User talk:Peter Z./Vallegrande Speak

Vallegrande Speak

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• adio /goodbye - Venetian: adio
• afitat/rent - Venetian: afìt
• aimemeni/ poor me
• ala/ come on - Venetian: ala
• alavia /done properly or it's Ok!
• arbol/ ship's mast (In Venetian it means tree)
• aria/ air - Venetian: aria
• arma/ armed (Venetian: arma)
• avižat / to arrive
• baleta/ bullet - Venetian: bal
• banda/ side - Venetian side & flank
• balun/football - Venetian: balón
• banak/ bench (Venetian:banca)
• baraka/shed or shack - Venetian: baràca
• barba/ uncle
• barilo/ barrel - Venetian: barìla
• barka/ type of local boat - Venetian: bàrca
• bareta/ cap, hat - Venetian: bareta
• bat / a type of hammer - Venetian:batu, meaning to strike.
• bevanda/ wine with water- Venetian: bevànda "watery wine"
• beštija/ animal (Latin:bestia also beast)
• beštimat/ swear - Venetian: bestiemàr
• bićerin/ small glass - Venetian: bicér "glass"
• bičve/ socks
• bira/ beer-Venetian: bira
• biskot/ cookies - Venetian: biscot
• Brigela/ local nickname (Venetian: brighela joker)
• bobon/ lolly
• boca/ bottle - Venetian:boca
• bonaca/ the sea is dead calm - Venetian: bonàca
• bonbon/ sweet - Venetian: bonbon
• botilja/ bottle (Romance Dalmatian:botaila)
• botun/ button (Romance Dalmatian:botaun) - Venetian: boton
• bova/ bouy - Venetian: bova
• bravo/ well done
• britva/ knife- Venetian: britolada
• buka/ noisy (Romance Dalmatian:mouth)
• bukva/ herring
• bura/ northern wind - Venetian: bora
• burin/ light northern wind - Venetian: borin
• butiga/ shop
• buža/ hole - Venetian: bus or buxa
• cihanje/ sneezing
• cilo/ wine without water
• cukar/ sugar (Venetian: sucaro)
• čakule/ gossip
• čagalj/ jackal
• činiš/ doing
• čorav/ blind - Venetian: ciòro "blind person"
• Defora in old Venetian means "from the outside".
• damižana /a netted bottle
• daž/ rain
• dreto/ straight (Romance Dalmatian: drat)
• Defora in old Venetian means "from the outside".
• Di greš?/ Where are you going?
• faca/ face - Venetian: faca
• fabrika/ factory (Latin: fabrica- manufacture or to craft, trade, art, trick, device)
• fabrikat/ to trick
• falso/ fake - Venetian: falso "liar"
• feral/ a gas or petroleum lamp for attracting fish (night fishing). Also in Venetian feral means "lamp".
• fermai/ stop
• feta/ slice - Venetian: feta
• figura/ figure - Venetian: figura
• fineca
• fino/ fine
• forma/ shape - Venetian: forma
• forca/ power (apply with strength)
• fortuna/ strong wind
• fraja/ to go out and have a good time (Venetian: fraja-happy company or happy bunch)
• fratar/ priest (Latin: frater meaning brother)
• frigati/ to fry (Romance Dalmatian: fregur)
• fumar/ chimney - Venetian: fuma "smoke"
• fuga/ gap (Latin: flight, escape)
• fumar/ chimney (Venetian: fuma-smoke)
• fumati/ smoking
• furešti/ foreigner
• gira/ A fish from Croatia.
• griža/ hard stone
• grubi/ ugly
• gundula/ type of boat
• gusti/ enjoyment - Venetian: gusto "pleasurable"* gusto/ thick
• gustrina/ rainwater reservoir
• guzica/ bottom
• hoča/ lets go
• ist (Je li si štogod izi?) / eat
• kadena/ chain (Romance Dalmatian: kataina)
• kajić/ type of local boat
• Kalafat, means masters (shipyard workers) who filled the fissures between boards on a wooden boat.
• kamara/ bedroom (Latin: camera-vault, vaulted room)
• kantat/ to sing (Latin: canto)

