| Slovakian | English |
|---|---|
| jaskyna | cave |
| veľká jaskyňa | cavern |
| jaskyniari | caver |
| speleológ | speleologist |
| speleológia | speleology |
| závrty | sinkhole |
| zbaliť doline | collapse doline |
| ponor | ponor |
| vyvieračka | spring |
| vybovačka | resurgence |
| podzemných | groundwater |
| závrty, stratový podnik | sinkhole |
| žumpa | sump, siphon |
| jaskynný potápač | cave diver |
| Slovakian | English |
|---|---|
| baňa | mine |
| baník, zákopník | miner |
| Berggeist, kráľ permoníkov | Mine ghost, king of the Permians, looks like an old man with a hat |
| permoníci, pergmoník, bergmoník, pikulíkovia, baniarici, trpaslíci | dwarves, mine ghosts which appreciate justice and punish injustice |
| runa | mythical earthly woman, good and bad, golden-handed - everything turned to gold under her touch |
| gverk, valdburger | mine inverstor or owner |
| puchhaltiar | bookkeeper, chamber accountant |
| šafár | mine manager |
| hutman, bergmajster, šichtmajster | superviser, foreman |
| haviar, pergmon, bergman, banskí ľudia, baňoš, gveršaft | miner |
| šichta | work shift |
| lôn, luoncedule | wage, wage statement |
| krám, krámec | workshop of the mine |
| mutung | application for a permanent rights permit |
| markšajd | border of a mine leaee |
| tále | section of the mine |
| šurfovanie | prospect dig |
| šurf | prospect |
| loch | pit, open cut |
| gang, klufta, štrajch | ore vein, dyke |
| dedičná štôlňa, erbštôlňa | adit, tunnel for drainage |
| hangot, hengot, gene, hlušina | ore free rock above the vein |
| ulma, štolvandt | walls of the tunnel |
| hluchá stena | vein without ores |
| štros | vein with ores |
| terem | over hours |
| štufa | rock with minerals |
| metál, erc, jarc, kýz, | ore |
| halňa | waste heap |
| riad, haviarsky riad | tools |
| želiezko | chisel |
| handfajsľa | big hammer |
| pucka | small hammer |
| štanga, ordinárnô železo | iron rod |
| krempel | clutter |
| graca | heart shaped hoe |
| farta, drabinka | narrow ladder in the shaft used to enter and leave the mine |
| fidrung | broken tubes |
| banskie korýtka, bruotvan | cutters for transporting paperboard |
| kýbel | bucket |
| púr, táčky | coasters |
| hunt | 3-4 wheel trolley |
| huntštoser, huntštosiar | miner shoving the hunt (trolley) |
| bergleder | ass apron made of leather |
| cindra, cundra | ignition cord |
| krikár | extractor for extracting dust from holes, scraper |
| tauchár | semi-circular chisel |
| hašpla, rumpang | pulley for pulling out the buckets |
| funca | primitive open stick |
| frištung | rest time |
| trokšiar | drying of banks |
| mlyn, stupa | ore crusher |
| šadovanie | separator for ore and rocks |
| huta | smelter, furnace |
| šmelcovať | roasting ore |
| šliamovať | washing of crushed ore |
| frištovať | frying, creating amalgam by adding lead to the roasting |