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Solombala English
Etymology
Unknown etymology.
Noun
верстомъ (verstom)
- key (?)
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 95 of 93–98