{"id":11118,"date":"2019-07-31T06:56:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T06:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2019-09-07T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T10:58:04","slug":"who-nests-on-the-berm-above-the-wrack-line-the-irish-for-sea-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/who-nests-on-the-berm-above-the-wrack-line-the-irish-for-sea-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Nests on the Berm, above the Wrack Line?: The Irish for ‘Sea Turtle’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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graphic: A\u00a0Kemp’s ridley sea turtle\u00a0nesting on the berm section of the beach, beyond can be seen\u00a0plant debris\u00a0in the wrack line, http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/pais\/naturescience\/Nesting-Kemps-ridley-Sea-Turtles.htm<\/a> (per https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beach#\/media\/File:Kemp’s_Ridley_sea_turtle_nesting.JPG<\/a> ); public domain; t\u00e9acs Gaeilge le Roislin, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the last blog,\u00a0we looked at some terms for the four main sections of a beach (crios slaparna\u00ed, urthr\u00e1, l\u00edne raice, agus beirm<\/strong>).\u00a0 Today we’ll look one resident of such terrain, the sea turtle, and then some general related testudinological vocabulary<\/p>\n

turtle: turtar, an turtar, na turtair<\/strong>, the turtle(s)<\/p>\n

sea turtle: turtar mara, an turtar mara, na turtair mhara<\/strong>, the sea turtle(s).\u00a0 “Mara<\/strong>” comes from “muir<\/strong>” meaning “sea” in Irish and is a nice cognate to words for “sea” in various other Indo-European languages (Latin: mare<\/em>, Welsh, m\u00f4r<\/em>, French: mer<\/em>, etc.)<\/p>\n

Now I haven’t been able to find a specific Irish-language reference to “Kemp’s ridley sea turtle” (Lepidochelys kempii<\/em>) as shown in the picture above, but I would imagine it would translate to “turtar mara ridley Kemp<\/strong>,” losing the ” ‘s ” since that doesn’t show possession in Irish.\u00a0 The “ridley” part seems to mostly be written in lower case and I haven’t found a clear explanation of it, although it looks like a person’s name to me (so why lower case?).\u00a0 “Kemp” is definitely a person’s name, from Richard M. Kemp, a fisherman who was the first to describe the species in Florida.<\/p>\n

terrapin: tirip\u00edn, an tirip\u00edn, na tirip\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>, the terrapin(s).\u00a0 Confusingly, this can also just be called “turtar<\/strong>” in Irish.<\/p>\n

tortoise: toirt\u00eds, an toirt\u00eds, na toirt\u00eds\u00ed,<\/strong> the tortoise(s)<\/p>\n

And by the way, I think I had some misconceptions about these animals as a child.\u00a0 As I understand it now,\u00a0 “turtles” (turtair<\/strong>) live mostly in water and have noticeably webbed feet.\u00a0 \u00a0“Terrapins” (tirip\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>), a mostly North American word, being of Algonquin origin, live mostly where the water meets the land, be it brackish or fresh, and are a kind of in-between category.\u00a0 “Tortoises” (toirt\u00eds\u00ed<\/strong>) is usually used for the land animal, with feet adapted for crawling on land.<\/p>\n

It still seems a bit strange to me because I think I’ve only seen “box turtles” well inland and not particularly near water, but I guess it’s just a question of where they wander.<\/p>\n

And then there’s always the theoretical “mock turtle,” from which “mock turtle soup” is made.\u00a0 Actual turtle soup is “anraith turtair<\/strong>” (lit. soup of turtle) and mock turtle soup is “br\u00e9aganraith turtair<\/strong>” (lit. fake\/mock soup of turtle).\u00a0 Mock turtle soup can be made from any of the following ingredients instead of turtle meat – there doesn’t seem to be an absolute decree:<\/p>\n

calf’s head: ceann lao<\/strong> (with any horn part boiled until soft and then cut into small pieces)<\/p>\n

calf’s foot: cr\u00fab lao<\/strong>; presumably it would take more than one “cr\u00fab<\/strong>” to make the “anraith<\/strong>,” so the ingredients (na comh\u00e1bhair<\/strong>) would call for “cr\u00faba lao<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The main other place I’ve encountered the phrase “cr\u00fab lao<\/strong>,” since I’m not really involved in “c\u00faram cos ceathairchosach cl\u00f3is<\/strong>,” is in the phrase “gl\u00f3thach cr\u00fab lao<\/strong>,” which is _________ in English (freagra th\u00edos<\/strong>), with “cr\u00fab<\/strong>” in the “tuiseal ginideach iolra<\/strong>.” D\u00f3igh \u00e9igin, n\u00ed chuireann an t\u00e9arma “gl\u00f3thach cr\u00fab lao” faobhar ar mo o ghoile c\u00e9 nach feoils\u00e9ant\u00f3ir (veigeat\u00f3ir) ioml\u00e1n m\u00e9.\u00a0 An gcuireann s\u00e9 faobhar ar do ghoile-se<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

stewing beef: mairteoil stobhaigh<\/strong><\/p>\n

alligator: ailig\u00e9adar<\/strong> — hmm, this is sounding less and less “blasta<\/strong>” to me!!<\/p>\n

Frankly, I’m not I’m not very interested in consuming turtle soup or mock turtle soup, whichever comh\u00e1bhair<\/strong> it’s made from.<\/p>\n

So, there we have turtle in general, sea turtle, terrapin, and tortoise, plus an intriguing foray into the makings of mock turtle soup.\u00a0 Hope you enjoyed it and that you’ve had some good summer fun “ag an tr\u00e1<\/strong>,” whether you’re in the crios\/z\u00f3n slaparna\u00ed<\/strong>, the urthr\u00e1<\/strong>, the l\u00edne raice<\/strong>, or the beirm.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra: gl\u00f3thach cr\u00fab lao<\/strong>, calves’ foot jelly, which I’ve only read about, but never eaten.\u00a0 And last I read about it was ages ago — san \u00fatrsc\u00e9al\u00a0<\/strong> Pollyanna<\/em>, m\u00e1s cuimhin liom i gceart \u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gluais\u00edn<\/strong>: c\u00faram, care; cos, foot, of feet; ceathairchosach<\/strong>, a quadruped, of quadrupeds; cl\u00f3is,<\/strong> of a farmyard\/enclosure, domestic (re: animals)<\/p>\n

PS: Of course, with all the emphasis on and news about lab-grown meat, it puts the whole concept of “mock turtle soup” into a new perspective, doesn’t it?\u00a0 \u00a0So I guess “feoil shaothraithe<\/strong>” will be the subject of “an ch\u00e9ad bhlag eile<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) graphic: A\u00a0Kemp’s ridley sea turtle\u00a0nesting on the berm section of the beach, beyond can be seen\u00a0plant debris\u00a0in the wrack line, http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/pais\/naturescience\/Nesting-Kemps-ridley-Sea-Turtles.htm (per https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beach#\/media\/File:Kemp’s_Ridley_sea_turtle_nesting.JPG ); public domain; t\u00e9acs Gaeilge le Roislin, 2019   In the last blog,\u00a0we looked at some terms for the four main sections of a beach (crios slaparna\u00ed, urthr\u00e1, l\u00edne raice…<\/p>\n

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