English equivalent of "pilit'"

[Edward M Dumanis]

The two words have different meanings even being applied to the same
musical instrument, i.e., violin.
One might =pilikat'= just a few minutes, but =pilit'= implies some
duration of the process.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Alex wrote:

> äÏÒÏÇÉÅ óÉÌÁÎÇÏ×ÃÙ!
> ðÒÏÛÕ ÐÒÏÝÅÎÉÑ ÚÁ ÍÏÀ ÚÁÐÏÚÄÁÌÕÀ ÒÅÁËÃÉÀ ÐÏ ÜÔÏÍÕ ÐÏ×ÏÄÕ.
> ñ ÈÏÔÅÌ ÌÉÛØ ÐÏÄÞÅÒËÎÕÔØ, ÞÔÏ ×ÙÒÁÖÅÎÉÅ "ÐÉÌÉÔØ (ÎÁ ÓËÒÉÐËÅ)"
> ÄÏ×ÏÌØÎÏ ÎÅÏÂÙÞÎÏ. åÓÔØ ÅÝÅ ÓÌÏ×Ï "ÐÉÌÉËÁÔØ", É × ÏÔÌÉÞÉÅ ÏÔ
> ÓÌÏ×Á "ÐÉÌÉÔØ", ÏÎÏ ÉÍÅÅÔ ÏÔÎÏÛÅÎÉÅ ÔÏÌØËÏ Ë ÍÕÚÙËÁÌØÎÏÍÕ
> ÉÎÓÔÒÕÍÅÎÔÕ.
> 
> á.ð.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.W." <vanya1v at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:55 PM
> Subject: [SEELANGS] English equivalent of "pilit'"
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> > Ottawa (Canada), Friday 2/4/04 11h55 EST
> >
> > Hullo, SEELANGers!
> >
> > Does anybody know of a good English equivalent of the Russian verb
> > "ÐÉÌÉÔØ (ÎÁ ÓËÒÉÐËÅ)" ["pilit' (na skripke)"], giving the impression of
> > practising constantly on a violin in such a way that the sound tends to
> > grate on the ears of the musician's neighbours?  A computer dictionary
> > offers "scrape", but this usage is not familiar to me -- especially in a
> > context like "he scraped and scraped all day".  I would be grateful for
> > any suggestions.
> >
> > J. Woodsworth
> 
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