line of "poetry"

[Robert De Lossa]

>We have trouble with the last line. Morena could mean, in Spanish and
>obsolete English, a brunette; and kadiksanskii is probably a geographical
>term (Cadiz?) but we found neither in any of the Russian dictionaries.
>
>Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Spasibo zaranee!
>
>Laszlo Dienes
>
>dienes at slavic.umass.edu

Kadiks definitely is Cadiz (at least in the 19th century, for which I'm
sure in terms of Russian usage). There actually are two Russian uses of
"morena." The first is a geological term (=English moraine) from a French
word (as with the English), the second is a purely Slavic word (from the
*mor- root as in kikimora), and has to do with a ritual tree or doll in
certain folk rites (sorry I don't remember more...) Anyway, all things
considered, I think your word is probably based on the Spanish morena,
especially given how it's modified. Good luck with it!

Sincerely, Rob De Lossa

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