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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian piccion(e) (as a dish) + ending -ι (-i). The change >
- either from a closed pronunciation of the Italian word, or from southern dialect pic(c)iuni which was perceived as singular -ι noun [1]
- or, because of the presence of ,[1] or influenced by older nouns ending in -ούνι like πιγούνι n (pigoúni, “chin”), κουδούνι n (koudoúni, “bell”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈt͡su.ni/
- Hyphenation: πι‧τσού‧νι
Noun
πιτσούνι • (pitsoúni) n
- squab (baby pigeon or dove)
- squab (meat of a squab)
- endearing term, also the diminutive πιτσουνάκι (pitsounáki)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 πιτσούνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πιτσούνι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre