pkticker Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I am preparing a performance of a piece of music called "Aria," by John Cage. In it he uses words/ sounds from English, French, Italian, Armenian, and Russian. The Armenian and Russian words/sounds are transliterated (written phonetically using letters from the Roman alphabet). Because of this, I can't tell which of these words are Armenian and which are Russian, and I can't find translations for them because they aren't in their original alphabets. I'm at a loss! Could anyone help me? I just need to know which of my mystery words are Armenian (and the definition and/or pronunciation, if possible) and which aren't. I can provide a list of the words. Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Welcome to Hyeforum And The Words are ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkticker Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Here's a list of the ones that I know aren't English, French, or Italian. Some of them may simply be gibberish, or parts of words. I just can't tell. All of the accents tilt up to the right (if that helps). ----- dirouhi naprasno chto novogo (accent over first o) pokadzet (accent over a) spokoinyoo (accent over i) vadznostyoo (accent over a) dvidzenya (accent over e) pekrasen (accent over a) siyayoot odyodzke obxvatit (accent over a) khaytel gloobinoi (accent over i) snedznoi (accent over e, or possibly d) siranoosh syak povolotchet (accent over third o) dvidzenyax (accent over z) voroo (accent over first o) dai xot vzglyadom (accent over a) zakril'a (accent over i) tchom dze lezvov mintchev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor-Gor Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Some of them are immediately Armenian, and I have provided their definitions. dirouhi -- female owner/lord naprasno chto novogo (accent over first o) pokadzet (accent over a) spokoinyoo (accent over i) vadznostyoo (accent over a) dvidzenya (accent over e) pekrasen (accent over a) siyayoot odyodzke obxvatit (accent over a) khaytel -- to bite (as in mosquito bite) [it can be used in other contexts as well] gloobinoi (accent over i) snedznoi (accent over e, or possibly d) siranoosh -- usually a female name, but literally it is a compound word of the words "Love" and "sweet"syak povolotchet (accent over third o) dvidzenyax (accent over z) voroo (accent over first o) dai xot vzglyadom (accent over a) zakril'a (accent over i) tchom dze lezvov -- literally, "with tongue," but i have a feeling it probably means "in the language of" here mintchev -- until Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkticker Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Oh, thank you so much! Some of them are immediately Armenian, and I have provided their definitions. dirouhi -- female owner/lord naprasno chto novogo (accent over first o) pokadzet (accent over a) spokoinyoo (accent over i) vadznostyoo (accent over a) dvidzenya (accent over e) pekrasen (accent over a) siyayoot odyodzke obxvatit (accent over a) khaytel -- to bite (as in mosquito bite) [it can be used in other contexts as well] gloobinoi (accent over i) snedznoi (accent over e, or possibly d) siranoosh -- usually a female name, but literally it is a compound word of the words "Love" and "sweet"syak povolotchet (accent over third o) dvidzenyax (accent over z) voroo (accent over first o) dai xot vzglyadom (accent over a) zakril'a (accent over i) tchom dze lezvov -- literally, "with tongue," but i have a feeling it probably means "in the language of" here mintchev -- until Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 pekrasen (accent over a) pRekrasen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Էլիա Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 "xot" might be grass... but not likely, cuz it seems like the words you heard were in the western dialect... but there's a way to find out, when you wrote down "x", did you mean the actual x sound in english, or the kh sound? If it's kh sound, then it's probably armenian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkticker Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 pRekrasen! Well, in here it's written without that R, but it could be a miss-spelling on the part of the composer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkticker Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 "xot" might be grass... but not likely, cuz it seems like the words you heard were in the western dialect... but there's a way to find out, when you wrote down "x", did you mean the actual x sound in english, or the kh sound? If it's kh sound, then it's probably armenian. Well, it's spelled "xot" in the text I have. I'm copying from the musical score. How exactly is the kh sound pronounced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 How exactly is the kh sound pronounced? Խ Խ, ԿՈԿՈՐՏԱՅԻՆ ՂԸՀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Էլիա Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Well, it's spelled "xot" in the text I have. I'm copying from the musical score. How exactly is the kh sound pronounced? Hmm... well, at the moment, I can't think of any English words that have the sound in it... it's sort of like a snoring sound? Sorry, but it's hard to explain... try thinking logically and trying to find out what kind of sound "k" and "h" would create when combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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