Some time ago in the Jewish club "Monte Sinai" in Rio de Janeiro, once a month a teacher of Yiddish gave yiddish lessons to 20-30 elderly people eager to lear the language. Most of them born in Brasil with a litle knowlege of this language. Most of their parents were from Poland and Bassarabia. The only exception was me with my Czernowitzer yidish. One day someone said the word "chonte", No one knew the origin even the professor, a real professor.
This is the reason why I asked this difficult unanswered question (until now) to my czernowitzer yiddishists.......
As for the expression: "sto rublii nie diengi a mujic nie brat" was said in my house. It was said that my ggfather (my oma's side) from tzarist Russia said (and did )this to a mujic that did not return the loan in time as promised.
Hundred rubles is no money and you mujic is not my brother-not trusty.
As for "schwaben" no one gave any explanation.
Dow
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