Forest Enets

Mosquitos species

A ten second audio clip about the winter (aka snow or birchwood) mosquito

Recording: The text was recorded in Potapovo in 2010 by Andrey Shluinsky, Natalya Stoynova and Maria Ovsjannikova. It was transcribed by Andrey Shluinsky with the help of Vitaliy Bolin and glossed by Andrey Shluinsky.

Speakers

  • unknown
    no, teza, teza anʲ kɔtʃira min ɛj nenaɡ, aɡa nenaɡ
    no teza teza anʲ kɔtʃira miʔ-xon ɛ-j nenaɡ aɡa nenaɡ
    well now now and birch:wood into-LOC.SG be(ipfv)-PTC.ANT mosquito big mosquito
    хорошо сейчас сейчас and birch:wood внутрь-ЛОК.ЕД быть(ipfv)-ПРИЧ.ANT mosquito большой mosquito
    well, now the mosquito who was in the birch wood, the big mosquito
    ну, сейчас комар, который был в тальниках, большой комар
  • unknown
    tɛxɛ sira nenaɡ, ɔnɛj bazaan
    tɛxɛ sira nenaɡ ɔnɛj baza-ɔn
    there(loc) snow mosquito Enets language-PROL.SG
    там(loc) snow mosquito Enets язык-ПРОЛ.ЕД
    the snow mosquito, say it in Enets
    снежный комар, по-энецки
  • unknown
    sira nenaɡ
    sira nenaɡ
    snow mosquito
    snow mosquito
    the winter mosquito
    зимний комар
  • unknown
    sirar mɔʃtʃizaØ, bu malʲe tʃidaØ kɔtʃira meɔn
    sira-r mɔʃtʃi-da-Ø bu malʲe tʃir-da-Ø kɔtʃira me-ɔn
    snow-NOM.SG.2SG lie(ipfv)-FUT-3SG.S s/he already fly(ipfv)-FUT-3SG.S birch:wood inner:part-PROL.SG
    snow-NOM.ЕД.2ЕД лежать(ipfv)-ФУТ-3ЕД.S s/he уже летать(ipfv)-ФУТ-3ЕД.S birch:wood inner:part-ПРОЛ.ЕД
    the snow will be there, it will already fly in the birch wood
    снег будет лежать-он уже будет летать в тальниках