Table 10 Elevation, aspect, and geomorphology related set of Csángó habitat terms, their meanings and English equivalents (literal translations of names are given in parentheses)
Csángó habitat names | Meanings and English equivalents |
|---|---|
bennvaló hely, bent 1 | Grasslands and fields in the valley among the houses (inner place) |
lokhely / alj / alvidék / falu 1 | Inhabited areas in the valleys at lower elevation (inhabited place / bottom / in low region / village) |
ódal, ódalas hely 1 | Side/slope of a valley (sided, sided place) |
kinnvaló hely 1 | High mountain grasslands and forests (outer place) |
hegy, havas 1 | High mountain grasslands and forests (mountain / snowy) |
csúf hely 2,3 | Area not mown or grazed, stony or with twigs, or steep, difficult to walk through (ugly place) |
porond 2 | Young and old stream banks (deposits) with gravel (elevated) |
domb, dombos hely 1,2 | An area with remnant soil hummocks of fallen spruce trees (hill, hilly place) |
verőfényes hely 1 | Southern slope (place with bright sunshine) |
észkos hely, észok 1 | Northern slope (northy place) |
vőgy, szurduk, hajlás 1 | Valley, canyon, incline (the same) |
muzsda 3 | Edge of an arable terrace |
hegyi gödrök 3 | Large depressions in the mountains with grasslands and surrounded by forests (mountain holes) |
tető, legmagosabb hely 1 | Hilltop, highest place (the same) |
meredek 1 | Steep slopes in the mountains (steep) |