{"id":389,"date":"2021-08-06T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/?post_type=contribution&#038;p=389"},"modified":"2021-08-12T15:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:34:31","slug":"lapwing","status":"publish","type":"contribution","link":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/contribution\/lapwing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwae fi \u2013 nombres perdidos de la avefr\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bricolage depicting local names of the lapwing, by Elinor Gwynn, North Wales, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/words\/morfa\" data-type=\"URL\">full post about the word <em>Morfa<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bricolage with a painting of a lapwing and a variety of its Welsh names overlaid on a map of the area around Morfa Dinlle\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7544-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><em>Spring at Morfa Dinlle: local Welsh names of the Lapwing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elinor says: The number of different Welsh dialect names for lapwings is a reflection of how common the bird used to be. Collectively this set of names describe perfectly not only the distinctive features of the bird &#8211; the soft, feathered \u2018horn\u2019 curling at the back of its head and the lapwing\u2019s unique repertoire of clicking, gurgling and whistling calls \u2013 but also the range of typical lapwing habitats.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, as lapwing numbers have dwindled, and as people\u2019s everyday encounters with these birds have become less frequent, the local dialect names have also fallen out of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I watched the lapwings wheeling and tumbling above Morfa Dinlle last spring I tried to recall as many as I could of these local names. They ended up spinning in my head, almost as if they were caught up in the vortex of feathered flight paths that filled the skyscape. I was struck by the entangled storylines of species decline and loss of language diversity; with one mirroring the other, and both resulting in blander landscapes and more impoverished lives. One of the lost local lapwing names \u2013 \u2018Gwae fi\u2019 [<em>Woe is me<\/em>] seemed to sum up perfectly my thoughts on that April morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border-width:0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/88x31.png\"><\/a><br>This work is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[31,25],"class_list":["post-389","contribution","type-contribution","status-publish","hentry","tag-bird","tag-sea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contribution\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contribution"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contribution"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/living-language-land.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}