Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21857/9e31lh6j0m

Lexemes for corn and for husking and hulling in traditional farming

Tjaša Jakop ; Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša

Abstract

This article presents dialectal lexemes from the semantic area of corn-related terms in traditional agriculture. The article presents dialectal material collected for the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas (SLA) on questions 197 ‘corn’, 198 ‘corn husking’, and 198(a) ‘corn hulling’. The linguistic material from the Slovenian language area shows considerable dialectal diversity; many different expressions are used for ‘corn’, as well as for ‘removing the husks from the corncob’ (ličkati, majiti, slačiti, kožuhati, etc.) or ‘removing the kernels from the corncob’ (ružiti, luščiti, robiti or robkati, etc.).

Keywords

Slovenian dialects; Slovenian linguistic atlas (SLA); dialect lexicon; ethnology

Hrčak ID:

286878

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/286878

Publication date:

9.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: slovenian croatian

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