попри пальцу

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Literally, “along the finger”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔpri ˈpaʎt͡su]
• Hyphenation: по‧при паль‧цу

Adverb

попри пальцу (popri palʹcu)

1. (idiomatic) very little, very few

   буц / жиц / остац попри пальцу ― buc / žic / ostac popri palʹcu ― to barely make ends meet (literally, “to be / live / stay along the finger”)

   дакеди ше єдзенє попри пальцу цукровало ― dakedi še jedzenje popri palʹcu cukrovalo ― there was very little sugar (literally, “food used to be sugared along the finger”)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “палєц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy