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Western Asia Minor Greek: words

A first list of Western Asia Minor 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 Attested were found in two independent sources, or in one public domain work. Words marked Unconfirmed have not yet been found in a second independent source. The checks so far were made with AI assistance, and no word has yet been reviewed by the editorial board. The meanings are written by us.

5 words · 0 attested · 5 unconfirmed

Emotions, character and endearments 2

  1. νάμιnáminame, reputation (as in να μη βγάζω νάμι, to avoid getting a bad name)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Kalimniou, Dean (2022). Diatribe: Smyrna, the last word. Neos Kosmos, 1 October 2022. Copyrighted, citable, column text on Smyrneika (needs second source; occurs in a fixed phrase in the source)

  2. τσακίστραtsakístraslim waisted woman whose walk breaks men's heartsUNCONFIRMED

    Source: Neos Kosmos Newsdesk (2024). Η Τσακίστρα: η μοιραία γυναίκα της Σμύρνης. Neos Kosmos, 24 December 2024. Copyrighted, citable, article text (needs second source; news feature on a Smyrna song figure, not a linguistic source)

Common verbs 1

  1. κοντουιζέρνωkontuizérnoto drive (from French conduire)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Kalimniou, Dean (2022). Diatribe: Smyrna, the last word. Neos Kosmos, 1 October 2022. Copyrighted, citable, column text on Smyrneika (needs second source; meaning implied by the source's example, not stated as a gloss; Baltazzi, Galdies and Poulimenos lexicon would confirm)

Kinship and family 1

  1. προυκίαprukíadowryUNCONFIRMED

    Source: Μανωλέσσου, Ιω. και Παντελίδης, Ν. (2023). Από την ιστορία της τσακωνικής διαλέκτου: μια νέα άγνωστη πηγή. Λεξικογραφικόν Δελτίον 27 to 28: 231 to 250 (quoting Οικονόμος 1830). Copyrighted, citable, p. 241, quotation from Oikonomos 1830 (needs second source; early nineteenth century testimony that Smyrniots said προυκία for προικία; accent as given in the fetch, check against page)

House, household objects and clothing 1

  1. φάραfáracar headlights (from French phares)UNCONFIRMED

    Source: Kalimniou, Dean (2022). Diatribe: Smyrna, the last word. Neos Kosmos, 1 October 2022. Copyrighted, citable, column text on Smyrneika (needs second source; check gender and number)