A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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vaa (see vaja) – this

vadea – 1. they took off, they pulled out. 2. they watered

Vafiadi (*) – (Greek) Marko Vafiadi/ General Markos Vafiadis, a leader of the Greek Communist Party during the Greek Civil War

vagon – wagon

vaja (ovaa, ovaj) (see vaa) – this

vakafcko – of Muslim or Christian religious property

vale (*) – to clean wool and other materials and turn them into fabrics

Valeec (*) – a place in Neret

valica (valavica) – a mill or device for cleaning fabrics and turning them into cloth, a weaving and felting mill

valici (valavici) – mills or devices for cleaning fabrics and turning them into cloth, weaving and felting mills

vamo (vamu) – here

Van Flit (*) – the US general James Van Fleet, who led the US military advisory missions to Greece during the Greek Civil War

vandaci – bundles

vandacite (*, vandaci) – the bundles

vapse (vapsa) – to paint, to colour

Vardarckio (Vardarcki) – the Vardar part of Macedonia

vardat – watch over, guard

vareme (varevme, varime) – we boiled

Varkiza (*) – an area in Athens

varosvae (varosuvaat) – they white-wash, they white-washed

varvar – barbarian

varvarcki – barbarous, barbaric, savage

Vasilef Den (*) (see Vasilof Den) – the name day for people called Vasil

vasilevomeni dimokratia (*) – (Greek) crowned democracy

vasiliki epitropi (*) – (Greek: vasiliki – royal, epitropi – commission) royal commission

Vasilof Den (*) (see Vasilef Den) – the name day for people called Vasil

Vasilofci (*) – members of the Vasilof/ Vasilov family

vaskresenie (voskresenie) – resurrection

vaskresenieto (voskresenieto) – the resurrection

vastanie (vastanje) (see vostanie) – uprising, rebellion

Vastili (*) – the Bastille

vdenuvae (vdenuvaat) – they threaded a needle, they threaded

vdovica – widow

vdovici – widows

vecherame – we had dinner

vede (vedne) – bend, lower, as in vede glavata – lower the head

vedea (vednea) – they lowered, they bowed, as in tia ga vedea glavata – they lowered the head

vedi (vedni) – bend, as in vedi glava – to bend/ hang one's head

veiki (vejka) – twigs, small leafless branches, branches

vekoite (vekovite) – the centuries

velee (velele) – they said, they told

velel – said

velence – a thick blanket or rug

veleshe – said, was saying

Velia (*) – the name of a local historical Turkish lord

Veliki Aleksandri (*)– Alexander the Great

Veliki Kostadin (*) – Emperor Constantine the Great

Veliki Petok (*) – Easter Friday, Good Friday

Veliki Chetvrtok (*) – the Thursday before Easter

Velipetok – Easter Friday, Good Friday

Veloata (*) – of the Velof family, as in Veloata kukia – the Velof house

Velushi (*) – the name of a mountain

velvani (*) – group a capella singing where someone leads and others follow, as in velvani pesni – a capella songs

venchae (venchale) – got married

venchame – we marry, we get/ got married, as in za da se venchame – so we could marry/ get married

venchani – married

venchania (venchanina) – marriage

venchanieto (venchanjeto) – the marriage

venchashe – married, marrying

venci – garlands, wreaths

venecho (*) – the Saturday evening before the wedding day

Venecia (Venecija) – Venice

veneco (venecot) – the wreath

Venizelo (*) – (Greek) former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos

Venizelos (*) – see Venizelo

vera – faith

verata – the faith, the religion, your faith, your religion

verenio (veren) – faithful, loyal

Vergori (*) – a place near Neret

Veria (*) – a city in northern Greece

verna – faithful

verni – (plural) faithful

Verona (*) – a city in Italy

Veronite (*) – the Veronese, the people from Verona

Versalia (Versaj) – Versailles

Versalicka (Versajski) – of Versailles

vervae (verve, veruvale) – they believed, they understood

vervala (veruvala) – believed

vervania (veruvanja) – trust, confidence

vervashe (veruvashe) – believed, believing

verve – believe

vesel – merry, joyful, enjoyment

veselat – they enjoy themselves, they make merry

veselba – merriment, joyfulness, enjoyment

veselbi – celebrations, parties, merry-making

veselea – they enjoyed themselves, they made merry, they celebrated

veselee (veselete, veselea) – they cheered up

veseleme (veselime) – we made merry, we celebrated, we partied

veselna (vesela) – enjoyable, joyful

veselnio (*) – merry, joyful, enjoyable

veselno (veselo) – enjoyable, joyful

vetof (vetov) – old (thing)

