Table 8 Soil type and bed rock 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 |
|---|---|
kő, szikla 2,3 | Boulder, rock (the same) |
kőpóc 3 | Small grassland patches on flat rock surfaces on rock cliffs (rock shelf) |
köves hely 2,3 | Rocky area with open vegetation (stony place) |
palaköves 2 | Place with slates (the same) |
fehér kő, mészkő 2,3 | Limestone (white rock, limestone) |
kőcsúszásos hely 2 | Scree (place where rocks slide) |
kavicsos hely 2 | Area with gravel (gravelly place) |
agyagos hely 2 | Area with loamy soils (loamy place) |
nyirkos hely 3 | A damp area often under trees (damp place) |
iszapos hely 2 | Area with muddy soils (muddy place) |
homokos hely 2 | Sandy soils (sandy place) |
lágy / nedves hely 3 | ‘Soils’ of wetlands (soft / damp place) |
erős, szikár, szikonyos 1,2 | Area with dry soils (strong place / barren / ?) |
kövér, zsíros hely 1,2 | Nutrient rich area (fat place) |
sovány, silány hely 1,2 | Nutrient poor area (thin place) |