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Korcula Dialect (view source)

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* adio /goodbye/ doviđenja

* afitat/rent ('''Venetian''':afìt)

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* aimemeni/ crikey (According to ''Lodovico Pizzati'' in Romance Dalmatian it means ''"away from his land"'' )<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jz2V1LL2u1YC&pg=PA6&dq=When+in+Venice+Do+as+the+Venetians+away+from+his+land&hl=en&ei=dA-DTZKPCY20vgORwYDJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Venetian-English English-Venetian:] When in Venice Do as the Venetians by Lodovico Pizzati (p6)</ref>

* alavia /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)

* arma/armed (Venetian: arma)

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

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

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* baba/ grandmother (In Venetian it means ''nanny'')

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* baleta/ bullet/ metak (Venetian:bal)

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

* balun/football (Venetian:balón)

* 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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* barilo / barrel (Venetian:barìla)

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

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

* bevanda /wine with water/vino sa vodom (Venetian:bevànda ''"watery wine"'')

* beštija /animal/životinja ([[latin|Latin]]:bestia ''also'' beast)

* beštimat/swear (Venetian:bestiemàr)

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* bičve /socks/ čarape

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

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

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* gundula /type of boat

* gusto/thick

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* gustrina/rainwater reservoir

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* gustrina/rainwater reservoir (originally from Romance Dalmatian)

* guzica/bottom

* hoča/ lets go

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* kormilo/ rudder

* kužin/cousin/rođak (Venetian:cuxìn)

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* lapis/ pencil/ olovka (Venetian: apis)

* leut/ type of local boat

* levant/ local wind

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* maistral /local wind

* makina/ machine

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

* mama/ mother/majka

* Maragun/ wood worker (Venetian:Marangòn)

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* mudante/underwear (Venetian: mudande)

* noštromo/ first mate

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* pamidora/ tomato

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* pamidora/ tomato (Italian: pamidore)

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

* piat/ plate

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* terpeza/ table/ stol

* ura/ hour/ jedan sat

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* vapor/ ferry/ trajekt

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

* vara vamo/ move on

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

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* [http://www.mediterano.hr/location.asp?id=6 Vela Luka-Mediterano]

* [http://www.oliver.hr/en/index.html Oliver Dragojevic-Official Web Site]

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[[File:St Damian.jpg|thumb|left|455px|Chapel of Saint Kuzma and Damian on the island of Korcula. Photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]]

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[[File:St Damian.jpg|thumb|left|455px|The Chapel of Saint Cosmas (Kuzma) and Saint Damian on the island of Korcula. The Chapel is from the 6th century AD. Photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]]

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