σουρμιές

English translation: crawling | groove, fissure

09:19 Oct 21, 2019
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Greek term or phrase: σουρμιές
Καλησπέρα! Συνάντησα τη λέξη «σουρμιές» σε ένα ποίημα που μεταφράζω και αναρωτιέμαι για την απόδοσή της γιατί δεν μπορώ να τη βρω πουθενά. Μπορεί κάποιος να βοηθήσει; Ευχαριστώ εκ των προτέρων!
Elena Tentoma
Greece
English translation:crawling | groove, fissure
Explanation:
= σύρσιμο | ήχος συρσίματος | αυλάκι (από συρόμενο σώμα | από τα νερά της βροχής που κατεβαίνουν από την πλαγιά όρους)

https://morphologia_gr_en.enacademic.com/1256097/συρμή

Παροιμία: Ακούς τη σουρμιά και ρωτάς για το φίδι; (για την περίπτωση προφανέστατου κινδύνου)

στις σουρμές των βράχων > in the grooves / fissures of the rocks
https://astrosparalio.gr/2019/09/04/3844/
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4 +4crawling | groove, fissure
Nick Lingris
4tracks
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συρμή, σουρμή, σουρμιά
crawling | groove, fissure


Explanation:
= σύρσιμο | ήχος συρσίματος | αυλάκι (από συρόμενο σώμα | από τα νερά της βροχής που κατεβαίνουν από την πλαγιά όρους)

https://morphologia_gr_en.enacademic.com/1256097/συρμή

Παροιμία: Ακούς τη σουρμιά και ρωτάς για το φίδι; (για την περίπτωση προφανέστατου κινδύνου)

στις σουρμές των βράχων > in the grooves / fissures of the rocks
https://astrosparalio.gr/2019/09/04/3844/


Nick Lingris
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agree  Kyriacos Georghiou
2 hrs
  -> Ευχ, Κυριάκο!

agree  Vasileios Paraskevas
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, man.

agree  Betty Revelioti
2 days 21 hrs
  -> Γεια σου, Μπέτυ. Ευχαριστώ!

agree  Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
5 days
  -> Καλημέρα. Ευχαριστώ!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tracks


Explanation:
Snake Tracks - Alderleaf Wilderness College
https://www.wildernesscollege.com › snake-tracks
Snake Tracks! There is nothing quite like seeing the sinuous lines left behind on the ground by snakes. Serpents around the world strike people with strong ...
Rainbow Serpent - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rainbow_Serpent
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as a creator god and a common motif in the art and religion of Aboriginal Australia. It is named for the identification between the shape of a rainbow and that of a ..... Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe Creek Crater: ***Track*** of the Rainbow Serpent.

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