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Korcula Dialect (view source)

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* adio /goodbye/ doviđenja

* afitat/rent ('''Venetian''':afìt)

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* aimemeni/ crikey (According to ''Lodovico Pizzati'' in Romance Dalmatian it means ''"away from his land"'' )<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jz2V1LL2u1YC&pg=PA6&dq=When+in+Venice+Do+as+the+Venetians+away+from+his+land&hl=en&ei=dA-DTZKPCY20vgORwYDJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Venetian-English English-Venetian:] When in Venice Do as the Venetians by Lodovico Pizzati (p6)</ref>

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* aimemeni/ crikey (According to ''Lodovico Pizzati'' in '''Romance Dalmatian''' it means ''"away from his land"'')<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jz2V1LL2u1YC&pg=PA6&dq=When+in+Venice+Do+as+the+Venetians+away+from+his+land&hl=en&ei=dA-DTZKPCY20vgORwYDJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Venetian-English English-Venetian:] When in Venice Do as the Venetians by Lodovico Pizzati (p6)</ref>

* alavia /it's Ok! /u redu

* arbol/ ship's mast (In Venetian it means ''tree'')

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* baleta/ bullet/ metak (Venetian:bal)

* banda/ side/ strana (In Venetian it means ''side & flank'')

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* balun/football (Venetian:balón)

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* balun/ football (Venetian:balón)

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* banak /bench (Venetian:banca)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jz2V1LL2u1YC&pg=PA19&dq=Bench+seat++in+Venetian&hl=en&ei=DSEbTb--Komlcb6vlLMK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Venetian-English English-Venetian:] When in Venice Do as the Venetians ''by'' Lodovico Pizzati (p19)</ref>

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* banak/ bench (Venetian:banca)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jz2V1LL2u1YC&pg=PA19&dq=Bench+seat++in+Venetian&hl=en&ei=DSEbTb--Komlcb6vlLMK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Venetian-English English-Venetian:] When in Venice Do as the Venetians ''by'' Lodovico Pizzati (p19)</ref>

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* baraka /shed ''or'' shack (Venetian:baràca)

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* baraka/ shed ''or'' shack (Venetian:baràca)

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* barba /uncle/stric (Venetian:barba)

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* barba/uncle/stric (Venetian:barba)

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* barilo / barrel (Venetian:barìla)

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* barilo/ barrel (Venetian:barìla)

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* barka /type of local boat (Venetian:bàrca)

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* barka/ type of local boat (Venetian:bàrca)

* bat / a type of hammer (Venetian:batu meaning to struck)

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* bevanda /wine with water/vino sa vodom (Venetian:bevànda ''"watery wine"'')

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* bevanda/ wine with water/vino sa vodom (Venetian:bevànda ''"watery wine"'')

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* beštija /animal/životinja ([[latin|Latin]]:bestia ''also'' beast)

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* beštija/ animal/životinja ([[latin|Latin]]:bestia ''also'' beast)

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* beštimat/swear (Venetian:bestiemàr)

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* beštimat/ swear (Venetian:bestiemàr)

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* bičve /socks/ čarape

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* bičve/ socks/ čarape

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* bićerin /small glass (Venetian:bicér ''"glass"'')

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* bićerin/ small glass (Venetian:bicér ''"glass"'')

* Brigela/ local nickname (Venetian: brighela ''joker'')

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* bobon /lolly

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* bobon/ lolly

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* boca/bottle/flaša (Venetian:boca)

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* boca/ bottle/ flaša (Venetian:boca)

* bonaca/ the sea is dead calm (Venetian:bonàça)

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* botilja /bottle

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* botilja/ bottle

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* bravo /well done

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* bravo/ well done

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* bukva /herring

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* buka/ noisy (Romance Dalmatian:''mouth'')

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* bura /local wind

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* bukva/ herring

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* butiga /shop

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* bura/ local wind

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* butiga/ shop

* buža/ hole/ rupa (Venetian: bus ''or'' buxa)

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* cilo /wine without water/vino bez vode

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* cilo/ wine without water/vino bez vode

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* cukar /sugar/ šečer

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* cukar/ sugar/ šečer

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* čakule /gossip

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* čakule/ gossip

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* čagalj /jackal

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* čagalj/ jackal

* čorav/ blind (Venetian:ciòro ''"blind person"'')

* damižana /a netted bottle

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* daž/rain/ kiša

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* daž/ rain/ kiša

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* Dreto/ straight (Romance Dalmatian:''drat'')

* '''Defora''' in old Venetian means ''"from the outside"''.

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* Di greš?/Where are you going?

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* Di greš?/ Where are you going?

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* fabrika /factory/ tvornica (Latin: fabrica- manufacture ''or'' to craft, trade, art, trick, device)

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* fabrika/ factory/ tvornica (Latin: fabrica- manufacture ''or'' to craft, trade, art, trick, device)

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* fabrikat/to trick

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* fabrikat/ to trick

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* feral / a gas or petroleum lamp for attracting fish (night fishing)

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* feral/ a gas or petroleum lamp for attracting fish (night fishing)

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* fermai /stop/ stani

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* fermai/ stop/ stani

* forca/ power (apply with strength)

* fortuna/ strong wind

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* fratar/priest (Latin: frater'' brother'')

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* fratar/ priest (Latin: frater'' brother'')

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* fuga /gap (Latin: flight, escape)

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* fuga/ gap (Latin: flight, escape)

* fumati/ smoking/pušiti

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* gira / a fish from Croatia

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* gira/ a fish from [[Croatia]]

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* griža / hard stone

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* griža/ hard stone

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* gundula /type of boat

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* gundula/ type of boat

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* gusto/thick

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* gusto/ thick

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* gustrina/rainwater reservoir ~~(originally from Romance Dalmatian)~~

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* gustrina/ rainwater reservoir

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* guzica/bottom

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* guzica/ bottom

* hoča/ lets go

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* ~~karoca~~/ ~~small carriage -~~ (~~Venetian~~: ~~carosa)~~

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* kadena/ chain (Romance Dalmatian:''kataina'')

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* kantat/to sing/pjevati (Latin:canto)

* kajić/ type of local boat

* kamara/ bedroom/ soba (Latin:camera-vault, vaulted room)

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* kapula/onion/luk

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* kantat/ to sing/ pjevati (Latin:canto)

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* katrida/ chair/stolica

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* kapula/ onion/ luk (Romance Dalmatian:''kapula'')

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* karoca/ small carriage (Venetian: carosa)

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* katrida/ chair/stolica (Romance Dalmatian:'' katraida'')

* katun/ corner

* klapa/ an a cappella form of music (Venetian:clapa ''"singing crowd"'')

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* vapor/ ferry/ trajekt (Venetian: Bapor meaning ''steamship'')

* vara vamo/ move on

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* vedro/ clear sky (originally from Romance Dalmatian, ''vedar - to see'')

* Vi ga niste vidili./You did not see him.

* zeje/local dish

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