κουκούτσι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κουκούτσιν (koukoútsin), borrowed from Italian cucuzza (“pumpkin”), with semantic shift "pumpkin" > "seeds of the pumpkin" > "seeds of other fruit (stone, pit, pip, kernel)".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈku.t͡si/

Noun

κουκούτσι • (koukoútsi) n (plural κουκούτσια)

  1. stone, pit (of plum, olive, etc)
  2. pip (of orange, lemon, etc)
  3. kernel

Declension

Declension of κουκούτσι
singular plural
nominative κουκούτσι (koukoútsi) κουκούτσια (koukoútsia)
genitive κουκουτσιού (koukoutsioú) κουκουτσιών (koukoutsión)
accusative κουκούτσι (koukoútsi) κουκούτσια (koukoútsia)
vocative κουκούτσι (koukoútsi) κουκούτσια (koukoútsia)

References

  1. ^ κουκούτσι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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