Alqosh: Houses

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0:00	bɛθăwáθa b-ʾàlquš,ˈ bɛθăwáθa ʾătìqə,ˈ ʾan d-ílɛ ʾătìqə:ˈ bɛθăwáθa b-ʾàlquš,ˈ bɛθăwáθa ʾătìqə,ˈ ʾan d-ílɛ ʾătìqə:ˈ	Houses in Alqosh, the old houses, those which are old:
	bɛ̀θa,ˈ keðútun … lắ-wawa šɛ́na-u šlàma. ˈ zdòθa-wawa.ˈ ʾə́θwa hjàma,ˈ ʾəθwa nhába-u slàba. ˈ bɛ̀θa,ˈ keðútun … lắ-wawa šɛ́na-u šlàma. ˈ zdòθa-wawa.ˈ ʾə́θwa hjàma,ˈ ʾəθwa nhába-u slàba. ˈ	A house, you know … there wasn't peace and security. There was fear. There was raiding, there was looting and pillaging.
	bɛθăwáθa kúllɛ ʾoðíwalɛ ʿlòyə.ˈ yaʿni … dáyər-ma-dayərəd-bɛ́θa hawewa ʿlòya -ˈ kăbìra ʿloya.ˈ bɛθăwáθa kúllɛ ʾoðíwalɛ ʿlòyə.ˈ yaʿni … dáyər-ma-dayərəd-bɛ́θa hawewa ʿlòya -ˈ kăbìra ʿloya.ˈ	The houses, all of them, they made high. I mean, all around the house it was high, very high.
	ʾu dàrga,ˈ ṭáṛəd-baṛáyə, dàrga,ˈ d-ʾamrìwalə,ˈ hawewa xlíma t-qɛ̀sa.ˈ ʾu dàrga,ˈ ṭáṛəd-baṛáyə, dàrga,ˈ d-ʾamrìwalə,ˈ hawewa xlíma t-qɛ̀sa.ˈ	And the darga {front door}, the outside door, the darga, as they called it, it was of thick wood.
	ʾu kud paθxə́twa ʾáθ-ṭaṛa ʾorə̀twa,ˈ hoyawa dàrtaˈ d-itàwa;ˈ yatwíwa ʾaxlìwa.ˈ ʾu kud paθxə́twa ʾáθ-ṭaṛa ʾorə̀twa,ˈ hoyawa dàrtaˈ d-itàwa;ˈ yatwíwa ʾaxlìwa.ˈ	And when you opened the door and went through, there was the courtyard, for sitting; they used to sit and eat.
	ʾā́y go qɛ̀ṭa d-amrəx.ˈ ʾani b-yŭmáθa t-awɛ bassìmə.ˈ ʾā́y go qɛ̀ṭa d-amrəx.ˈ ʾani b-yŭmáθa t-awɛ bassìmə.ˈ	That was in the summer, I'd say. These things were on the days which were fine.
	mən dàrtaˈ ʾə́θwa … ʾamríwalɛ ʾoḍáθa yan kučə̀kat.ˈ mən dàrtaˈ ʾə́θwa … ʾamríwalɛ ʾoḍáθa yan kučə̀kat.ˈ	Off the courtyard there were … (what) were called ʾoḍāθa {rooms} or kučəkat {rooms}.
	kučə́kə ġðā̀ʾ-ila, yaʿni,ˈ ʾòḍa.ˈ kučə́kə ġðā̀ʾ-ila, yaʿni,ˈ ʾòḍa.ˈ	Kučəke {room} is one, I mean, an ʾoḍa {room}.
	ʾu ʾəθwalɛ ġðā́ʾ … kŭčə́kə lo tə̀tteʾ.ˈ ʾā́y lʾèl.ˈ ʾu ʾəθwalɛ ġðā́ʾ … kŭčə́kə lo tə̀tteʾ.ˈ ʾā́y lʾèl.ˈ	And they had one … room or two. This is upstairs.
	r-rešɛ́y ʾəθwa gàrə.ˈ p-qɛ́ṭa damxìwaˈ lo darɛwa dábṛɛy, xə̀ṭṭə,ˈ ṣàrə,ˈ mà d-əθwalɛ; ˈ darɛ́wala l-gărăwàθa.ˈ r-rešɛ́y ʾəθwa gàrə.ˈ p-qɛ́ṭa damxìwaˈ lo darɛwa dábṛɛy, xə̀ṭṭə,ˈ ṣàrə,ˈ mà d-əθwalɛ; ˈ darɛ́wala l-gărăwàθa.ˈ	On top of them there was a roof. In summer they used to sleep (there) or put their provisions: wheat, barley, whatever they had; they put them on the roofs.
	ʾāy … dăṛăwáθa yasqíwalɛ ta gárə mən … dàrta.ˈ ʾāy … dăṛăwáθa yasqíwalɛ ta gárə mən … dàrta.ˈ	This … staircase they ascended to the roof from the courtyard.
