προκυμαία

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek προκυμία (prokumía, breakwater), reanalyzed with nominal suffix -αία (-aía).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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προκυμαία (prokymaíaf (plural προκυμαίες)

  1. wharf, quay, jetty

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References

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  1. ^ προκυμαία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language