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VLEXICONS · PONTICΛΕΞΙΚΑ · ΠΟΝΤΙΑΚΑDraft under review
FIXED EXPRESSION / PROVERB · GREETINGS AND EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS
Χωρολόγι !
Chorologi !
ONE SOURCE
This shows how far the word has been checked, not how often it is used today.
Compiled and edited by Kyriakos Gold, with meanings written by him. Each entry is attested by the published sources it names. The entries have not yet been reviewed by the editorial board.
IN STANDARD GREEKΝτροπή! Ο κόσμος θα σε δει!
IN ENGLISHSaid to warn children to cover themselves and behave modestly, in line with the customs of the past
ORIGINNot established by the source
EXAMPLE FROM THE SOURCE
Χωρολόγι !
Outsiders' talk! Tells children to cover up and act modestly, in line with older norms.
CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
PLACEMatsouka-related ethnographic description; particular village not given
SOURCE 1Vasileios Polatidis, «Ιδιωματισμοί της Ποντιακής διαλέκτου», part A (Kotsari; accessed 2026); section Χωρολόγιopen
COMPILED BYKyriakos Gold (2026), Pontic Lexicon. Compiled and edited, with meanings written by the compiler.
PRONUNCIATIONThe source gives no IPA. We do not fill it in from guesswork.
CHECKING NOTERegional/local meanings given; author cites family/tradition but origin of each phrase not established; Historical modesty injunction; not asserted as current custom