Just a thought, but there is also coll. Scottish "bairn" or "bairns" for infant(s) or small children, toddlers.

Andrew.

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From:   Vladimir Nabokov Forum on behalf of D. Barton Johnson
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Subject:        Fw: Burnberries:  Ardis/Burn & Bear/Russia

 
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From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello
To: don barton johnson
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:54 PM
Subject: Burnberries: Ardis/Burn & Bear/Russia

Dear Don and List,
 
I don´t know if these links that take us from "Burnberries" to "Russia/Ardis" are too far-fetched, but I´ll risk it.
 
In Ada, ch.41 we find Trofim exclaiming " Barin, a Barin " and our narrator pointedly translates "Barin"  as "master" ( while at the same time making a quick reference to Blanche and to Lucette, together with a warning about   disaster and horror caused by what might "seep through" leather or woolies).

 
In German, Bärin, means bear, the female bear ( and bears, Urs are also connected to Lucette and, of course, to Rus/ Russia ).

The German word for berries ( "yagodami" ) is " Beeren"  and that could help us to associate Bear/Bärin/Beeren/Berries.  

 
Van writes one single line of poetry: " Ada, our ardors and arbors"  and, of course, we remember "Ardelia" and "Ardis".   Now, to burn, in latin, is "ardere"... 

 
Greetings,
Jansy