vetofio (vetoviot) – the old

Vetriec (*) – an area in Neret towards the borders with Turie and Trsje in the west. It was called Vetriec because it was a windy spot. An area of land in Gorna Mala.

vetro (vetrot) – wind, air

vetvi – (plural) old, worn out

vetvio (*) – the old, the worn out

vezani (vezan) – embroidered

Via Cappello (*) – a street in Verona, Italy

vianal (vjanal) – mounted, rode

viavae (vjava, vjavne) – (literally) mounted, climbed, rode (figuratively) raped , attacked

viavashe (*) – getting up on/mounting (a horse), riding

viave (*) – mount, ride, (figuratively) rape, attack

Vicho (*) – Mt Vicho, which is near Neret

vida – heal, remedy

video – video, as in video lenta – video tape

video lenta (*) – video tape

vidoa – saw, as in ka vidoa – when they saw

vidote (*, vidot) – (plural you) saw

vidu – saw, as in vidu po pato – I saw on the path

vidva (*) – see

vidvae (*) – saw, as in aku vidvae nekoi – if they saw someone

vidvashe (*) – saw

vie – (plural) you all, you both

Viena – Vienna

vikae (vikale) – they shouted, they called

vike (vikne) – they shout, they shouted, as in pochnae da vike – they began to shout

vikna – called

viknae (viknale) – they called

viknato (viknat) – called

viknime (viknevme) – (plural) call, as in ke ga viknime nega – we will call her

viknuvae (*) – they called them

vikoma (vikum) – shouting, shouts

Viktoria (*) – the Australian State of Victoria

vimam (vi imam) – I have, as in I have done you

vime – see, we see

vinovna – guilty, to blame

vinovni – (plural they/ we were/ are) guilty, to blame

Viro (*) – the area near the ornitsa that is close to the border of Neret and Bapchor in the south. It was called Viro because it was swamp land and wet all year round. Likely from the word vir meaning pool of water, puddle, wet lands, water hole, a lot of water in a big open space

visat – hang, hanged

vise (*) – (plural) hung

visen (*) – high

Visenca (*) – the Italian town of Vicenza

vish (*, short for vidish) – see

Visheni (*) – a village near Kostur

vishla (vish) – saw

vishle (vish) – saw

vishol (vide) – saw

visni – high, as in visni mesta – high places

visnite (*, visni) – the high, the high up, as in visnite mesta – the high places

visno (*) – high, high up

viso (visot) – the height

visochina – height

visoki – (plural they are) high, tall

vite (vidite) – you all see

Vizandeici (Vizantijci) – Byzantines

Vizandeicite (Vizantiskite) – the Byzantines

Vizandeicka (Vizantiska) – Byzantine

Vizandeickata (Vizantiskata) – the Byzantine

Vizandickio (Vizantiskiot) – the Byzantine

Vizandio (*) – Byzantium

Vizandioto (Vizantija) – the Byzantine

vizite – the visas

vkluchuvajkji (vkluchuva) – including

vkluchuvashe – included

Vla (Vlav) – Vlach

vladikata – the bishop

Vladovo (*) – the name of a village near Voden

vlas (vlast) – power, government

Vlashki Vlas (*) – a place near Neret where the Vlachs would graze their sheep from spring to autumn, an area in Kostovska (Kostofska) Mala

