гудъ

Solombala English

Alternative forms

• гутъ (gut)

Etymology

Inherited from English good. The form гутъ (gut) resembles German gut (“good”).

Adjective

гудъ (gud)

1. good

   Synonym: добра (dobra)

   Вери гудъ. ― Veri gud. ― Very good.

   • 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.

   • 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.

Related terms

• вери гудъ (veri gud, “very good”)

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