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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Literally, “along the finger”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: по‧при паль‧цу
Adverb
попри пальцу (popri palʹcu)
- (idiomatic) very little, very few
- буц / жиц / остац попри пальцу ― buc / žic / ostac popri palʹcu ― to barely make ends meet (literally, “to be / live / stay along the finger”)
- дакеди ше єдзенє попри пальцу цукровало ― dakedi še jedzenje popri palʹcu cukrovalo ― there was very little sugar (literally, “food used to be sugared along the finger”)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “палєц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy