A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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car – king, tsar

carcka (carska) – of the tzar

carckata (*, carska) – of the tzar, as in carckata familia – the tzarist family

carckite (*, carski) – (plural) of the tzars, as in carckite famili – the tzarist families

carica – queen, tsarina

caricata – the tsarina, the queen

Carigrat (Carigrad) – Constantinople, now Istanbul

caris (carist) – supporter of the king/ tsar

caro (carot) – the king/ the tsar

caroi (carevi) – kings, tsars

caroite (*) – the kings, the tsars

carsfoto (carstvoto) – the kingship

caruvae (caruvale) – they reigned, they ruled

cela – whole, complete

celio (celiot) – the whole

celokupna – whole, together, complete, united, entire, in total

cerepna (*) – a cooker made of clay, a pan or baking tray made out of clay or red soil

cerepni (*) – cookers made of clay, pans or baking trays made out of clay or red soil

cerevata (crevata) – the intestines

cernici (crnici) – mulberries, mulberry trees, sometimes used for blackberry trees and loganberry trees

chadar – umbrella, tent

chadari (chadori) – umbrellas, tents

chadaro (*, chadar) – the tent, the umbrella

Chaina (Kina) – (English) China

chakalite (*, chakali) – the jackels

chamie (cham) – pine trees

chamoi (chamovi) – pinewood, of pine

Chapkunoi (*) – the Chapkunov family

charchichok (*) – daffodils

chardacite (*, chardaci) – the verandahs, the balconies

chardako (chardakot) – the verandah, the porch, the balcony, the guard house

chasta (chesti, chast) – to treat, offer a drink, treat to a drink

chasteshe (chesteshe) (see chesteshe)– treated, offered free drinks, ‘shouted' a drink/ drinks, offered, served, a toasted drink

chatal – the fork of a tree

Chatalga (*) – the name of a mountain near Kavala

chatia – roof, wooden roof structure, truss

chatiata – the roof, the wooden roof structure, the truss

Chehoslovaci (Chehoslovachki) – Czechoslovakians

Chehoslovakia (Chehoslovachka) – Czechoslovakia

chekae (chekale, chekaat) – they waited

cheke (chekale) – they waited

chel – shoe

chelarnica (chevlarnica) – cobbler's workshop, shoe shop

cheli – shoes

chelik – 1. steel. 2. a game played with sticks, the game of tipcat

chemsoi (*) – army trucks, jeeps

chench (*) – (English) chance

Chengel (*) (see Angistro) – the name of a village

chenica (pchenica) – wheat, boiled wheat

Chento (*) – Andon Chento

cherchevinia (cherchevinja) – the frames, usually of doors or windows

chereci (cherechi) – quarters

cheresha – cherry, cherry tree

Cheresha ot Koren se Koreneshe (*) – the name of a song

chereshi – cherries

cherga – a rough carpet sometimes made of rags

chergi – rough carpets sometimes made of rags

ches – respect, honor

chesna – 1. honest, honorable. 2. virgin

chestea – respected , honored

chesteshe (see chasteshe)– respected, honored

chesto – often

chestopati – many times, often

cheternaestio (chetirinaecettiot) – the fourteenth, as in cheternaestio vek – the fourteenth century

Chetirckata reka (*) – the river Chetircka

chetirite (*, chetiri) – the four, as in da baram na chetirite – to walk on all fours

Chetirok (*) – a village near Kostur

chezhma (*) – tap

chezhmata (*) – the tap

chie (chij) – whose

chif (chift) – even, as in even number, a pair

chiflik – estate

chiflikari (chifligari) – chiflik farmers

chiftinia (chiftinja) – double barrel guns, shotguns

chikna (*) – an extremely cold and sudden weather event, ice cold weather, frost

chinelo – was useful, was helpful

chineme (chinevme)– we thought, we considered, we believed

chineshe – what was required

chitliv – legible

chklen – member

chklenovi (chlenovi) – members

choek – a man

chokolata (chokolada) – chocolate

chokolati (chokoladi) – chocolates

Cholakoglu (*) – Georgios Tsolakoglou, the first Prime Minister of the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis occupation in the Second World War

chorap – sock

chorapi – socks

chorbadjia (chorbadjija) – a rich man

Chorchil (*) – Churchill

chu – hear, heard

chua – look out for, watch over, guard, protect

chuadar (chuvadar) – guard, watcher, lookout

chuadarite (*, chuvadari) – the lookouts, the watchers, the guards

chuadaro (*, chuvadar) – the guard, the watcher, the lookout

chuae (chuvale) – they looked after, they watched over, they guarded

chuashe (chuvashe) – guarded

chuat – 1. hear. 2. guard, watch out, protect

chudea – they wondered, they admired, they were surprised

chuden – wonderful

chudeshe – wondered, was surprised

chudi – wonder, admire, surprise

chudno – wonderful

chudo – wonder, miracle

chue – hear, overhear

chueno (chuen) – heard

chuja – hear

chuka – knock, knock down, beat, hammer, strike

chukae (chukale) – they knocked, they knocked down, they beat, they hammered, they were striking

chukashe – knocked, hammered, was striking

chume (chuvme, chue me) – we heard

Chuno (*) – an historical area near Neret

churukta (*, churuk) – the worthless, the poor, the rotten

chuva – look after, look out, mind, care, guard

chuvae (chuvale, chuvaat) – they looked after, they guarded

chuvame – 1. we look after, we guard. 2. we kept, we saved chuvano (chuvan) – guarded

chuvat (chuvaat) – they look after, they watch over, they guard

chuvate (chuvajte) – (plural command) look after, guard

chuve (*) – guarded, was guarding

chuzhina – foreign country, abroad

chuzhinci (*) – foreigners

chuzhini (*) – foreign countries

cigari – cigarettes

cikoma (cika, cikanje) – shriek, roar, noise

cimento (*, ciment, chimento) – the cement

cincari – misers, miserly

cipa – face mask of mesh or fine material, membrane

civilen – 1. a civilian. 2. civilian, as in civilen narot – civilian people

civilenio (*, civilen) – the civilian

civilni – 1. civilians. 2. civilian, as in civilni plachki – civilian clothes

crkve – church

crkvence (crkven) (see crkvenche) – small church

crkvenceto (*) – the small church

crkvenche (*) (see crkvence) – small church

crkvenckata (crkvenski) – the church, as in crkvenckata uprava – the church administration

crkveto – the church

Crna – a river in the Republic of Macedonia

Crno Glava Padina (*) – (see Crno Glaa Padina)

Crno Glaa Padina (*) (see Crno Glava Padina) – a place near the Neret border with the neighbouring village of Trsje. It is a sloping field that once had crops such as wheat or rye but is no longer worked and is bush. One belief is that it got its name, Crno Glaa Padina, as a result of numerous dark skinned soldiers possibly of British or French origin who were killed fighting in the area during WW1.

crpi – scoop, draw

crvosat (crvosaat) – they get infested with maggots or worms, they rot

cut – blossom, flower

cutat – to blossom, to flower

cuteni (cuten) – blossomed, flowered

cutovite (*, cutovi) – the blossoms, the flowerings

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