πουθενά
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Byzantine Greek πουθενά (pouthená), from πόθεν (póthen, “where from”) + -νά (-ná, “adverbial suffix”).
Compare with Mariupol Greek пудъи́на (puðína).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editπουθενά • (pouthená)
- somewhere, anywhere (in or to any place)
- Δε θα πάμε πουθενά φέτος για διακοπές.
- De tha páme pouthená fétos gia diakopés.
- We won't be going anywhere on holiday this year.
- Θα πάτε πουθενά φέτος τα Χριστούγεννα;
- Tha páte pouthená fétos ta Christoúgenna?
- Are you going anywhere this Christmas?
- nowhere, anywhere (in no place)
- Έψαξα παντού, αλλά δεν σε βρήκα πουθενά.
- Épsaxa pantoú, allá den se vríka pouthená.
- I looked everywhere, but didn't find you anywhere.
Synonyms
edit- (nowhere): ουδαμού (oudamoú, “nowhere”) (formal, archaic)
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “nowhere”): παντού (pantoú, “everywhere”), πανταχού (pantachoú, “everywhere”) (formal, archaic)
References
edit- πουθενά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language