морская свинка

[John Langran]

My kids' guinea pigs had to come indoors whenever we had a cold winter. In 
Alaska these must be porpoises. Perhaps the locals didn't have a copy of 
Ozhegov handy to check whether it should be svini or svinki?
John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alla N. Baranovsky" <allab_1983 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] морская свинка


"морская св
Hello Sarah,

"морская свинка" is actually a guinea pig. Hope this helps!

-Alla




________________________________
From: Sarah Hurst <sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 5:34:31 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] морская свинка

Hello,



I’m working with a translation of an early 19th-century document in which 
the
way in which the months were characterized by Alaska Natives is described. 
July
is said to be the month when “морские свинки плодятся”. The translator has 
said
this means when “dolphins give birth”. Does this refer to dolphins?



Thanks,



Sarah Hurst


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