σαγιονάρα
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English sayonara, from Japanese さよなら (sayonara),[1] a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Use for footwear comes from first seeing this footwear in the 1957 film Sayonara. Cognate with Spanish sayonara (“flip-flop, thong, jandal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσαγιονάρα • (sagionára) f (plural σαγιονάρες)
- flip-flop, thong, jandal (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour)
Declension
editDeclension of σαγιονάρα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | σαγιονάρα • | σαγιονάρες • |
genitive | σαγιονάρας • | — |
accusative | σαγιονάρα • | σαγιονάρες • |
vocative | σαγιονάρα • | σαγιονάρες • |
References
edit- ^ σαγιονάρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language