попри пальцу

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Literally, “along the finger”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔpri ˈpaʎt͡su]
  • Hyphenation: по‧при паль‧цу

Adverb

попри пальцу (popri palʹcu)

  1. (idiomatic) very little, very few
    буц / жиц / остац попри пальцу ― buc / žic / ostac popri palʹcu ― to barely make ends meet (literally, “to be / live / stay along the finger”)
    дакеди ше єдзенє попри пальцу цукровало ― dakedi še jedzenje popri palʹcu cukrovalo ― there was very little sugar (literally, “food used to be sugared along the finger”)

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