Solombala English edit

Etymology edit

From English buy +‎ -омъ (-om). Attested in writing as баемъ (bajem), through -ае- (-aje-), but it obviously meant -аё- (-ajo-).

Verb edit

баёмъ (bajom)

  1. to buy
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406407:
      Баёмъ бучь, шусь, асей! Комъ сюда! Вери гудъ бучь, шусь!
      Bajom bučʹ, šusʹ, asej! Kom sjuda! Veri gud bučʹ, šusʹ!
      Buy boots, shoes sailor! Come here! Very good boots, shoes.

References edit

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 94 of 93–98