{"id":5290,"date":"2014-05-22T20:09:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2014-10-11T13:40:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T13:40:47","slug":"on-teanga-taino-go-gaeilge-barabicu-go-bearbaiciu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/on-teanga-taino-go-gaeilge-barabicu-go-bearbaiciu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3n Teanga Ta\u00edno go Gaeilge (‘barabicu’ go ‘be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last blog, we referred to “s\u00e9as\u00far na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna<\/strong>” (barbecue season) while discussing the Irish word “citseap<\/strong>” (from the Chinese ‘k\u00f4e-chiap’<\/em> or its Malay variation).\u00a0 This blog will look more closely at the word “be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa<\/strong>” itself, which, clearly enough, means “barbecue.”\u00a0 Or should that be “barbeque”?\u00a0 Or “bar-b-q”?\u00a0\u00a0 Or BBQ?\u00a0 Or, “the barbie” (a bhu\u00ed leis na hAstr\u00e1laigh, lena gcuid “ie-anna” mar<\/strong> brekkie, caulie, muddie, stubbie, tallie, tinnie, etc.).\u00a0 “Barbie” seems to sound like “Bobby” when the Australians (na hAstr\u00e1laigh<\/strong>) say it.\u00a0 Ach, B\u00e9arla na hAstr\u00e1ile, sin \u00e1bhar blag eile (agus tionchar na Gaeilge air)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, so far at least, I’ve only seen one spelling for the word in Irish, “be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa<\/strong>,” probably because it’s a relative newcomer to the language.\u00a0 And those B-Q-variations wouldn’t be likely in a language that has so few words spelled\u00a0with a “q,” which was not traditionally a part of the 18-letter original Irish alphabet. \u00a0“Quin\u00edn<\/strong>” and “quineol<\/strong>” are the two prominent exceptions.<\/p>\n

There is one more related word for “barbecue” in Irish, with a completely different history, “fulacht<\/strong>.”\u00a0\u00a0 Too much for one blog, so this will be \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>, some day.\u00a0 I have to admit that “fulacht<\/strong>” always makes me think of the Fianna<\/strong> and “na SeanGhaeil<\/strong>,” not of L\u00e1 Saoirse<\/strong> or L\u00e1 Cuimhneach\u00e1in” i Meirice\u00e1<\/strong>. \u00a0I guess that was because I first heard the word in stories of Fionn Mac Cumhail and his warriors (na Fianna<\/strong>), where the meat was more likely hog than hot dog.<\/p>\n

What about the history of the word “barbecue” as such, anyway?\u00a0 It’s been in the English language since at least 1661, with various spellings and inflections, like “barbacu’d” and “barbecu’s.”\u00a0 Samuel Johnson nailed our modern spelling with his definition of “barbecue” (spelled thus): a hog dressed whole” referring to the original custom of cooking the whole animal in a pit, not over a grill.\u00a0\u00a0 The word came into English via the Spanish, who wrote it as “barbacoa<\/em>,” based on the original “barabicu<\/em>” in Ta\u00edno (an Arawakan language).\u00a0 Not that the Ta\u00edno people were writing the word out in the 17th century, but presumably the Spanish heard “barabicu<\/em>” and wrote it as “barbacoa<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

I’ve only seen it in Irish in the last couple of decades.\u00a0 Tagairt ar bith roimhe sin, a l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are the forms of the word:<\/p>\n

an be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa<\/strong>, the barbecue<\/p>\n

an bhe\u00e1rbaici\u00fa<\/strong> [un VyAWR-bik-yoo], of the barbecue; blas an bhe\u00e1rbaici\u00fa<\/strong> (the taste of the barbecue)<\/p>\n

na be\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna<\/strong>, the barbecues, with the “-(\u00fa)nna” plural ending, as found in a few, but not many, Irish words, like cri\u00fanna<\/strong>, scri\u00fanna<\/strong>, br\u00fascri\u00fanna<\/strong>, and caisi\u00fanna <\/strong>(aka cn\u00f3nna caisi\u00fa<\/strong>), and from the Japanese “kokyus<\/em>,” coici\u00fanna.\u00a0 <\/strong>The “-nna” ending is sometimes applied to other vowels, as in cn\u00f3nna<\/strong>, <\/strong>which we just saw in “cn\u00f3nna caisi\u00fa<\/strong>,” <\/strong>and “sle\u00e1nna<\/strong>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna<\/strong> [nuh MyAWR-bik-yoo-nuh], of the barbecues;\u00a0d\u00e1ta\u00ed na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna<\/strong> (the dates of the barbecues, referring to an event, not the food or equipment itself)<\/p>\n

Some of the meats that are typically barbecued, in approximate order of popularity, are:<\/p>\n

muiceoil <\/strong><\/p>\n

mairteoil<\/strong><\/p>\n

isp\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

sic\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

turca\u00ed<\/strong>, <\/strong>and somewhat uniquely, specifically in western Kentucky,<\/p>\n

caoireoil<\/strong> (not usually eaten much in the U.S., not even in “<\/strong>stobhach Gaelach<\/strong>,”<\/strong> which many Americans make with “<\/strong>mairteoil<\/strong>” <\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u00e9n cine\u00e1l be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa is fearr leat?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Any favorite barbecue recipes you’d care to share?\u00a0I nGaeilge n\u00f3 i mB\u00e9arla?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>If you send it in English, we can make it a future blog to translate it into Irish.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an blag seo ag cur ocrais orm!\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: caoireoil<\/strong>, mutton; <\/strong>isp\u00edn<\/strong>, sausage; mairteoil<\/strong>, beef; muiceoil<\/strong>, pork; ocrais<\/strong>, (of) hunger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In the last blog, we referred to “s\u00e9as\u00far na mbe\u00e1rbaici\u00fanna” (barbecue season) while discussing the Irish word “citseap” (from the Chinese ‘k\u00f4e-chiap’ or its Malay variation).\u00a0 This blog will look more closely at the word “be\u00e1rbaici\u00fa” itself, which, clearly enough, means “barbecue.”\u00a0 Or should that be “barbeque”?\u00a0 Or “bar-b-q”?\u00a0\u00a0 Or BBQ?\u00a0 Or, “the…<\/p>\n

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