κουμαριά

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See also: κούμαρο

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κουμαρέα (koumaréa, strawberry tree), from Byzantine Greek κούμαρον (koúmaron, strawberry tree fruit), from Koine Greek κόμαρον (kómaron, strawberry tree fruit) via , from Ancient Greek κόμαρος (kómaros, strawberry tree) (whence also Sicilian cacumbaru) transformed to neutral gender under the semantic influence of other fruit names. See κόμαρος (kómaros) for further etymology, perhaps ultimately Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.maɾˈʝa/
  • Hyphenation: κου‧μα‧ριά

Noun

κουμαριά (koumariáf (plural κουμαριές)

  1. strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo
    Synonym: καρομηλιά (karomiliá)

Declension

singular plural
nominative κουμαριά (koumariá) κουμαριές (koumariés)
genitive κουμαριάς (koumariás) κουμαριών (koumarión)
accusative κουμαριά (koumariá) κουμαριές (koumariés)
vocative κουμαριά (koumariá) κουμαριές (koumariés)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: кумарка f (kumarka, strawberry tree)
  • Turkish: kumara (strawberry tree) (Izmir)

References

  • κουμαριά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  • Nikos Sarantakos (2013) “Κεφ. 12–Η ελληνική φράουλα”, in Οπωροφόρες λέξεις (in Greek), Athens: Κλειδάριθμος, →ISBN

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