Korcula Dialect
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Korcula Town photo by Peter Zuvela
Korcula dialect (or Korčulanski) [1] is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula. According to the Croatian Anthropological Society in their Collegium Antropologicum (Volumes 15-16) the language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shokavian).[2] The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language, Dalmatian.[3] The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot.
Additionally it has influences of Venetian. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as Naski or more correctly Naški. The š is pronounced sh. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, [4] a 19 century English historian, referred to the Dalmatian Slavic dialect as Illirskee.[5]
Examples
Examples of Corzulot words compared with Vegliot, English and Croatian:
(Corzulot[6]/Vegliot/English/Croatian)
- Buža/Bus/Hole/Rupa
- Čimitir/Čimitier/Graveyard/Groblje
- Dent/Diant/Tooth/Zub
- Faculet/Fazuol/Handkerchief/Rubac
- Fatiga/Fatica/Works/Radi
- Fermaj/Fermai/Stop!/Stoj!
- Jeloz/Golaus/Jealous/Ljubomoran
- Kantat/Cantar/To sing/Pjevati
Encyclopedia Britannica on Vegliot:[7]
| “ | Romance language formerly spoken along the Dalmatian coast from the island of Veglia (modern Krk) to Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik). Ragusan Dalmatian probably disappeared in the 17th century. The Vegliot Dalmatian dialect became extinct in the 19th century. | ” |
Additional words from the Korcula dialect
(Korcula dialect/English/Croatian)
Template:Col-break- adio /goodbye/ doviđenja
- alavia /it's Ok! /u redu
- avižat /to arrive
- banak /bench
- barka /type of local boat
- bevanda /wine with water/vino sa vodom
- beštija /animal/životinja (latin:bestia also beast)
- bićerin /small glass
- bobon /lolly
- botilja /bottle
- bravo /well done
- bukva /herring
- bura /local wind
- butiga /shop
- Di greš?/Where are you going?
- cilo /wine without water/vino bez vode
- cukar /sugar/ šečer
- čakule /gosip
- čagalj /jackal
- damižana /a netted bottle
- Defora in old Venetian means "from the outside".
- fabrika /factory/ tvornica (Latin: fabrica- manufacture or to craft, trade, art, trick, device)
- fabrikat/to trick
- feral / a gas or petroleum lamp for attracting fish (night fishing)
- fermai /stop/ stani
- forca/ power (apply with strength)
- fortuna/ strong wind
- fratar/priest (Latin: frater brother)
- fuga /gap (Latin: flight, escape}
- fumati/ smoking/pušiti
- gira / a fish from Croatia
- griža / hard stone
- gundula /type of boat
- gusto/thick
- gustrina/rainwater reservoir
- guzica/bottom
- hoča/ lets go
- kantat/to sing/pjevati (latin:canto)
- kajić/ type of local boat
- kamara/ bedroom/ soba (latin:camera-vault, vaulted room)
- kapula/onion/luk
- katrida/ chair/stolica
- katun/ corner
- koltrine/ curtins
- kontra /against/protiv (latin:contra)
- korač/ hammer
- kormilo/ rudder
- leut/ type of local boat
- levant/ local wind
- libro/ book/ knjiga
- maistral /local wind
- makina/ machine
- mama/ mother/majka
- mlinko/ milk
- noštromo/ first mate
- pamidora/ tomato
- perun/ fork
- piat/ plate
- postoli/ shoes/ cipele
- postelja/bed
- punistra/ window (latin:fenestra)
- rič/word
- ritko/ not often
- spim/I'm sleeping
- skula/ school/ škola
- soldi /money /novac
- šiloko/ local wind
- škver/ shipyard/ brodgradilište
- špirit/ spirit
- šporko/ dirty
- štrada/ street/ ulica
- šugaman/ beach towel
- tata/ father/ otac
- tavajola/ table cloth
- terpeza/ table/ stol
- ura/ hour/ jedan sat
- vapor/ ferry/ trajekt
- vara vamo/ move on
- Vi ga niste vidili./You did not see him.
- zeje/local dish
- zrcalo/mirror/ogledalo
The island of St Ivan (Vela Luka) photo by Peter Zuvela
References
- ^ The č is pronounced ch.
- ^ Collegium Antropologicum, Volumes 15-16 by Croatian Anthropological Society-1991. (p312 & p318)
- ^ Collegium Antropologicum, Volumes 15-16 by Croatian Anthropological Society-1991. (p311)
- ^ Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson. (p33)
- Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (October 5, 1797 – October 29, 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".
- ^ Illyricum was a Roman province named after one of the Indigenous groups in the region.
- ^ Wikipedia: Dalmatian language
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica: History & Society-Vegliot Dalmatian
- ^ Wikipedia: Korcula, Vela Luka and Blato and the coastal villages of Lumbarda and Racisce and in the interior Zrnovo, Pupnat, Smokvica and Cara.
- ^ 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 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.
External Links
- Korcula Net
- Korcula Info
- Photo link for a aerial view of Korcula Town
- Oliver Dragojevic-Official Web Site
The church of St Damian on the island Korcula. Photo by Peter Zuvela
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Korcula Town photo by Peter Zuvela
