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* adio /goodbye/ doviđenja

* afitat/rent ('''Venetian''':afìt)

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* aimemeni/ poor me

* alavia /it's Ok! /u redu

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

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

* Di greš?/ Where are you going?

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* faca/ face/ lice (Venetian: faca)

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

* fabrikat/ to trick

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

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* falso/ fake (Venetian: falso "liar")

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* feral/ a gas or petroleum lamp for attracting fish (night fishing). Also in Venetian feral means "lamp".

* fermai/ stop/ stani

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* feta/ slice (Venetian: feta)

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* figura/ figure (Venetian: figura)

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* forma/ shape (Venetian: forma)

* frigati/ to fry (Romance Dalmatian:''fregur'')

* 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 meaning brother)

* fuga/ gap (Latin: flight, escape)

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* fumar/ chimney (Venetian: fuma-smoke)

* fumati/ smoking/pušiti

* gira/ a fish from [[Croatia]]

* griža/ hard stone

* gundula/ type of boat

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* gusti/ enjoyment (Venetian: gusto-pleasurable)

* gusto/ thick

* gustrina/ rainwater reservoir

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* levant/ local wind

* libro/ book/ knjiga

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* licence/ licence/ dozvola -(Venetian: icenca)

* maistral /local wind

* makina/ machine

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* mezo/in between (Venetian:mèzo ''"half"'')

* mlinko/ milk

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* mudante/underwear ~~(Venetian: mudande)~~

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* motika/ local agricultural tool

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* noštromo/ ~~first mate~~

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* mudante/underwear

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* noštromo/ boatswain

* pamidora/ tomato (Italian: pamidore)

* perun/ fork (Venetian: pirón ''from'' [[Greece|Greek]]: pirouni)

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