милекъ

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Solombala English

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Etymology

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Inherited from English milk.

Noun

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милекъ (milek)

  1. milk
    • 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? Комъ милекъ дринкомъ.
      Asej? Kom milek drinkom.
      Sailor? Come and drink some milk [used in a sexual context, as an invitation to a brothel].

References

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  • 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