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• kapula/ onion (Romance Dalmatian: kapula)
• karoca/ small carriage - Venetian: carosa carriage
• kasa/ case - Venetian: casa
• katrida/ chair (Romance Dalmatian: katraida, Venetian: carega)
• kartun/ cardboard - Venetian: carton
• katun/ corner
• klapa/ an a cappella form of music (Venetian:clapa "singing crowd")
• koltrine/ curtains
• kontra /against (Latin: contra)
• korač/ hammer
• kormilo/ rudder
• kužin/ cousin - Venetian:cuxìn
• lacun/ bed-sheets
• lapis/ pencil - Venetian: apis
• lavadin/ washbasin (Venetian: lavandin)
• lešada/ a type of fish soup (boiled)/ Lesada in Venetian means boil.
• leut/ type of local boat
• Levant/ strong easterly wind - Venetian: Levantera
• libro/ book
• licenca/ licence - Venetian: icenca
• lipa/ pretty
• ludofin/ crazy smart
• maistral /local wind
• makina/ machine
• Malandrin/ Local nickname. In Venetian it means: dishonest & crook
• mama/ mother
• Maragun/ wood worker - Venetian: Marangòn
• mapa/map (Venetian: mapa)
• mezo/ in between - Venetian: mèzo "half"
• mlinko/ milk
• motika/ local agricultural tool
• mudante/underwear - Venetian: mudande
• noštromo/ boatswain
• odnit/ take away
• pamidora/ tomato (Italian pamidore)
• pandur/ policemen - Venetian: panduro
• papit/ this word is used when feeding a child/ (Venetian: papa-means baby food)
• par/ pair - Venetian: par
• patalone/ pants
• perun/ fork - Venetian: pirón from Greek: pirouni
• piat/ plate, dish - Venetian: piat
• pikolo/ small, little - Venetian: picolo
• Pelišac/Pelješac (other names used: Stonski Rat, Puncta Stagni, Ponta di Stagno and Sabioncello)
• pirula/ pill - Venetian: pirola
• pisma/ song
• pitar/ pot - Venetian: pitar (vas, jar)
• pitura/ paint - Venetian: pitura (painting)
• portela/ boat hatch - Venetian: portela (hatch, door)
• pistun/ piston - Venetian: piston
• pištol/ pistol - Venetian: pistola
• Poć na ribe./ going fishing/ ići na ribanje
• postoli/ shoes
• postelja/ bed
• puntižel/ plank
• punistra/ window (Latin: fenestra)
• razvodniti/ watering down
• rič/word
• rigati/ vomiting
• ritko/ not often
• sekirat/ worry
• setemana/ week (Venetian: setemana)
• spim/I'm sleeping
• spiza/ food
• skula/ school
• soldi / money (Latin: solidus)
• soto/ underneath (Venetian: sot or soto)
• šestan/ attractive or good looking (Venetian: sesto-grace, well mannered)
• šija/ reverse
• šiloko/ local wind - Venetian: siròco
• škoj/ island
• škver/ shipyard
• škuri/ dark
• šporko/ dirty - Venetian: spórco
• špirit/ spirit
• šporko/ dirty (Venetian: spórco)
• štimug/ feel of the moment
• štrada/ street
• šufit/ attic or loft - Venetian: sofìta
• šugaman/ beach towel
• tata/ father
• torta/ a type of cake (Venetian: torta-cake)
• tavajola/ tablecloth (Venetian: toaja)
• terpeza/ table
• ura/ hour
• vapor/ ferry (Venetian: Bapor meaning steamship)
• vara vamo/ move on
• vedro/ clear sky
• Vi ga niste vidili./You did not see him.
• zahod/ toilet
• zamantan/crazy
• zamontan
• zeje/ local dish
• zrcalo/ mirror
• žmul/ glass

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Venetian

• baba/ grandmother - In Venetian it means nanny
• barba/ uncle - Venetian: barba