Can anybody decode that?

[Christabel]

Can anybody decode that?
Kucheto ja kasa machkata
dog-N.DEF it-F.ACC bites-3.SG.PR cat-F.DEF
‘the dog bites the cat’

[Monolith]

Macedonian or Bulgarian. #=h

[Ostrogorski]

Sounds Bulgarian to me...

[milen]

This is not bulgarian.At least not proper bulgarian. Could be some dialect.In bulgarian it would be 'kucheto razkasa kotkata' or ' kucheto uhapa kotkata'.
The word for dog 'kuche' is an old bulgar word. The slavic word for dog is 'pes'.
I think that this is either macedonian or old bulgarian.
Anyway , where did you get this from?

[Hegumen]

Originally Posted by Christabel

Can anybody decode that?
Kucheto ja kasa machkata
dog-N.DEF it-F.ACC bites-3.SG.PR cat-F.DEF
‘the dog bites the cat’

It's Macedonian, why? Looks like it's from the comparative grammar by Friedman.

Originally Posted by milen

The word for dog 'kuche' is an old bulgar word. The slavic word for dog is 'pes'.

Serbs also use this word as a diminutive. The word pes is quite common in Macedonia too and used interchangeably — kuče is just preferred.

Can you provide me with some links on the Bulgar etymology of this word? Sounds interesting.