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  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    Nice find. For the folks over at Antenna this may have been a case of... pot8to potaato :-) In a "movie-trailer-guy" voice: Coming...
  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ reacted to cougr's post in the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα with Like Like.
    I think you mean "κόνα", which in Pontic Greek is used as a respectful address for an older woman, similar to "madam" or "lady". It's...
  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ reacted to cougr's post in the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα with Like Like.
    Actually, it most likely comes from κοκόνα. η κοκόνα, κυρά. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κοκόνα, με συγκοπή της πρώτης συλλαβής...
  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ reacted to cougr's post in the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα with Haha Haha.
    I don't know why I wrote "aunty" but I had meant "lady". I would appreciate it if it were corrected. Many thanks!
  • cougr
    cougr replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    I don't know why I wrote "aunty" but I had meant "lady". I would appreciate it if it were corrected. Many thanks!
  • cougr
    cougr replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    Κόνα as a form of address was actually a term used more by the Greeks of Smyrna. In Pontic Greek it is the shortened form for εικόνα.
  • Theseus
    Theseus reacted to cougr's post in the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα with Like Like.
    Actually, it most likely comes from κοκόνα. η κοκόνα, κυρά. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κοκόνα, με συγκοπή της πρώτης συλλαβής...
  • cougr
    cougr replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    Actually, it most likely comes from κοκόνα. η κοκόνα, κυρά. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κοκόνα, με συγκοπή της πρώτης συλλαβής...
  • cougr
    cougr replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    I think you mean "κόνα", which in Pontic Greek is used as a respectful address for an older woman, similar to "madam" or "lady". It's...
  • K
    info@lexicon.gr Για πληροφορίες και παρατηρήσεις I am a non-professional linguist, I search the following matter as an amateur...
  • nickel
    nickel reacted to m_a_a_'s post in the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα with Like Like.
    http://politis.eu.org/images/pdf01/1965_127.pdf Page 105, bottom of left column: Αργότερα, με την επίδραση καί του ντόπιου θεάτρου και...
  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ replied to the thread γγόνα ή γκόνα.
    http://politis.eu.org/images/pdf01/1965_127.pdf Page 105, bottom of left column: Αργότερα, με την επίδραση καί του ντόπιου θεάτρου και...
  • Alexandra
    Απέπλευσαν το πρωί από το λιμάνι των Γρεβενών. :rolleyes: Γεωγραφία, κανείς; Έναν χάρτη, ρε παιδιά!
  • pontios
    pontios replied to the thread Dimensions are absolute.
    Yes, cougr makes an important distinction, because "absolute dimension" can also mean a dimension taken from a datum or reference point...
  • m_a_a_
    m_a_a_ replied to the thread Dimensions are absolute.
    +1 Less sternly, yet still firmly put: Οι διαστάσεις δεν επιδέχονται (την οποιαδήποτε) μεταβολή [αλλαγή / τροποποίηση]
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