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 ^[1]/ to arrive
baleta/ bullet - Venetian: bal
banda/ side - Venetian side & flank
balun/football - Venetian: balón
banak/ bench (Venetian:banca) ^[2]
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 ^[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/ 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/ jedan sat
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

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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