πού

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See also: που and ποῦ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κού (koú) — Ionic
ποθῐ́ (pothí) — poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Compare its interrogative form ποῦ (poû).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pu/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pu/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pu/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pu/

Adverb

πού • (poú)

anywhere, somewhere

References

“πού”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“πού”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πού in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G4225 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποῦ (poû), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pu/

Adverb

πού • (poú)

(interrogative) where
Πού είναι η γυναίκα μου;
Poú eínai i gynaíka mou?
Where is my wife?

Related terms

που (pou, “that, which, where”, pronoun and conjunction)
πού και πού (poú kai poú, “occasionally, now and again”)

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