Kum

[Olia Prokopenko]

"Gossip" for кумушка( Pl. кумушки) is good, but it does not suggest any
kinship implied in the Russian words "кум" and "кума".

Olia Prokopenko


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Muireann Maguire <
muireann.maguire at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for all the replies!
> I found this discussion very interesting. However... I've decided to solve
> my immediate problem by not translating 'kum' at all, and inserting an
> explanatory note instead. I do like some of the translation suggestions
> we've had here, and I can even see 'coz' working in a certain milieu, but
> not, alas, in the kind of society where my narrative is set. Hence my
> decision.
> 'Gossip' is of course wonderful - takes me back to Falstaffian English -
> but I imagine it would only work for 'kuma', not 'kum', as surely a man
> can't be a 'gossip' in this sense?
> Best wishes
> Muireann
>
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