Vlashki – of the Vlachs

Vlasite – the Vlachs

vlasta – the power, the government

vlcite (volcite) – the wolves

vlechea – they pulled, they dragged

vlecheni – dragged or carried along, pulled, also figurative as in pesni velcheni – singing in canon where some will start singing and others follow soon after with the same words

vlecheshe – dragged, pulled, hauled

vlechi – to crawl

vlechka – to crawl

vlechkashe (vlecheshe) – dragged, pulled, hauled

vlegle – they entered, there entered

vlegome (vlegovme) – we entered

vlegvame (vleguvame) – we entered

vlegvanieto (vleguvanjeto) – the entry of

vlegvate (vleguvate) – enter, plural command as in vlegvate vo natre – you people enter inside

vlezeni (vlezen) – entered, as in poiketo ne vlezeni vo borba – most of them not having entered into war

vlijanie – influence

vlko – the wolf

vlnata (volnata) – the wool

vlneni (volneni) – woolen, of wool

vnimatelen – careful, attentive, mindful

vo (see vu) – in, at, to, into

voa (ovoa) (see ovoa) – this, as in vo voa selo – in this village

Voden (*) – a city between Lerin and Solun

Vodencko (*) – of the Voden region

vodi – to lead

Vodici (Vodici Ristovoto Krstenie) – a religious holiday celebrating the Baptism of Jesus

vodie (vodi) – 1. waters. 2. to lead

vodieto (*) – 1. the waters. 2. the leadership

Vodnio Pampur (*) – the name of a train station in Lerin

voina (vojna) – 1. war. 2. army

voinata (vojnata) – 1. the war. 2. the army

voini (vojni) – of war, as in voini prikazni – war stories

voiniche (vojniche) – young soldier, soldier

voinichki (vojnichki) – military, as in voinichki sut – military court

voinichkite (vojnichkite) – the military, as in voinichkite avioni – the military planes

voinici (vojnici) – soldiers

vol – ox

volivano (*) – elected, wanted, popular, willing

voloite (volojte) – the oxen

volovarche – young herdsman of oxen

volovarchiniata (*, volvarchinja) – the young herdsman of oxen

volovarite – the oxen herdsmen

volovi – oxen

volovite (voloite) – the oxen

Vorio Elas (*) – (Greek) Northern Greece

voshki – lice

Vosporo (*) – the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey

vostanie (see vastanie) – uprising, rebellion

Vovelt (*) – Oubliette (pronounced "oo-blee-ett"), a French dungeon with only a trap door at the top and where prisoners were thrown down into one and then forgotten

vozeshe – driving, as in toi sho go vozeshe – he who was driving

vozo (vozot) – the train

vrao (vrav) – the wheat sheaves to be threshed; the process of separating the wheat from the stalk, in the old days this was done using horses

vrapchinia (vrapchinja) – birds

vrapchiniata (vrapchinjata) – the birds

vrapchite (*) – the birds

vrat – neck

vratite – (plural you all) return

vrato (vratot) – the neck

vrazhalka – fortune teller, sorceress

vrbi – willows, willow trees

vrbite – the willows, the willow trees

vre (*) – an expression for hey or you, an exclamation similar to bre, abre and be

vreshcha (*) – bags, large bags (used for grain etc)

vreshchata (*) – the bags, the large bags (used as for grain etc)

vreshche – bag, a large bag (used for grain etc)

vreva – noise, shouting

vrle (vrl) – steep, steeply

vrnae (vrna) – they returned

vrnato (*) – to return, returned

vrnvae – they returned

vrnve (*) – they return, as in Jas mu reku da ne se vrnve – I told them not to return

vrs (vrst) – age

vrshat – thresh, pick

vrshenieto (vrshenjeto) – the threshing time, the (agricultural) picking time

vrsheshe – did, was doing

vrskresvanie (voskresnuvanje) – resurrection

vrsnici – peers

vrteme (vrtevme, vrtime) – we turned

vrvea – they go, they pass, they move, they walk

vrvel – passed

vrveme (vrevme) – we lived, we moved, we walked, we passed by

vrveshe – passed by, walked by

vrvi – goes, goes by, passes

vrzal – tied, bound

vrzan – tied, tied up, bound

vrzva (vrza) – tie, bind

vrzvae (vrzale) – they tied, they tied up

vrzvame (vrzevme) – we tied, we tied up

vu (vo) (see vo) – to, as in doidoa vu nas – they came to us

vuina (vujna) – aunty

vuino (*) – aunty

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