V
- va
- (how) goes (it?) [Sch 81]
- vaca
- cow
- vaciar (spelled with b)
- empty
- vacio (spelled with b)
- empty
- valir
- be worth
- vallone
- dale
- valor
- value. Also:
b'alwr dy mlywn dlfranq. The value of a million francs. [SLE 118b]
- vapor
- steam
- variar
- vary
- vaso
- vase
- vecchiezza
- old age
- vecc(h)io
- old, old person [Dict] [Sch 79]
- vela
- veil
- velame
- sail
- vellaco
- villain [Sch 79]
- ven
- come
- vena
- vein
- vendetta
- vendetta
- vendir
- sell
- vendita
- debit, sale
- venerdi
- Friday
- venimoso
- venomous
- venir
- come [Dict] [Sch 72, 78, 81, 85] G records vinir.
- ventana
- see bentana
- venti
- twenty
- vento
- wind
- ventro
- belly
- ventura
- luck [Sch 78]
- verde
- green
- verderami
- verdigris
- verdura
- greenery
- vergognia
- insult, shame
- vergognioso
- shameful
- verità
- truth
- verme
- worm
- vernir
- turn
- vero
- true [Dict] [Sch 81]
- verro
- glass, cup
- versar
- pour
- vertù
- virtue
- vessiga
- bladder
- vestimento
- clothing
- vestir
- dress, get dressed
- vestito
- uniform, jacket
- viaggiar
- travel
- viaggio
- voyage, trip. Also:
$ayyn ma nc+Haq mn endk· fy had lwyyajw tHaDrhwly.
Bring me something which I need from you on this trip. [SLE 47b]
- viator
- traveler
- vicino
- neighbor, nearby
- victima
- victim
- vigilar
- watch
- vigilia
- vigil
- village
- village. wm$ayw yakdw laryya fy wwaHd lwwylaj kyf eadtw. They went
to take the air in a village as was his custom. [SLE 125a]
- villages
- villages. wwylajys. villages. [SLE 141a] Plural
of above.
- vinaigro
- vinegar
- vincidor
- conqueror
- vincir
- conquer
- vindemia
- grape harvest
- vindemiar
- harvest grapes
- vino
- wine
- vinto
- conquered
- visita
- 1. visit Also:
2. examination. wfy kl wwqt kanw yhab+w yeamlw byzy+a
lhadyk· armla. And whenever they went down, they examined that
sand [for footprints.] [SLE 48b] ytHrr mn lmcrwf dlbyzy+at d+byb. He will be
freed from the payment for the doctor's visits.
[SLE 82a] The second example has an Arabic sound plural.
- vista
- view
- vita
- life
- vitello
- calf, veal
- vitro
- glass window
- vivir
- live
- vivo
- alive
- vizio
- vice
- voce
- voice
- vogar
- row
- voi
- you
- volar
- steal, fly
- volata
- volley
- voler
- wish [Sch 75] [CT 11]
- volir
- wish
- volta
- time [Sch ]
- volte
- time
- volo
- flight
- volonta
- will
- vomitar
- vomit
- vos autros
- you (plural) [Sch 81] Now written as
one word (vosotros), this form is doubtless to distinguish the
true plural from the polite form vos of older Spanish, now replaced
by ustedes. French has a comparable usage
in phrases like vous autres anglais.
- voto
- vow
- vuotar
- empty
- vuoto
- empty
- vuta
- vault
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