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* adio /goodbye/ doviđenja

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* afitat/rent ('''Venetian''':afìt)

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* aimemeni/ poor me

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* alavia /done properly ''or'' it's Ok! /u redu

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

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* aria/ air/ zdrak (Venetian: aria)

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* arma/ armed (Venetian: arma)

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* avižat <ref>The ž is is pronounced ''zh''.</ref>/ to arrive

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* baleta/ bullet/ metak (Venetian:bal)

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

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

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* barba/ uncle/ stric (Venetian:barba)

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* barilo/ barrel (Venetian:barìla)

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

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

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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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* beštimat/ swear (Venetian:bestiemàr)

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* bičve/ socks/ čarape

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

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

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* bobon/ lolly

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* boca/ bottle/ flaša (Venetian:boca)

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

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* botilja/ bottle ('''Romance Dalmatian''':''botaila'') <ref>[http://dalmatianlanguage.yolasite.com/dictionary.php Dalmatian Language-Dictionary]</ref>

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* botun/ button (Romance Dalmatian:''botaun'')

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* bravo/ well done

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

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* bukva/ herring

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* bura/ local wind

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* butiga/ shop

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

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* cilo/ wine without water/vino bez vode

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* cukar/ sugar/ šečer (Venetian: sucaro)

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* čakule/ gossip

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* čagalj/ jackal

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

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* damižana /a netted bottle

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* daž/ rain/ kiša

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* Dreto/ straight (Romance Dalmatian: drat)

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

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* Di greš?/ Where are you going?

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* faca/ face/ lice (Venetian: faca)

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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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* 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".

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* 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)

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* fraja/ to go out and have a good time (Venetian: fraja-happy company ''or'' happy bunch)

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* frigati/ to fry (Romance Dalmatian: fregur)

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* forca/ power (apply with strength)

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* fortuna/ strong wind

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

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* fuga/ gap (Latin: flight, escape)

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* fumar/ chimney (Venetian: fuma-smoke)

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* fumati/ smoking/pušiti

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* Furešti/ foreigner/ stranac

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* gira/ A fish from [[Croatia]].

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* griža/ hard stone

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* gundula/ type of boat

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* gusti/ enjoyment (Venetian: gusto-pleasurable)

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* gusto/ thick

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* gustrina/ rainwater reservoir

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* guzica/ bottom

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* hoča/ lets go

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

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* kajić/ type of local boat

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* Kalafat, means masters (shipyard workers) who filled the fissures between boards on a wooden boat.

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

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

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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'')

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* katun/ corner

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

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* koltrine/ curtains

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* kontra /against/protiv (Latin:contra)

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* korač/ hammer

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* kormilo/ rudder

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* kužin/cousin/rođak (Venetian:cuxìn)

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* lacun/ bed-sheets

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* lapis/ pencil/ olovka (Venetian: apis)

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* lavadin/ washbasin (Venetian: lavandin)

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* lešada/ a type of fish soup (boiled)/ Lesada in Venetian means ''boil''.

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* leut/ type of local boat

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* levant/ local wind

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* libro/ book/ knjiga

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* licenca/ licence/ dozvola (Venetian: icenca)

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* maistral /local wind

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* makina/ machine

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* '''Malandrin'''/ Local nickname. In Venetian it means: ''dishonest & crook''

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* mama/ mother/majka

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* Maragun/ wood worker (Venetian:Marangòn)

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* mapa/map (Venetian: mapa)

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

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* mlinko/ milk

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* motika/ local agricultural tool

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* mudante/underwear (Venetian: mudande)

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* noštromo/ boatswain

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* pamidora/ tomato ([[Italy|Italian]] pamidore)

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* pandur/ policemen/ policija (Venetian: panduro)

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* papit/ this ''word'' is used when feeding a child/ jedi djete/ (Venetian: papa-means ''baby food'')

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

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* piat/ plate

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* pikolo/ small, little (Venetian: picolo)

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* '''Pelišac'''/Pelješac (other names used: Stonski Rat, Puncta Stagni, Ponta di Stagno and Sabioncello)

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* pirula/ pill/ tableta (Venetian: pirola)

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* pistun/ piston (Venetian: piston)

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* pitura/ paint (Venetian: pitura-painting)

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* '''Poć na ribe.'''/ going fishing/ ići na ribanje

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* postoli/ shoes/ cipele

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* postelja/ bed

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* punistra/ window (Latin:fenestra)

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* rič/word

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* ritko/ not often

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* setemana/ week/ tijedan (Venetian: setemana)

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* spim/I'm sleeping

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* skula/ school/ škola

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* soldi / money /novac (Latin:solidus)

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* soto/ underneath/ ispod (Venetian:sot ''or'' soto)

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* šestan/ attractive or good looking (Venetian:sesto-grace, well mannered)

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* šija/ reverse/ natrag

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* šiloko/ local wind (Venetian: siròco)

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* škoj/ island/ otok

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* škver/ shipyard/ brodgradilište

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* špirit/ spirit

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* šporko/ dirty (Venetian:spórco)

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* štrada/ street/ ulica

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* šufit/ attic ''or'' loft (Venetian:sofìta)

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* šugaman/ beach towel

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* tata/ father/ otac

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* torta/ a type of cake (Venetian:torta-cake)

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* tavajola/ tablecloth (Venetian:toaja)

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* terpeza/ table/ stol

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* ura/ hour/ jedan sat

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

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* vara vamo/ move on

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* vedro/ clear sky

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

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* zeje/ local dish

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* zrcalo/ mirror/ ogledalo

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==Notes and References==

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