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Solombala English
Etymology
Inherited from English boots (plural of boot).
Noun
бучь (bučʹ) pl
- boots
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.
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