Ninilchik Russian Dictionary

trees

Al'hóway pn. Ninilchik Point. See: Bábushk'ina M'is. Category: locations, trees.

al'hówn'ik ОЛЬХОВНИК ??

1 • n. alder, alder patch. plural al'hówn'ik'i; variant al'ihówn'ik.

2 • pn. Ninilchik Point. Ninilchik Point, 4 miles north of Ninilchik village, is called Al'ihown'ik because there are so many alders growing on the bluff there. See: Al'hóway. Category: locations, trees.

n. birch. b'ir'óza БЕРЕЗА.

n. birch. b'ir'óz'ina kar'yó birch bark. adjective b'ir'óznay. Category: trees.

b'ir'óznay adj. out of birch, birch-like, tough, strong. variant b'ir'óz'inay. B'ir'óznay Gará Birch Hill. T'i iz b'ir'óz'inay zd'élan. ?? You are made out of birch. (= you are strong). noun b'ir'óza. Category: trees, personality.

B'ir'óznay Bugór pn. Birch Hump. variant B'ir'óznay Gará. behind Bill Brody's, about 3/4 mile north of Ninilchik Lake, before Deep Creek Silver Salmon. Category: locations, trees.

d'ér'iwa ДЕРЕВО.

n. wood, firewood. variant d'erwá. sukawátay d'ér'iwa knotty wood (tree?) suhóy d'ér'iwa dry wood. gn'ilóy d'ér'iwa rotten wood. (On) d'ér'iwa dalb'ít (It) pecks the wood (about a woodpecker). On derwá d'élait. He's chopping wood. (lit., he's making wood). See: drawá; l'is'ína. Category: wood, trees.

drawá n. wood. singular drof. On drawá d'élayit. He's chopping wood. (lit., he's making wood). See: d'ér'iwa; l'is'ína. Category: wood, trees.

gúpka ГУБКА.

n. birch fungus, birch burl. used to make a kind of snuff ?? See: káratsa. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, trees.

igólka ИГОЛКА.

n. needle. sewing needle as well as needle of an evergreen tree. plural igólk'i. yólk'i igólk'i spruce needles. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, trees, sew.

káratsa n. birch fungus, birch burl. another recording; keep which?? Snuff called 'zawalít' was made from it in Ninilchik. Ín'i káratsu dastánut. They will get this snuff. See: zawal'ít; karyó; gúpka. Category: trees.

karén'a n. stump. Category: trees.

karyó n. bark. b'ir'óz'ina karyó birch bark. See: káratsa. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, trees.

kust'í n. willows, brush. singular kust. See: wérba; tal'n'ík. Category: trees.

l'es ЛЕС.

n. forest. Yólk'i pálk'i gustóy l'es! Spruce trees, canes, dense forest! See: l'is'ína ‘tree’. Category: trees.

suk СУК.

n. tree knot, knot of tree. plural súk'i. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, trees, record.

sukawátay СУЧКОВАТЫЙ.

adj. knotty. sukawátay d'ér'iwa knotty wood. sukawátay / sukawátaya l'is'ína knotted tree. Category: wood, trees.

tal'n'ík ТАЛЬНИК.

n. willow. word and meaning not well remembered in Ninilchik. See: wérba; kust'í; wén'ik. Category: trees, Kibrik-Bergelson.

tupól'ina n. cottonwood. Category: Kibrik-Bergelson, trees.

wén'ik'i n. willows. See: wérbachka. Category: trees.

wérba ВЕРБА.

n. willow. dimunitive wérbachka. See: kust; tal'n'ík. Category: trees.

wérbachka n. pussy willow bouquet, pussy willow. plural wérbachk'i; variant wérb'ichk'i. non-dimunitive wérba. Pussy willows are one of the signs, eagerly awaited in the village, that Spring is coming. One custom is that crepe paper flowers are intertwined with pussy willow branches and taken to church, where these bouquets are placed in holder holes in a board. These bouquets are called werbichki. You can take your werbichka home after the church service. It is permitted to take anyone's werbichka home and so if you have taken a nice one, and you are not fast enough getting to the bouquet board, you might get to take home only some small twigs and a little flower. ?? The pussy willows are budding. See: wérba; kust; wén'ik'i ‘willows’. Category: trees.