help with identifying a language/dialect

[Jules Levin]

On 25.03.2014 15:24, Alina Israeli wrote:

> Zaręba is a name which could sound like [zareba]. Did he mean [u] or a 
> schwa in Zureba?
All good...
Regarding the 'ai-' in aiyaki,
My american mom sang me a lullaby she must have heard from her 
Russian-speaking mom, with lines beginning ai-lu-lu.  I could imagine 
this remaining after much else is forgotten.
I think this is a structural element in lullabies.
Jules Levin



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>
> 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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> Alina Israeli
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