	ʾu ṭăṛăwáθəd-oḍáθa … hàwɛwa yaʿniˈ … kud-ʾóḍa-u ṭăṛa dìyaḥ.ˈ ʾu ṭăṛăwáθəd-oḍáθa … hàwɛwa yaʿniˈ … kud-ʾóḍa-u ṭăṛa dìyaḥ.ˈ	And room doors … there were, I mean … Every room and its door.
	ʾu xóθəd- … d-áð-bɛθa hawewa … ʾamríwalə bikàrə.ˈ ʾu xóθəd- … d-áð-bɛθa hawewa … ʾamríwalə bikàrə.ˈ	And under this house, there was … (what) was called a bikare {stable}.
	ʾáði darɛ́wa kθăyăθɛ̀yˈ lo ḥɛwànə d-əθwalɛ,ˈ qənyànə;ˈ xmàra-wewa, tăwə̀rta hoyáwa,ˈ bàrxə.ˈ ʾáði darɛ́wa kθăyăθɛ̀yˈ lo ḥɛwànə d-əθwalɛ,ˈ qənyànə;ˈ xmàra-wewa, tăwə̀rta hoyáwa,ˈ bàrxə.ˈ	This was where they put their chickens or the animals which they had, livestock; there was a donkey, there was a cow, lambs.
	ʾo d-ə́θwalə … mə́ndi qə̀ṣṣa yaʿni:ˈ ġðā́ʾ tətté-toràθa-uˈ ṭə̀llaθ,ˈ lo xámša ʾəštà-barxə ;ˈ xằ-xmara hawéwa, ġðá-tăwərta təttéʾˈ ló xatre-bàrxə-u kθăyàθa.ˈ ʾo d-ə́θwalə … mə́ndi qə̀ṣṣa yaʿni:ˈ ġðā́ʾ tətté-toràθa-uˈ ṭə̀llaθ,ˈ lo xámša ʾəštà-barxə ;ˈ xằ-xmara hawéwa, ġðá-tăwərta təttéʾˈ ló xatre-bàrxə-u kθăyàθa.ˈ	He who had few, I mean two cows or three, or five or six lambs; there was one donkey, one cow or two, or one or two lambs, and chickens.
	kúllɛ naxθíwa l-sàrdab,ˈ də-kəmrəxlə bikàrə;ˈ sardab b-ʿarabi-la.ˈ kəmrə́xlə bikàrə.ˈ kúllɛ naxθíwa l-sàrdab,ˈ də-kəmrəxlə bikàrə;ˈ sardab b-ʿarabi-la.ˈ kəmrə́xlə bikàrə.ˈ	All of them went down into the sardab {cellar}, which we call bikare; sardab is in Arabic. We call it bikāre.
	ʾu táma … b-bikárə hawéθənwa dàbṛə:ˈ xə́ṭṭə darɛ́walɛ go Abăramī̀lA hawɛ́waˈ lo p-sàndə;ˈ ʾu táma … b-bikárə hawéθənwa dàbṛə:ˈ xə́ṭṭə darɛ́walɛ go Abăramī̀lA hawɛ́waˈ lo p-sàndə;ˈ	And there, in the bikare there were provisions: wheat they put in – barrels, they were, or in pots.
	darɛwa gùpta-uˈ ṭárpəd- … măwešíwa ṭárpəd- … d-ʾə̀nwiθa, ˈ yapràġə,ˈ ʾu túma-u bə̀ṣlə …ˈ ʾánɛ d-dárɛwalɛ ltèx.ˈ go bikàrə.ˈ darɛwa gùpta-uˈ ṭárpəd- … măwešíwa ṭárpəd- … d-ʾə̀nwiθa, ˈ yapràġə,ˈ ʾu túma-u bə̀ṣlə …ˈ ʾánɛ d-dárɛwalɛ ltèx.ˈ go bikàrə.ˈ	They put cheese and leaves of – they dried grape leaves, stuffed vine-leaves, and garlic and onions … those they put below. In the bikāre.
	ʾu ʾoḍáθa hawɛwa pšìṭə;ˈ láθwalɛ … (ʾəlla) ġðā́ʾ taḥtíya … prə̀sta.ˈ ʾā́y go sə́twa parsìwala,ˈ lánnăhu qàrθa.ˈ ʾu ʾoḍáθa hawɛwa pšìṭə;ˈ láθwalɛ … (ʾəlla) ġðā́ʾ taḥtíya … prə̀sta.ˈ ʾā́y go sə́twa parsìwala,ˈ lánnăhu qàrθa.ˈ	And the houses were simple; they only had a … felt cloth … spread out. This they spread out in winter, because it was cold.
