больше добра

Solombala English

Etymology

Compound of больше (bolʹše, “very”) +‎ добра (dobra, “good”).

Adjective

больше добра (bolʹše dobra)

1. very good

   Synonyms: вери гудъ (veri gud), верввель (vervvelʹ)

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

     О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.

     O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.

     Oh! Yes! Very good much.

   • 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.

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