User talk:Peter Z./Vallegrande Speak

Vallegrande Speak

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adio /goodbye
afitat/rent (Venetian:afìt)
aimemeni/ poor me
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 ^[1]/ to arrive
baleta/ bullet (Venetian:bal)
banda/ side (In Venetian it means side & flank)
balun/ football (Venetian:balón)
banak/ bench (Venetian:banca) ^[2]
baraka/ shed or shack (Venetian:baràca)
barba/ uncle (Venetian:barba)
barilo/ barrel (Venetian:barìla)
barka/ type of local boat (Venetian:bàrca)
bat / a type of hammer (Venetian:batu meaning to strike)
bevanda/ wine with water/vino sa vodom (Venetian:bevànda "watery wine")
beštija/ animal/životinja (Latin:bestia also beast)
beštimat/ swear (Venetian:bestiemàr)
bičve/ socks
bićerin/ small glass (Venetian:bicér "glass")
bira/ beer
Brigela/ local nickname (Venetian: brighela joker)
bobon/ lolly
boca/ bottle (Venetian:boca)
bonaca/ the sea is dead calm (Venetian:bonàça)
botilja/ bottle (Romance Dalmatian:botaila)
botun/ button (Romance Dalmatian:botaun)
bravo/ well done
buka/ noisy (Romance Dalmatian:mouth)
bukva/ herring
bura/ local wind
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")
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)
forma/ shape (Venetian: forma)
fraja/ to go out and have a good time (Venetian: fraja-happy company or happy bunch)
frigati/ to fry (Romance Dalmatian: fregur)
forca/ power (apply with strength)
fortuna/ strong wind
fratar/ priest (Latin: frater meaning brother)
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)
katrida/ chair (Romance Dalmatian: katraida)
katun/ corner
klapa/ an a cappella form of music ^[3] (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/ local wind
libro/ book
licenca/ licence (Venetian: icenca)
ludofin/ crazy smart
maistral /local wind
makina/ machine
Malandrin/ Local nickname. In Venetian it means: dishonest & crook
mama/ mother/majka
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/ policija (Venetian: panduro)
papit/ this word is used when feeding a child/ jedi djete/ (Venetian: papa-means baby food)
perun/ fork (Venetian: pirón from Greek: pirouni)
piat/ plate
pikolo/ small, little (Venetian: picolo)
Pelišac/Pelješac (other names used: Stonski Rat, Puncta Stagni, Ponta di Stagno and Sabioncello)
pirula/ pill (Venetian: pirola)
pistun/ piston (Venetian: piston)
pitura/ paint (Venetian: pitura-painting)
Poć na ribe./ going fishing/ ići na ribanje
postoli/ shoes
postelja/ bed
punistra/ window (Latin: fenestra)
razvodniti/ watering down
rič/word
rigati/ vomiting
ritko/ not often
sekirat/ worry
setemana/ week (Venetian: setemana)
spim/I'm sleeping
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
špirit/ spirit
šporko/ dirty (Venetian: spórco)
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/ jedan sat
vapor/ ferry/ trajekt (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/ ogledalo

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Notes and References

^ The ž is is pronounced zh.
^ Venetian-English English-Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians by Lodovico Pizzati (p19)
^ The traditional Klapa was composed of up to a dozen male singers (in recent times there are female Klape groups). Klapa singing dates back centuries. The arrival of the Slavic-Croatians to Dalmatia and their subsequent settlement in the area, began the process of the cultural mixing of Slavic culture with that of the traditions of the Roman-Latin population of Dalmatia. This process was most evident in the coastal and island regions of Dalmatia. In the 19th century a standard form of Klapa singing emerged. Church music heavily influences the arrangements of this music giving it the musical form that exists today.

[1] The ž is is pronounced zh.

[2] Venetian-English English-Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians by Lodovico Pizzati (p19)

[3] The traditional Klapa was composed of up to a dozen male singers (in recent times there are female Klape groups). Klapa singing dates back centuries. The arrival of the Slavic-Croatians to Dalmatia and their subsequent settlement in the area, began the process of the cultural mixing of Slavic culture with that of the traditions of the Roman-Latin population of Dalmatia. This process was most evident in the coastal and island regions of Dalmatia. In the 19th century a standard form of Klapa singing emerged. Church music heavily influences the arrangements of this music giving it the musical form that exists today.

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