	ʾu kawéθən mànqal,ˈ d-mašxònə. ˈ ʾu … ʾā̀y.ˈ ʾəθwa maṭráḥə-u lăḥáfə ṣípə ta dmàxa.ˈ ʾu kawéθən mànqal,ˈ d-mašxònə. ˈ ʾu … ʾā̀y.ˈ ʾəθwa maṭráḥə-u lăḥáfə ṣípə ta dmàxa.ˈ	And there is a brazier, for heating. And … so on. There were mattresses and bedcovers stacked up for sleeping.
	ʾā́y mmaḥkóyə l-álquš ʾatə̀qta,ˈ yŭmáθa qămáyə ʾătìqə.ˈ t-qámməd- … raxšíwa ta qàma d-amrəx.ˈ ʾā́y mmaḥkóyə l-álquš ʾatə̀qta,ˈ yŭmáθa qămáyə ʾătìqə.ˈ t-qámməd- … raxšíwa ta qàma d-amrəx.ˈ	This is talking about the old Alqosh, the former, old days. From before they 'progressed', as we say.
	ʾu dắha bátəd-àlqušˈ … yáʿni mṭŭwèṛɛ;ˈ pə́šlɛ ġ-bátə dəx d-ílɛ p-kùl-dukkanə,ˈ b-báġdad-u mòṣəl-u …ˈ ʾu dắha bátəd-àlqušˈ … yáʿni mṭŭwèṛɛ;ˈ pə́šlɛ ġ-bátə dəx d-ílɛ p-kùl-dukkanə,ˈ b-báġdad-u mòṣəl-u …ˈ	And now the houses of Alqosh, I mean, they developed; they became like houses as they are in all the places, in Baghdad and Mosul:
	bɛ̀θa ʾu … ʾíbə bəstána, ḥadī̀qa-u màtxal-uˈ m-āy (?) bdòrət-u (?) , hoḷā̀t-uˈ ʾibə ʾitáwa-u stəqbā́l-u ṭăʿā̀m; dəx d-an-šúlə.ˈ bɛ̀θa ʾu … ʾíbə bəstána, ḥadī̀qa-u màtxal-uˈ m-āy (?) bdòrət-u (?) , hoḷā̀t-uˈ ʾibə ʾitáwa-u stəqbā́l-u ṭăʿā̀m; dəx d-an-šúlə.ˈ	A house … and it has a garden, a garden and an entrance – from this you enter – and halls and it has a reception room and a dining room; things like these.
	ʾu kŭðilɛ trè-qaṭə-u …ˈ mənnɛ́y ṭlàθa-u …ˈ yáʿni bɛθăwàθa,ˈ mən d-àni.ˈ d-ílɛ bə-mðinàθa, d-amrəx.ˈ ʾu kŭðilɛ trè-qaṭə-u …ˈ mənnɛ́y ṭlàθa-u …ˈ yáʿni bɛθăwàθa,ˈ mən d-àni.ˈ d-ílɛ bə-mðinàθa, d-amrəx.ˈ	And they make two floors and some of them three … I mean, houses, such as these. The ones which are in the towns, we would say.
	bas ʾáni t-qamɛ́θa, xá-məndi xə̀nna-wɛwa.ˈ bas ʾáni t-qamɛ́θa, xá-məndi xə̀nna-wɛwa.ˈ	But the ones of before, they were something different. In, I mean, the old days, before nineteen sixty, nineteen – I'd say – sixty, those days, they were like this, the houses in Alqosh.
	yŭmáθəd- … yaʿni qămáyə, ˈ qam … ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u ʾə̀šti-u,ˈ ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u … d-amrəx-u ʾə̀šti,ˈ ʾánɛ-yŭmaθa: ʾàdax-wɛwa,ˈ bátəd- … b-àlquš.ˈ yŭmáθəd- … yaʿni qămáyə, ˈ qam … ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u ʾə̀šti-u,ˈ ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u … d-amrəx-u ʾə̀šti,ˈ ʾánɛ-yŭmaθa: ʾàdax-wɛwa,ˈ bátəd- … b-àlquš.ˈ	As I was saying, all bikāres and cows and cellars and so on.
	dəx də-wənwa mmàra:ˈ kúllɛ bikarwàθa-uˈ toràθa-u sardàbə-uˈ … ʾàni.ˈ dəx də-wənwa mmàra:ˈ kúllɛ bikarwàθa-uˈ toràθa-u sardàbə-uˈ … ʾàni.ˈ</span>

