κουμαριά
See also: κούμαρο
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- κουραμιά (kouramiá) (dialectal)
Etymology edit
From Byzantine Greek κουμαρέα (koumaréa, “strawberry tree”), from Byzantine Greek κούμαρον (koúmaron, “strawberry tree fruit”), from Koine Greek κόμαρον (kómaron, “strawberry tree fruit”) via [o>u], from Ancient Greek κόμαρος (kómaros, “strawberry tree”) (whence also Sicilian cacumbaru) transformed to neutral gender under the semantic influence of other fruit names. See κόμαρος (kómaros) for further etymology, perhaps ultimately Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κουμαριά • (koumariá) f (plural κουμαριές)
- strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo
- Synonym: καρομηλιά (karomiliá)
Declension edit
declension of κουμαριά
Derived terms edit
- αγριοκουμαριά f (agriokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “wild strawberry tree”)
- γλιστροκουμαριά f (glistrokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “slippery strawberry tree”)
- ελαφοκουμαριά f (elafokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “deer's strawberry tree”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- κουμαριά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Nikos Sarantakos (2013) “Κεφ. 12–Η ελληνική φράουλα”, in Οπωροφόρες λέξεις (in Greek), Athens: Κλειδάριθμος, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- κουμαριά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el