Danube Delta - Usual Words

babaica - oar
babita - pelican
batlan - cormorant
bradis - waterweeed
buaz - brook mouth
carmace - sturgeon fishing tool
caus (cauc) - woodeen bowl used to take the water out of the boat
ceam - iron boat (for rough cargo)
cherhana - a complex of buildings where fish is promptly processed
crivace - the fishing boat's ribs
ezer - pond
ghionder - wooden pole used to push the boat
hahol - a native of the Sf. Gheorghe zone
lipovean - a native of the Jurilovca zone
lotca - fishing boat
maldar - reed bunch
moreana - warm wind from the South
plaur - floating reed islet
rizac - waterweed
rogoz - swamp vegetation
saha - creek
smochine de balta - floating water fruit
tarpan - sickle for reed harvesting
zaton - long lake
Last update: 1999, September 15
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