help with identifying a language/dialect

[Alina Wyman]

I don't detect anything Lithuanian here either. But some of the phrases
could be Belarusian:

Aiyaki Dobra = Very Good / Belarusian:  Aj, jak dobra! Ай, як добра! (oh,
how good!)

Zureba = Dog (no ideas here)

Geniru = Thank you / Belarusian: Dziakuju! Дзякую (Thank you)

Dimmi Bu Jou = Give me a kiss / Polish: Daj mi buzi  / Belarusian,
regional: Daj mne busi / Дай мне бусi / (Give me a kiss)

Dobra Nitz = Good Morning  (more likely good night) / Belarusian: Dobraj
ranitsy / Добрай ранiцы (Good Morning) / or Dabranacz / Дабранач /
Ukrainian: dobranicz (Good Night)

Yatkim = Hello (Lithuanian Sveiki? / not too close)
Best,
Alina Wyman



On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:

> Zaręba is a name which could sound like [zareba]. Did he mean [u] or a
> schwa in Zureba?
>
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Kuchar, Martha wrote:
>
>  Sounds like Ukrainian dialect.
>>
>> A (O?) yaka dobra... divchynka? sobachka? What a good (something
>> feminine)!
>> Day meni (my, short form) buzhu -- Give me a kiss. (literally, give me
>> your mouth)
>> Dobranich -- Good night (usually bedtime)
>>
>> Don't know about Zureba. Agree with Zrinka that it could be the pet's
>> name.
>>
>
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