houses on runners

Bosnian translation: kuće na salincima/sankama/saonicama

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English term or phrase:houses on runners
Bosnian translation:kuće na salincima/sankama/saonicama
Entered by: Mediha Dervisic

22:09 Dec 10, 2011
English to Bosnian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: houses on runners
The Dolgan people from Siberia’s Taymyr Peninsula build houses on runners so they can move around.
Mediha Dervisic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 11:42
kuće na salincima/sankama/saonicama
Explanation:

Pogledajte sliku:
„In many societies, housing is well adapted to environment. The Dolgon of Siberia build house on runners which can then be moved from place to place by reindeer teams.“
( http://books.google.rs/books?id=9KqDZ-TEGeAC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA8... )


Ili ovu sliku:
“Little House on Runners”
( http://dogs-plot.blogspot.com/2007/11/little-house-on-runner... )


runner:
1. trkač
2. krijumčar
3. dug, uzak tepih
4. trakast stolnjak
5. salinac (donji deo - dio saonica)
6. klizač
7. kurir
8. petlja; she has a ~ in her stocking otišla joj je žica (petlja) na čarapi (Br. is ladder 2)
[Morton Benson Dictionary]
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V&M Stanković
Serbia
Local time: 11:42
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4 +1kuće na salincima/sankama/saonicama
V&M Stanković
4kuće na valjcima
Sasa Kalcik


  

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kuće na valjcima


Explanation:
runner = valjak

http://www.rjecnik.ba/index.php?txtWord=run&cbDB=engleski&ty...

http://www.eudict.com/?word=runner&go=Search&lang=engcro

http://www.moj-rjecnik.net/wct_index.php?run=rez&wct=198&lan...



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Note added at 39 mins (2011-12-10 22:48:34 GMT)
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valjak, (runner)
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/runner...

Sasa Kalcik
Croatia
Local time: 11:42
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in FrenchFrench
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kuće na salincima/sankama/saonicama


Explanation:

Pogledajte sliku:
„In many societies, housing is well adapted to environment. The Dolgon of Siberia build house on runners which can then be moved from place to place by reindeer teams.“
( http://books.google.rs/books?id=9KqDZ-TEGeAC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA8... )


Ili ovu sliku:
“Little House on Runners”
( http://dogs-plot.blogspot.com/2007/11/little-house-on-runner... )


runner:
1. trkač
2. krijumčar
3. dug, uzak tepih
4. trakast stolnjak
5. salinac (donji deo - dio saonica)
6. klizač
7. kurir
8. petlja; she has a ~ in her stocking otišla joj je žica (petlja) na čarapi (Br. is ladder 2)
[Morton Benson Dictionary]

V&M Stanković
Serbia
Local time: 11:42
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4
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