rad'ít'il'im. I went fishing with my relative. See: radn'ík. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

radn'ík n. relative. plural radn'ik'í. moy radn'ík my relative. Éta mayí radn'i'k'í. These are my relatives. See: rad'ít'il'. Category: relatives.

r'ib'it'íshk'i n. children. variant rab'it'íshk'i, rabat'íshk'i. U m'in'é chit'ír'i rab'it'íshk'i. I have four children. mayí r'ib'it'íshk'i my children. Yíhn'iya rab'at'íshk'i mál'in'k'iya. Their children are small. Yíhnay rabat'íshk'i mál'inkiya. (alternate; keep??) Their children are small. R'ib'it'íshk'i na l'isínu zal'izáyot. ?? Children are climbing the tree. See: r'ib'ónak. Category: relatives.

s'im'yá СЕМЬЯ.

n. extended family, clan. Éta mayá s'imyá. This is my extended family. See: fam'íl'a. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

s'in СЫН.

n. son. plural s'in'í. moy s'in my son. Twoy s'in hwaráyit? Is your son sick? Iwónay s'in mál'in'kay. His son is small. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, relatives.

s'istrá СЕСТРА.

n. sister. plural s'óstra; dative s'istré; genitive s'istr'í. mayá s'istrá my sister. twoyá s'istra your sister. iwónay s'istrá his sister. mnóga s'óstra many sisters. palaw'ína s'istrá half sister.

s'istrá m'i?? étu dála stol ?? (My) sister gave me this table. ?? Category: relatives.

t'ót'a ТЕТКА.

n. aunt. variant t'ótka. mayá t'ót'a my aunt. Category: relatives.

t'ótka ТЕТКА.

n. aunt. variant t'ót'a. another recording; keep which?? t'ótk'ina dom Auntie's house. Éta t'ótk'ina dom. This is Auntie's house. Eta t'ótk'ina s'in. This is (my) aunt's son. mayá t'ót'a my aunt.

zhénshchina ЖЕНЩИНА.

n. wife. variant zhénshina. The difference between zhiná and zhénshchina was explained by a Ninilchik Russian speaker as having to do with the amount of time the woman has been married. In early marriage she is a man's zhénshchina, but after quite a while, perhaps 20 years, she becomes a zhiná. óchin' kras'íwaya zhénshchina very beautiful wife. See: zhiná. Category: marriage, relatives.

Zhíl-bil u bábushk'i séren'kay kózl'ik phr. Russian poem for children. Zhíl-bil u bábushk'i séran'kay kózl'ik. Wot kak, wot kak, séran'kay kózl'ik. Padúmala bábushka w l'es pragul'átsa. Wot kak, wot kak, w l'es pragul'átsa. Napál'i na bábushku sér'iya wólk'i. Wot kak, wot kak, sér'iya wólk'i. Astáw'il'i bábushk'i nóshk'i da róshk'i. Wot kak, wot kak, nóshk'i da róshk'i. There was once a little gray goat who lived with Grandma. Yes, the gray kid, indeed. Once Grandma ?? decided to walk in the woods. Yes, to walk in the woods. Gray wolves attacked her. Yes, the gray wolves. They only left hoofs and horns to Grandma. Yes, just hoofs and horns. See: bábushka. Category: relatives, animals, poems.

Aná mayá t'ótka. She is my aunt. See: d'ád'a. Category: relatives.

zhénshchina ЖЕНЩИНА.

Aná mayá t'ótka. She is my aunt. See: d'ád'a. Category: relatives.

zhénshchina ЖЕНЩИНА.

zhiná ЖЕНА.

n. wife. The difference between zhína and zhénshchina was explained by a Ninilchik speaker as having to do with the amount of time the woman has been married. In early marriage she is a man's zhénshchina, but after quite a while, perhaps 20 years, she becomes a zhína. zhiná mayá zhiná my wife. twayá zhiná your wife. See: mush; zhénshchina. Category: marriage, relatives.