φουφού
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Etymology edit
From dialectal Turkish fufu (likely from an unidentifiable dialectal Ottoman Turkish), from the Greek form φουβού (fouvoú), from Greek φουγού (fougoú), from dialectal Italian fogon(e) (“a square gill used in ships”)[2] (probably Genovese[3]) with assimilation of pronunciation of consonants and vowel change [o] > [u] because of the presence of [f] + feminine ending -ού (-oú), from Latin focus (“fire; family altar”). Also see the Ottoman Turkish فوغه (foğa, foga), the Venetian fogo (“fire”) and Italian fuoco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
φουφού • (foufoú) f (plural φουφούδες)
Declension edit
declension of φουφού
Synonyms edit
- μαγκάλι n (magkáli)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
- ^ φουφού - 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
- ^ φουφού - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.