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Constantinopolitan Greek: words

A first list of Constantinopolitan Greek words, each with its source.

A first list, in progress. Every word was found in at least one published source, named beside it. Words marked Unconfirmed have not yet been checked against a second independent source, and none has been reviewed by the editorial board. The meanings are written by us.

6 words · 0 confirmed · 6 unconfirmed

Common verbs 2

  1. rótise stonrótise stonask (someone), built with the preposition σε as in TurkishUNCONFIRMED

    Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (3), Rótise ston proeðro (needs second source; this is a usage pattern rather than a distinct word)

  2. διωdiosee (aorist subjunctive, as in να διω)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect forms (needs second source; accent not shown in source)

Pronouns, particles and function words 2

  1. ʝaʝaemphatic discourse particle (from Turkish ya)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (1) (needs second source; source gives Latin transcription only)

  2. πουputhat (introducing a clause, where SMG uses πως)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect syntax (needs second source)

Emotions, character and endearments 1

  1. spuðéaspuðéagreat, excellentUNCONFIRMED

    Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (2), calque of Turkish usage (needs second source; source gives Latin transcription only)

Food, cooking and drink 1

  1. απίδιapídipearUNCONFIRMED

    Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect archaisms (needs second source; blogger is a linguist but this is a secondary source)