Re: Terkishe vs Terkisher

[Asya Vaisman <klezmer...>]

I think Terkisher is the male singular adjective, while terkishe is either
female singular or any kind of plural adjective, as in "terkishe ritmen"
vs "a terkisher ritm". Or something. And in Yiddish, it would be with a
"te", not with a "tu".

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Helen Winkler wrote:

> Just wondering, sometimes I see the klezmer tunes with the syrtos
> rhythm called Terkisher and sometims Terkishe.  Is one a noun and the
> other an adjective?  Is it preferable to use one term over the other?
> The spelling also varies from--sometimes Tu sometimes Te--are they
> both acceptable? Helen

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