bat

[Ralph Bogert]

>  There are four terms used for "bat" in the New Stokavian (post-17th century
system of iotization, desinence, and accentuation that became the basis for
standardized modern Croatian and standardized modern Serbian) area.
     1.  ljiljak = regional, used in southern Serbia.
     2.  netopir = regional, used in standard literary Croatian:
                  Antun Gustav Matos: "Notturno"
                  Miroslav Krleza: "U toj tmini netopiri zive."
     3.  sl(ij)epi mis = standard in both Croatian and Serbian.
     4.  sismis = used in Croatian Moslavina region (Bikovske Gorice) east
                  of Zagreb:
                  Slavko Kolar: "Sismis prosusti i iscezne."
                  Ante Kovacic: "Jos cete vi...za te mracne i sismiske poslove
                                odgovarati."





Hi,
>
> Could someone enlighten me as to the geographical distribution of
> of Serbocroatian "shishmish" and "slepi mish" = "bat"?
>
> Also, as far as I know, the West Slavic "netopir" is not used
> in Serbocroatian, although it is the normal word for "bat" in
> Slovene. Would that be correct?
>
> John Dingley
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