верввель

Solombala English

Etymology

Inherited from English very well. By surface analysis, вери (veri, “very”) +‎ *ввель (*vvelʹ). Compare Russenorsk verrigod (“very well”).

Adjective

верввель (vervvelʹ)

1. very good

   Synonyms: больше добра (bolʹše dobra), вери гудъ (veri gud)

   • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:

     Асей, асей, смотромъ: больше добра сундукъ верввель скрипимъ, гутъ верстомъ.

     Asej, asej, smotrom: bolʹše dobra sunduk vervvelʹ skripim, gut verstom.

     Sailor, sailor, look: it’s a very good chest, a very good lock, a good key.

Related terms

• вери (veri, “very”)
• вери гудъ (veri gud, “very good”)

References

• 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)‎^[1], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98