User talk:Peter Z./Vallegrande Speak

Vallegrande Speak

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• adio /goodbye/ doviđenja
• afitat/rent (Venetian:afìt)
• aimemeni/ poor me
• alavia /done properly or it's Ok! /u redu
• arbol/ ship's mast (In Venetian it means tree)
• aria/ air/ zdrak (Venetian: aria)
• arma/ armed (Venetian: arma)
• avižat / to arrive
• baleta/ bullet/ metak (Venetian:bal)
• banda/ side/ strana (In Venetian it means side & flank)
• balun/ football (Venetian:balón)
• banak/ bench (Venetian:banca)
• baraka/ shed or shack (Venetian:baràca)
• barba/ uncle/ stric (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/ čarape
• bićerin/ small glass (Venetian:bicér "glass")
• Brigela/ local nickname (Venetian: brighela joker)
• bobon/ lolly
• boca/ bottle/ flaša (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/ rupa (Venetian: bus or buxa)
• cilo/ wine without water/vino bez vode
• cukar/ sugar/ šečer (Venetian: sucaro)
• čakule/ gossip
• čagalj/ jackal
• čorav/ blind (Venetian:ciòro "blind person")
• damižana /a netted bottle
• daž/ rain/ kiša
• Dreto/ straight (Romance Dalmatian: drat)
• Defora in old Venetian means "from the outside".
• Di greš?/ Where are you going?
• faca/ face/ lice (Venetian: faca)
• fabrika/ factory/ tvornica (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/ stani
• 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/pušiti
• Furešti/ foreigner/ stranac
• gira/ A fish from Croatia.
• griža/ hard stone
• gundula/ type of boat
• gusti/ enjoyment (Venetian: gusto-pleasurable)
• gusto/ thick
• gustrina/ rainwater reservoir
• guzica/ bottom
• hoča/ lets go
• kadena/ chain (Romance Dalmatian:kataina)
• kajić/ type of local boat

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• Kalafat, means masters (shipyard workers) who filled the fissures between boards on a wooden boat.
• kamara/ bedroom/ soba (Latin:camera-vault, vaulted room)
• kantat/ to sing/ pjevati (Latin:canto)
• kapula/ onion/ luk (Romance Dalmatian:kapula)
• karoca/ small carriage (Venetian: carosa)
• katrida/ chair/stolica (Romance Dalmatian: katraida)
• katun/ corner
• klapa/ an a cappella form of music (Venetian:clapa "singing crowd")
• koltrine/ curtains
• kontra /against/protiv (Latin:contra)
• korač/ hammer
• kormilo/ rudder
• kužin/cousin/rođak (Venetian:cuxìn)
• lacun/ bed-sheets
• lapis/ pencil/ olovka (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/ knjiga
• licenca/ licence/ dozvola (Venetian: icenca)
• 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
• 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/ tableta (Venetian: pirola)
• pistun/ piston (Venetian: piston)
• pitura/ paint (Venetian: pitura-painting)
• Poć na ribe./ going fishing/ ići na ribanje
• postoli/ shoes/ cipele
• postelja/ bed
• punistra/ window (Latin:fenestra)
• rič/word
• ritko/ not often
• setemana/ week/ tijedan (Venetian: setemana)
• spim/I'm sleeping
• skula/ school/ škola
• soldi / money /novac (Latin:solidus)
• soto/ underneath/ ispod (Venetian:sot or soto)
• šestan/ attractive or good looking (Venetian:sesto-grace, well mannered)
• šija/ reverse/ natrag
• šiloko/ local wind (Venetian: siròco)
• škoj/ island/ otok
• škver/ shipyard/ brodgradilište
• špirit/ spirit
• šporko/ dirty (Venetian:spórco)
• štrada/ street/ ulica
• šufit/ attic or loft (Venetian:sofìta)
• šugaman/ beach towel
• tata/ father/ otac
• torta/ a type of cake (Venetian:torta-cake)
• tavajola/ tablecloth (Venetian:toaja)
• terpeza/ table/ stol
• 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.
• zeje/ local dish
• zrcalo/ mirror/ ogledalo

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