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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek πουλλίν (poullín), from Koine Greek πουλλίον (poullíon, diminutive of ποῦλλος (poûllos)), itself either from Latin pullus or alternatively from Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos, “foal”).
Cognate with Mariupol Greek плы (ply).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈli/
- Hyphenation: που‧λί
Noun
πουλί • (poulí) n (plural πουλιά)
- bird
- (colloquial, childish, euphemistic) willy, peter, wee-wee, pee-pee (the penis)
Declension
Synonyms
- (bird): πτηνό n (ptinó) (learned), πετούμενο n (petoúmeno) (demotic)
- (penis): πέος n (péos) (anatomy), ανδρικό μόριο n (andrikó mório, “male member”) (euphemistic), καυλί n (kavlí) (colloquial, vulgar), πούτσος m (poútsos) (colloquial, vulgar), ψωλή f (psolí) (colloquial, vulgar), μαλαπέρδα f (malapérda) (colloquial, vulgar)
Derived terms
- αγιοπούλι n (agiopoúli)
- αϊτόπουλο n (aïtópoulo)
- βασιλοπούλι n (vasilopoúli)
- γαλοπούλα f (galopoúla), γαλόπουλο n (galópoulo)
- γυφτοπούλι n (gyftopoúli)
- διαβολοπούλι n (diavolopoúli)
- εξυπνοπούλι n (exypnopoúli) (figurative), ξυπνοπούλι n (xypnopoúli)
- θαλασσοπούλι n (thalassopoúli)
- καμηλοπούλι n (kamilopoúli)
- κιτρινοπούλι n (kitrinopoúli)
- κλωσόπουλο n (klosópoulo), κλωσσόπουλο n (klossópoulo), κλωσσοπούλι n (klossopoúli)
- κοτόπουλο n (kotópoulo), κοτοπουλάκι n (kotopouláki, diminutive form)
- μαυροπούλι n (mavropoúli)
- νυχτοπούλι n (nychtopoúli)
- πουλάδα f (pouláda), πουλαδίτσα f (pouladítsa, diminutive form)
- πουλάκι n (pouláki, diminutive form)
- πουλακίδα f (poulakída)
- πουλερικά n (pouleriká), πουλερικό n (poulerikó)
- Πουλολόγος m (Poulológos) (literature)
- τουρκοπούλι n (tourkopoúli)
- χαζοπούλι n (chazopoúli) (figurative)
- ψαροπούλι n (psaropoúli)
See also
- (bird): Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis), ὄρνεον (órneon)
- (bird): όρνιο n (órnio), όρνεο n (órneo),
- (penis): Ancient Greek πέος (péos)
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