асей

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Solombala English

Etymology

Purportedly from English I say (/a seɪ/), due to the English habit at that time of often exclaiming it.

Noun

асей (asej)

  1. an (English) sailor
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎, Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:
      Ватъ ю вантетъ, асей!
      Vat ju vantet, asej!
      What do you want, sailor!
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎, Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:
      Баёмъ бучь, шусь, асей! Комъ сюда! Вери гудъ бучь, шусь!
      Bajom bučʹ, šusʹ, asej! Kom sjuda! Veri gud bučʹ, šusʹ!
      Buy boots, shoes sailor! Come here! Very good boots, shoes.
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎, Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:
      Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!
      Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!
      Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      Асей? Комъ милекъ дринкомъ.
      Asej? Kom milek drinkom.
      Sailor? Come and drink some milk .
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      Асей, асей, смотромъ: больше добра сундукъ верввель скрипимъ, гутъ верстомъ.
      Asej, asej, smotrom: bolʹše dobra sunduk vervvelʹ skripim, gut verstom.
      Sailor, sailor, look: it’s a very good chest, a very good lock, a good key.

References

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎, reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 94 of 93–98
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