Tederxistinok II: Kurdish Riddles.

[burhan elturan]

Cuwaben tederxistonekan:
Answers to the Riddles:

9. Tishteki min heye, 9. I have something,
Vi ali diwar, This side of it a wall,
Wi ali diwar, that side of it a wall,
Navda tishteki har, A rabid thing in between,
Ev chiye? What is it?
(Shur) (sword in its sheath)

10. Tishteki min heye, 10. I have something,
Ga diche ash, The ox enters into the mill,
Bochik nache ash. But his tail does not.
(Kevchi) (spoon)

11. Ew chiye: 11. What is that:
Ga dibim ser ave, I take the ox to the water,
Ga ave naxwe, The ox does not drink water,
Bochik ave dixwe? But his tail does?
(P'ilta chiree) (the wick of a lamp)

12. Dik'eke, dek'vaneke, 12. It's a rooster, and a crafty one,
Char mine, beraneke, They are four ewes, and a ram,
Ew chiye? What is that?
(T'ili, dest) (Fingers, hand)

13. Tishteki min heye: 13. I have something:
Dikishe ne me're, Slithers, but is not a snake,
Dimike ne kare, Bleets but is not a goat,
Pisht kevane, His back a lance,
Sing dare? his chest is wood?
(K'usi) (porcupine)

14. Ew chiye, 14. What is it:
Kap ave vedixwe, The rope drinks the water,
Golik diwarime? But the calf swells?
Zebesh) (Watermelon)

15. Ew chiye: 15. What is it:
Kaghezek hat dinee, A paper came to this earth,
Wisa hure, qe naye xwandine? It's pages are so small that
(Kari) cannot be read?
(mashroom - agaricus, and its
gills)
16. Ew chiye: 16. What is it:
Otaxeke shushti - mushti, A room all clean and neat,
Xatunek teda runishti? A lady sitting in it?
(Ziman) (Tongue and mouth)

17. Ew chiye: 17. What is it:
Radibe digiri, It gets up and whines,
Rudine digiri? Sits down and whines?
(Zincir) (Metal chains)