svv36_08

_ How did they use to build towers?

_ murq̇ûmärs imži əgamdax?

_ Towers, the village used to gather, together.

_ murq̇ûmāls, sopel enxuryelōl ži, ešxud ser.

We used to know nadi(to call neighbours for help) before, nadi, e, on whose name it was built.

nadar gûixālda ečkad, nadaré, ešûay žaxaži igmə... igmolnōl.

They used to build this tower at a strengthened place,

ale murq̇ûams agmədax lambəg adgilas,

before the Lezghins used to attackhere and Tatars and these used to come

ečkad xašgbenōlnax amxāû leḳar i tatrāl i alyār ləmqedōlinx

and they used build towersbecause of this.

i amnar ləmgeminx murq̇ûmals.

It had one door and they used to build it so that nobody could enter it,

eǯis ešxu q̇ōrol xāda i eǯis eyži ale əgamdax, ere deš er ġərda,

it hadn't got enter from other side.

ser išgnāgxen lāz mā xād eǯis.

These towers had five-six floors and it had from the roof small window panes.

ûoxušd-ûusgûa sartulyan lasx ale murq̇ûmāl i eǯis žikān seni... senyār xāda.

They used to pull stones up to there, when they hadn't got guns and when they used to come from there, now...

ečxāûteži ləmmāǯinx bečars, topar er dōsa xuûānx i ečxenka er er anqdenōl atxe...

_ The enemy.

_ amaxû.

_... The enemy, for attack, they used to throw stones if they hit

_... amaxû, mošgebd, ž'esriġûax bečs yemoš xaqdax

and if they hit and not guns, it was rare before.

i xaqdax dor i topar dēsa, naḳlebd ārdax ečkad.

A flinted gun cost twelve pair bulls.

ḳažyan top xaǯōna yešdieru q̇ûil qan.

Have you seen somewhere a flinted gun or have you heard?

ḳažian top ǯic̣ûēsa imûāle, yed ǯasm...

_ Yes!

_ ye!

_ Have you seen?

_ ču ǯic̣ûā?

Twelve pair bulls.

yešdyeru q̇ûil qan.

From which village are you?

si xedi sopelxen xi?

_ From Tskhumari, in Upper Svaneti.

_ cxəmärxen, žibe šûäns.

_ From Tskhumari.

_ cxəmarxen.

What is your surname?

may gûariš xi si?

_ Sagliani, good.

_ saġlyān, xoča li.

Sagliani.

saġlian.

_ It was such torment before.

_ amži las ečkad lic̣ûalaûāl.

_ With what material did they build towers?

_ mä masalašû əgamdax murq̇ûmäls?

_ What?

_ im?

_ The material, what material did they have?

_ masala, masalad mä xuġûandx?

_ The material? This, stone.

_ masalaû, ale, beč.

Stone brought from Pishkori, and they used to mix lime inside or something like this, which didn't disperse, well, because of that.

pišq̇orxen namāǯ beč i ḳirs xačmīnax imayġenan eǯḳalibs, ere ču dem q̇ûelnōl, ra, eča bečšû.

_ Eggs?

_ ləgrel?

_ What?

_ a?

_ Did they use to mix eggs inside?

_ ləgres rok xäčdinnax?

_ I have heard so, they used to mix egg and rye to with each other,

_ masma amži, ləgras i manāšs lok ləm... xančīdnax ešxûār,

but from where they could bring so many eggs, I don't know.

mara imxen anqdax eǯimega ləgras, may mixal.

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They used to make solution with eggs and ryes, it is built with it.

ləgrālšû i manāšs lok, lə... ləmsq̇ēûinx təks, eǯinoûš nagem lok li.

My neighbour destroyed a tower, when one metre was left, thickness of a diametre, only then it fell down,

mišgûa mezûbeld axûir murq̇ûam, ešxu meṭrol yer asad, diameṭr nangrān, ečka gar enḳāpan ži,

it was built so and when it fell down, one stone didn't fall down, when a tree falls down, it fell down so, it didn't destroy.

eǯḳalibd našen las i ži er enḳāpan, ešxu beč mād oxšq̇ad ka, megem er enḳāpi, amži enḳāpan, ču mād axûar.

_ Why did he destroy it?

_ imġ' axûir?

_ He built a house, a new house and he destroyed it because of this, how could a man destroy it?

_ kor adge, maxe kor i eča gunġa axûir, eys axûrā māre?

it is in Lampalashi, with six floors, how much I have played in it, it had six floors.

lampalāš li ale, ûusgûa sartulyān, maxûay miġrāla ečeysa, ûusgûa sartulyān las.

_ It's pity!

_ codá!

_ Who could destroy it?!

_ yar axûre?!

_ Now, there, there is a tower, we watch it from here.

_ atxe ečeču, murq̇ûam ləg, amxenka losdid.

_ Yes!

_ ə!