SEELANGS Digest - 24 Mar 2014 to 25 Mar 2014 - Special issue (#2014-171)

[Slavic Department]

Dear Katya,

Zureba sounds a bit like Polish źrebak (źrebię) but that means "foal" not
"dog."

Jolanta

On 3/25/14 6:25 PM, "SEELANGS automatic digest system"
<LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote:

>
>Date:    Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:01:22 -0700
>From:    Katya Burvikova <seacoastrussian at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: help with identifying a language/dialect
>
>
>
>Dear Seelangers,
>
>Need some help with an undefined dialect. There is a woman with Alzheimer
>who started to speak her home language. Her husband took notes of what he
>hears and he'd like to know what language is it:
>Aiyaki= Very
> 
>Aiyaki Dobra = Very Good
> 
>Zureba = Dog
> 
>Geniru = Thank you
> 
>Dimmi Bu Jou = Give me a kiss
> 
>Dobra Nitz = Good Morning  (more likely good night)
> 
>Yatkim = Hello
>
>What language/dialect can it be?
>
>thanks a lot,
>Katya Burvikova

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