вери гудъ

Solombala English

Etymology

Inherited from English very good. By surface analysis, вери (veri, “very”) +‎ гудъ (gud, “good”). Compare Russenorsk verrigod (“very well”).

Adjective

вери гудъ (veri gud)

1. very good

   Synonyms: больше добра (bolʹše dobra), верввель (vervvelʹ)

   • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:

     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

• 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