Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore — Page 10
In one corner of the living room is a box containing blankets, above which are pillows and mats used by members of the household and guests;
In un angolo del soggiorno si trova una scatola contenente coperte, sopra la quale sono posati cuscini e stuoie usati dai membri della famiglia e dagli ospiti;
an iron caldron lies on the floor, while numerous Chinese jars stand about.
un calderone di ferro giace sul pavimento, mentre numerosi vasi cinesi sono sparsi intorno.
A hearth, made up of a bed of ashes in which stones are sunk, is used for cooking.
Un focolare, composto da un letto di cenere in cui sono infisse delle pietre, viene utilizzato per cucinare.
Above it is a bamboo food hanger, while near by stand jars of water and various cooking pots.
Sopra di esso si trova un appendivivande di bambù, mentre nelle vicinanze sono disposti vasi d'acqua e varie pentole da cucina.
Food baskets, coconut shell cups, and dishes, and a quantity of Chinese plates appear when the meal is served, while the use of glass is not unknown.
Cestini per il cibo, tazze di guscio di cocco, stoviglie e una quantità di piatti cinesi compaiono quando viene servito il pasto, mentre l'uso del vetro non è sconosciuto.
Cups of gold, wonderful jars, and plates appear at times, but seem to be so rare as to excite comment (pp. 33, 98, 102, 105).
Tazze d'oro, vasi meravigliosi e piatti compaiono talvolta, ma sembrano essere così rari da suscitare commenti (pp. 33, 98, 102, 105).
Scattered through the village are numerous small buildings known as _balaua_ (p. 43), which are erected for the spirits during the greatest of the ceremonies, and still inside the enclosure are the rice drying plots and granaries, the latter raised high above the ground so as to protect their contents from moisture (p. 150).
Sparse per il villaggio vi sono numerose piccole costruzioni note come _balaua_ (p. 43), che vengono erette per gli spiriti durante le più grandi cerimonie, e ancora all'interno del recinto si trovano le aree di essiccazione del riso e i granai, questi ultimi sollevati molto al di sopra del suolo per proteggerne il contenuto dall'umidità (p. 150).
About the town pigs and chickens roam at will, while half-starved hunting dogs prowl about below the kitchens and fight for morsels which drop from above (p. 99).
Intorno al villaggio maiali e galline girovagano liberamente, mentre cani da caccia semiaffamati si aggirano sotto le cucine e si azzuffano per i bocconi che cadono dall'alto (p. 99).
Carabao are kept and used as food (p. 101), but in the cycle proper no mention is made of using them as work animals.
I carabao vengono allevati e utilizzati come cibo (p. 101), ma nel ciclo propriamente detto non si fa alcuna menzione del loro utilizzo come animali da lavoro.
Vocabulary
- angolo
- Corner or angle of a room or space
- soggiorno
- Living room or lounge area in a home
- trova
- Is found or located in a place
- scatola
- Box or container used for storing items
- contenente
- Containing or holding something inside it
- coperte
- Blankets or covers used for warmth
- sopra
- Above or on top of something
- quale
- Which or that, used as relative pronoun
- posati
- Placed or set down on a surface
- cuscini
- Cushions or pillows used for comfort
- stuoie
- Mats or rush mats used for sitting
- membri
- Members belonging to a group or family
- famiglia
- Family, a group of related people
- ospiti
- Guests or visitors received in a home
- calderone
- Large cauldron or cooking pot of metal
- ferro
- Iron, a common metal material
- giace
- Lies, rests flat on a surface
- pavimento
- Floor, the flat ground surface indoors
- mentre
- While or whereas, indicating simultaneous contrast
- numerosi
- Numerous or many in quantity
- vasi
- Vases or pots used for decoration or storage
- cinesi
- Chinese, relating to China or its culture
- sparsi
- Scattered or spread around in various places
- intorno
- Around or surrounding a particular area
- focolare
- Hearth or fireplace used for cooking or warmth
- composto
- Composed or made up of various elements
- letto
- Bed for sleeping, or layer of material
- cenere
- Ash or cinders left after burning
- cui
- Which or whom, relative pronoun after preposition
- infisse
- Fixed or embedded firmly into a surface
- pietre
- Stones or rocks of various sizes
- utilizzato
- Used or employed for a specific purpose
- cucinare
- To cook food using heat or fire
- Sopra
- Above or over something else spatially
- esso
- It, third person singular pronoun, neutral
- appendivivande
- Food rack suspended overhead for hanging provisions
- bambù
- Bamboo, a fast-growing tropical woody plant
- vicinanze
- Vicinity or nearby surroundings of a place