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<span class=aramaic>(1) bɛθăwáθa b-ʾàlquš,ˈ bɛθăwáθa ʾătìqə,ˈ ʾan d-ílɛ ʾătìqə:ˈ (2) bɛ̀θa,ˈ keðútun … lắ-wawa šɛ́na-u šlàma. ˈ zdòθa-wawa.ˈ ʾə́θwa hjàma,ˈ ʾəθwa nhába-u slàba. ˈ (3) bɛθăwáθa kúllɛ ʾoðíwalɛ ʿlòyə.ˈ yaʿni … dáyər-ma-dayərəd-bɛ́θa hawewa ʿlòya -ˈ kăbìra ʿloya.ˈ

(4) ʾu dàrga,ˈ ṭáṛəd-baṛáyə, dàrga,ˈ d-ʾamrìwalə,ˈ hawewa xlíma t-qɛ̀sa.ˈ (5) ʾu kud paθxə́twa ʾáθ-ṭaṛa ʾorə̀twa,ˈ hoyawa dàrtaˈ d-itàwa;ˈ yatwíwa ʾaxlìwa.ˈ (6) ʾā́y go qɛ̀ṭa d-amrəx.ˈ ʾani b-yŭmáθa t-awɛ  bassìmə.ˈ

(7) mən dàrtaˈ ʾə́θwa … ʾamríwalɛ ʾoḍáθa yan kučə̀kat.ˈ (8) kučə́kə ġðā̀ʾ-ila, yaʿni,ˈ ʾòḍa.ˈ (9) ʾu ʾəθwalɛ ġðā́ʾ … kŭčə́kə lo tə̀tteʾ.ˈ ʾā́y lʾèl.ˈ (10) r-rešɛ́y ʾəθwa gàrə.ˈ p-qɛ́ṭa damxìwaˈ lo darɛwa dábṛɛy, xə̀ṭṭə,ˈ ṣàrə,ˈ mà d-əθwalɛ; ˈ darɛ́wala l-gărăwàθa.ˈ (11) ʾāy … dăṛăwáθa yasqíwalɛ ta gárə mən … dàrta.ˈ (12) ʾu ṭăṛăwáθəd-oḍáθa … hàwɛwa yaʿniˈ … kud-ʾóḍa-u ṭăṛa dìyaḥ.ˈ

(13) ʾu xóθəd- … d-áð-bɛθa hawewa … ʾamríwalə bikàrə.ˈ (14) ʾáði darɛ́wa kθăyăθɛ̀yˈ lo ḥɛwànə d-əθwalɛ,ˈ qənyànə;ˈ xmàra-wewa,  tăwə̀rta hoyáwa,ˈ bàrxə.ˈ (15) ʾo d-ə́θwalə … mə́ndi qə̀ṣṣa yaʿni:ˈ ġðā́ʾ tətté-toràθa-uˈ ṭə̀llaθ,ˈ lo xámša ʾəštà-barxə ;ˈ xằ-xmara hawéwa, ġðá-tăwərta təttéʾˈ ló xatre-bàrxə-u kθăyàθa.ˈ (16) kúllɛ naxθíwa l-sàrdab,ˈ də-kəmrəxlə bikàrə;ˈ sardab b-ʿarabi-la.ˈ kəmrə́xlə bikàrə.ˈ (17) ʾu táma … b-bikárə hawéθənwa  dàbṛə:ˈ xə́ṭṭə darɛ́walɛ go Abăramī̀lA  hawɛ́waˈ lo p-sàndə;ˈ (18) darɛwa gùpta-uˈ ṭárpəd- … măwešíwa ṭárpəd- … d-ʾə̀nwiθa, ˈ  yapràġə,ˈ ʾu túma-u bə̀ṣlə …ˈ ʾánɛ d-dárɛwalɛ ltèx.ˈ go bikàrə.ˈ

