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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Cognate with Mariupol Greek ки́ма (kíma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈci.ma/
- Hyphenation: κύ‧μα
Noun
κύμα • (kýma) n (plural κύματα)
- wave, breaker, roller
- παλιρροϊκό κύμα ― palirroïkó kýma ― tidal wave
- (figuratively) surge, wave, influx
2020 November 25, “Το δεύτερο κύμα [The second wave]”, in Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών [Newspaper of the Journalists]:Το δεύτερο κύμα της πανδημίας Covid-19 πλήττει με μεγάλη σφοδρότητα τη χώρα μας.- To déftero kýma tis pandimías Covid-19 plíttei me megáli sfodrótita ti chóra mas.
- The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting our country extremely hard.
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Further reading
- κύμα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.