αβούτος

Pontic Greek

Alternative forms

  • αούτος (aoútos), αγούτος (agoútos), αβότους (avótous)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὗτος (hoûtos, “this”)

Pronoun

αβούτος (avoútos) m (feminine αβούτε, neuter αβού)

  1. (personal pronoun) he (3rd person masculine singular, nominative)
  2. (demonstrative pronoun) this
  3. (demonstrative pronoun) that

References

  • Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1958) “ἀβοῦτος”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume I, Athens: Myrtidis, page 81b, assumes the word is formed as Turkish ha (deictic particle) + Ancient Greek οὗτος (hoûtos)
  • Tursun, Vahit (2021) “αβούτος”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 48
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