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VLEXICONS · PONTICΛΕΞΙΚΑ · ΠΟΝΤΙΑΚΑDraft under review
ADJECTIVE · EMOTIONS, CHARACTER AND ENDEARMENTS
καλέσα
kalesa
ONE SOURCE
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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 GREEKωραία
IN ENGLISHlovely, fine (feminine form)
ORIGINNot established by the source
CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
PLACE1914 Of manuscript; source gives underlying καλέσσα
SOURCE 1A. Revithiadou and V. Spyropoulos (research group) (2009), Οφίτικη Ποντιακή: Έρευνα γλωσσικής καταγραφής με έμφαση στη διαχρονία και συγχρονία της διαλέκτου, p. 115, Dawkins manuscript adjective tableopen
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.