Vlaški/Žejanski/Istro-Romanian – Croatian Dictionary
cuhę́i̭
tr. (J, Ž)
kuhati (pripremati jelo); i̭o púń cafétu cuhę́i̭ (Ž) - ja stavim kuhati kavu; de merínde púre čevå cuhę́i̭ (Ž) - staviti štogod kuhati za objed (ručak); mi se číra cuhę́ (Ž) - kuha mi se večera; cuhę́i̭ lu pórcu (J) - kuhati za svinju; i̭åle búro (sic!) cuhę́i̭t-a si muŋcåt-a (S) - one su dobro kuhale i jele.
cúi̭
upitni posvojni zamj. pridj. (S: lu cúi̭; Ž: a cúi̭)
čiji, -a, -e; komu; lu cúi̭ va fí lʼépuru? (S) - čiji će biti zec?; lu cúi̭ i̭e sta cå? (S) - čiji je ovaj konj?; a cúi̭ i̭e ča cåsa? - čija je ona kuća?; a cúi̭ i̭e cålu? (Ž) - čiji je konj?
cui̭í
tr. (J, Ž)
kovati; lucrå âŋ covaţíi̭e ali cui̭í (S) - raditi u kovačnici ili kovati.
cui̭ivę́i̭
tr. (iter. od cui̭í) (S)
kovati; baviti se kovačkim poslom; poşńít-am cui̭ivę́i̭ - počeo sam kovati (baviti se kovačkim poslom).
When searching words, you can paste in accented characters/diacritics, or type the characters with no diacritics. (For example: To find the verb “acaţå” paste in “acaţå” or type in “acata” without the special character ţ and diacritic ˚.) If the word is reflexive, you can leave the “se” off. (For example: If you search for the verb “abåte,” the search will return both the transitive “abåte” and the reflexive “abåte se.”
This is a handy guide for nonspecifics in the graphical system used to write the Vlach or Žejanski (ie, Istrian) language in this dictionary. We provide approximate Croatian and English voice equivalents for the letters most often used in the dictionary.
Diacritics combining with letters for different vowels:
́́´ Marks the placement of the word stress.
˜ Marks a nasalized vowel.
We refer linguists and other specialists to pp. 9-15 and pp. 246-255 of the original print dictionary—Istrorumunjski-hrvatski rječnik (s gramatikom i tekstovima) [insert hyperlink to Bibliography] by August Kovačec—for a detailed and technical introduction to the transcription system used in the dictionary. In the main,Kovačec’s spelling system follows the long, while rather inconsistent, tradition of spelling used by Romanian dialectologists to represent the language, while adding some special symbols to it. There is no standardized and/or agreed upon version of the spelling for the language. Kovčec’s transcription is largely phonological (i.e., it represents only distinctive sounds), but also often indicates characteristic phonetic variations.
