פֿעפֿער
'pepper'
פֿעפֿערל
'little pepper (diminutive)'

ETYMOLOGY

Vowel 21, Proto-Yiddish ✱ɛ

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

feffer [HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
- Soln sich feffer in die brie machen. Var. toon. 'They can put pepper in the soup (as far as I'm concerned). They have to do what they cannot do.' {Jerosche №207}
- Wie feffer in die brie. 'It does not belong together.' {Jerosche №208}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

φĕfɒ ~ fę̆fɒ ~ φefər {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 136}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

griˑnə fɛfərlʲax גרינע פֿעפֿערלעך {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

fɛ́fɛlɛx {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

HASIDIC

EUROPE

zalc faʀ də ɔjgŋ̩ ɩn fɛfəʀ faʀ də mɔwl זאַלץ פֿאַר די אויגן און פֿעפֿער פֿאַר די מויל 'a horrible experience' [Vienna, Eidel Malowicki}

SOUTHEASTERN

Dûs iz dis rechti Fefarl. דאָס איז דאָס רעכטע פֿעפֿערל 'Ein durchtriebener Schelm, ein sauberes Früchtei.' {EAST GALICIA, Brody, Landau 1923, №26}