κουκούτσι
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
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Noun
[edit]κουκούτσι • (koukoútsi) n (plural κουκούτσια)
Declension
[edit]Declension of κουκούτσι
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κουκούτσι • | κουκούτσια • |
| genitive | κουκουτσιού • | κουκουτσιών • |
| accusative | κουκούτσι • | κουκούτσια • |
| vocative | κουκούτσι • | κουκούτσια • |
References
[edit]- ^ κουκούτσι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language