- disposti
- Arranged or placed in an organized manner
- acqua
- Water, essential liquid for drinking and cooking
- varie
- Various or several different kinds of things
- pentole
- Pots used for cooking food on fire
- cucina
- Kitchen or cooking area in a home
- Cestini
- Small baskets used for holding or carrying items
- cibo
- Food consumed for nourishment and sustenance
- tazze
- Cups used for drinking beverages
- guscio
- Shell or husk of a nut or egg
- cocco
- Coconut, tropical fruit with hard outer shell
- stoviglie
- Dishes or kitchenware used for eating and cooking
- quantità
- Quantity or amount of something measured
- piatti
- Plates or flat dishes used for serving food
- compaiono
- Appear or show up in a place
- quando
- When, conjunction indicating time or condition
- servito
- Served, past participle of servire
- pasto
- Meal, a set occasion for eating food
- uso
- Use or usage of something regularly
- vetro
- Glass, a transparent material used for vessels
- sconosciuto
- Unknown or unfamiliar to someone
- Tazze
- Cups used for drinking beverages
- oro
- Gold, a precious yellow metal
- meravigliosi
- Wonderful or marvellous, expressing great admiration
- talvolta
- Sometimes or occasionally, not always
- sembrano
- Seem or appear to be something
- essere
- To be, fundamental Italian infinitive verb
- così
- So or thus, indicating degree or manner
- rari
- Rare or uncommon, not frequently found
- suscitare
- To arouse or provoke a reaction or feeling
- commenti
- Comments or remarks made about something
- Sparse
- Scattered or spread out across an area
- villaggio
- Village, a small rural community settlement
- vi
- There, locative pronoun indicating a place
- numerose
- Numerous or many, feminine plural form
- piccole
- Small or little, feminine plural adjective
- costruzioni
- Constructions or buildings erected for a purpose
- note
- Known or noted, recognised for something
- vengono
- Are, come, third person plural of venire
- erette
- Erected or built, past participle feminine plural
- spiriti
- Spirits or supernatural beings in ritual context
- durante
- During, preposition indicating time span of event
- più
- More or most, used for comparatives and superlatives
- grandi
- Large or great, plural adjective for size
- cerimonie
- Ceremonies or formal ritual events and celebrations
- ancora
- Still or yet, indicating continuation of state
- interno
- Interior or inside of a space or enclosure
- recinto
- Enclosure or fenced area surrounding a property
- trovano
- Are found or located somewhere specific
- aree
- Areas or zones designated for specific purposes
- essiccazione
- Drying or desiccation of food or materials
- riso
- Rice, a staple cereal grain food crop
- granai
- Granaries or storehouses for keeping grain
- questi
- These, masculine plural demonstrative pronoun
- ultimi
- The latter or the last mentioned ones
- sollevati
- Raised or lifted up from the ground
- molto
- Very or much, indicating high degree
- suolo
- Ground or soil, the earth's surface below
- proteggerne
- To protect its contents from damage or harm
- contenuto
- Content or contents stored inside something
- umidità
- Humidity or moisture present in the environment
- Intorno
- Around or in the surrounding area nearby
- maiali
- Pigs or hogs kept as domestic animals
- galline
- Hens or chickens kept as domestic fowl
- girovagano
- Roam or wander around freely without direction
- liberamente
- Freely or without restraint or constraint
- cani
- Dogs, common domestic animals kept by people
- caccia
- Hunting or the activity of pursuing prey
- semiaffamati
- Half-starved or semi-famished, barely fed animals
- aggirano
- Lurk or move around an area stealthily
- sotto
- Under or below something in position
- cucine
- Kitchens or cooking areas in buildings
- azzuffano
- Scuffle or fight over something aggressively
- bocconi
- Morsels or small mouthfuls of food dropped
- cadono
- Fall or drop down from above
- alto
- High or tall, indicating elevated position
- carabao
- Water buffalo used as working animal in Asia
- allevati
- Raised or bred as domestic animals
- utilizzati
- Used or employed for specific tasks or purposes
- ciclo
- Cycle or recurring sequence of events
- propriamente
- Properly or strictly speaking in correct sense
- detto
- Said or called, past participle of dire
- alcuna
- Any, used in negative or indefinite context
- menzione
- Mention or reference to something in text
- loro
- Their or them, third person plural pronoun
- utilizzo
- Use or utilization of something for purpose
- animali
- Animals, living creatures other than humans
- lavoro
- Work or labour performed for a purpose
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