ἄπφα

See also: ἀπφά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀπφά (apphá)

Etymology

Of sound-symbolic (German Lallwort) origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ápʰ.pʰa/ → /ˈap.ɸa/ → /ˈap.fa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ápʰ.pʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.ɸa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.fa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈap.fa/

Noun

ἄπφα • (áppha) m (indeclinable)

1. term of endearment, used as an address between siblings or beloved ones

See also

• ἀπφά (apphá)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121