κόκα

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.ka/
  • Hyphenation: κό‧κα

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin coca, with the 'coke' (cocaine) sense influenced by English coke.[1]

Noun

κόκα • (kóka) f

  1. coca (the cultivated South American shrub Erythroxylum coca and its dried leaf which is the source of cocaine)
  2. (informal) coke (cocaine)
    Synonym: κοκαΐνη f (kokaḯni)
Declension
Declension of κόκα
singular plural
nominative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)
genitive κόκας (kókas) —
accusative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)
vocative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Κόκα-Κόλα (Kóka-Kóla), transliteration of English Coca-Cola.

Noun

κόκα • (kóka) f

  1. Coke, coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola)
Declension
Declension of κόκα
singular plural
nominative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)
genitive κόκας (kókas) —
accusative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)
vocative κόκα (kóka) κόκες (kókes)

References

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

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