σαγιονάρα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from English sayonara, from Japanese さよなら (sayonara),^[1] a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Use for footwear comes from first seeing this footwear in the 1957 film Sayonara. Cognate with Spanish sayonara (“flip-flop, thong, jandal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa.ʝoˈna.ɾa/
Hyphenation: σα‧γιο‧νά‧ρα

Noun

σαγιονάρα • (sagionára) f (plural σαγιονάρες)

(footwear) flip-flop, thong, jandal (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour)
Synonyms: πέδιλο (pédilo), σανδάλι (sandáli)

Στην παραλία φοράω σαγιονάρες. ― Stin paralía foráo sagionáres. ― I wear flip-flops at the beach.

Declension

Declension of **σαγιονάρα**
	singular	plural
nominative	σαγιονάρα (sagionára)	σαγιονάρες (sagionáres)
genitive	σαγιονάρας (sagionáras)	—
accusative	σαγιονάρα (sagionára)	σαγιονάρες (sagionáres)
vocative	σαγιονάρα (sagionára)	σαγιονάρες (sagionáres)

References

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

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

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