Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 19, 2010.
Review article
The toponymy of Semeljci – Village of the Eastern Đakovština
Ivana Čatić
Abstract
On the basis of field research there has been noted the microtoponyms of Semeljci, a village placed on the east part of Đakovština, or to be more precise, 14 km east of Đakovo and in the direction of Vinkovci. Microtoponyms of the archival cadastral maps are noted as well in the paper. Special linguistic features, relevant from the language-historical and dialectical point of view are also elaborated. Where possible, etiologic development of the microtoponyms is determined and folk etymology of particular microtoponyms is noted. Systematicness in naming is not noted in the toponyms of Semeljci. It is common that the names are motivated by the former or present owners of particular areas (Đȅd Pìciljev ízvor, Ȅlekovo) or by the names of the people that used to live there (Ívkino, Jélino). It is also learned what field crops have been cultivated (Vinákovci). It is commonely noted that the microtoponyms are motivated by the names of the plants (Glógovača, Gràbina, Ȍsatina). A large number of toponyms is completely nontransparent to the local people because those toponyms have origins in the more distant past, and their interpretation in the oral tradition has not been preserved.
Keywords
toponymy; microtoponyms; hodonyms; hydronyms
Hrčak ID:
79843
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Publication date:
29.12.2011.
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