(19) ʾu ʾoḍáθa hawɛwa pšìṭə;ˈ láθwalɛ … (ʾəlla) ġðā́ʾ taḥtíya … prə̀sta.ˈ ʾā́y go sə́twa parsìwala,ˈ lánnăhu qàrθa.ˈ (20) ʾu kawéθən  mànqal,ˈ d-mašxònə. ˈ ʾu … ʾā̀y.ˈ ʾəθwa maṭráḥə-u lăḥáfə ṣípə ta dmàxa.ˈ (21) ʾā́y mmaḥkóyə l-álquš ʾatə̀qta,ˈ yŭmáθa qămáyə ʾătìqə.ˈ t-qámməd- … raxšíwa ta qàma d-amrəx.ˈ

(22) ʾu dắha bátəd-àlqušˈ … yáʿni mṭŭwèṛɛ;ˈ pə́šlɛ ġ-bátə dəx d-ílɛ p-kùl-dukkanə,ˈ b-báġdad-u mòṣəl-u …ˈ (23) bɛ̀θa ʾu … ʾíbə bəstána, ḥadī̀qa-u màtxal-uˈ m-āy (?) bdòrət-u (?) , hoḷā̀t-uˈ ʾibə ʾitáwa-u stəqbā́l-u ṭăʿā̀m; dəx d-an-šúlə.ˈ (24) ʾu kŭðilɛ trè-qaṭə-u …ˈ mənnɛ́y ṭlàθa-u …ˈ yáʿni bɛθăwàθa,ˈ mən d-àni.ˈ d-ílɛ bə-mðinàθa, d-amrəx.ˈ

(25) bas ʾáni t-qamɛ́θa, xá-məndi xə̀nna-wɛwa.ˈ (26) yŭmáθəd- … yaʿni qămáyə, ˈ qam … ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u ʾə̀šti-u,ˈ ʾálpa-u təššá-ʾəmma-u … d-amrəx-u ʾə̀šti,ˈ ʾánɛ-yŭmaθa: ʾàdax-wɛwa,ˈ bátəd- … b-àlquš.ˈ (27) dəx də-wənwa mmàra:ˈ kúllɛ bikarwàθa-uˈ toràθa-u sardàbə-uˈ … ʾàni.ˈ</span>

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(1) Houses in Alqosh, the old houses, those which are old: (2) A house, you know … there wasn't peace and security. There was fear. There was raiding, there was looting and pillaging. (3) The houses, all of them, they made high. I mean, all around the house it was high, very high.

(4) And the darga {front door}, the outside door, the darga, as they called it, it was of thick wood.  (5) And when you opened the door and went through, there was the courtyard, for sitting; they used to sit and eat. (6) That was in the summer, I'd say.  These things were on the days which were fine.

(7) Off the courtyard there were … (what) were called ʾoḍāθa {rooms} or kučəkat {rooms}. (8) Kučəke {room} is one, I mean, an ʾoḍa {room}. (9) And they had one … room or two. This is upstairs. (10) On top of them there was a roof. In summer they used to sleep (there) or put their provisions: wheat, barley, whatever they had; they put them on the roofs. (11) This … staircase they ascended to the roof from the courtyard. (12) And room doors … there were, I mean … Every room and its door.

(13) And under this house, there was … (what) was called a bikare {stable}. (14) This was where they put  their chickens or the animals which they had, livestock; there was a donkey, there was a cow, lambs. (15) He who had few, I mean two cows or three, or five or six lambs; there was one donkey, one cow or two, or one or two lambs, and chickens. (16) All of them went down into the sardab {cellar}, which we call bikare; sardab is in Arabic.  We call it bikāre. (17) And there, in the bikare there were provisions: wheat  they put in – barrels, they were, or in pots. (18) They put cheese and leaves of – they dried grape leaves, stuffed vine-leaves, and garlic and onions … those they put below. In the bikāre.

(19) And the houses were simple; they only had a …  felt cloth … spread out. This they spread out in winter, because it was cold. (20) And there is a brazier, for heating. And … so on. There were mattresses and bedcovers stacked up for sleeping. (21) This is talking about the old Alqosh, the former, old days. From before  they 'progressed', as we say.

(22) And now the houses of Alqosh, I mean, they developed; they became like houses as they are in all the places, in Baghdad and Mosul: (23) A house … and it has a garden, a garden and an entrance – from this you enter  – and halls and it has a reception room and a dining room; things like these. (24) And they make two floors and some of them three … I mean, houses, such as these. The ones which are in the towns, we would say.

(25) But the ones of before, they were something different. In, I mean, the old days, before nineteen sixty, nineteen – I'd say  – sixty, those days, they were like this, the houses in Alqosh. (27) As I was saying, all bikāres and cows and cellars and so on.