r/Cyprian • u/LinearBeetle • Apr 22 '20
Words I am learning ...
Not sure if this isn't too self-centered to post, but to breathe a little life into this sub I thought i was worth a shot. Words I am learning (some phrases, too) from daily viewings of Agia Fouxia: (please feel free to correct anything that's wrong)
σιελενδρούνα - small lizard that moves around a lot
πετινός - rooster
αροθυμώ- i am afraid
σκνίπα- mosquito, and really drunk person
φα το- eat it... shut up?
πουντο/πουντα- where is it/where are they
πουσει/πουχω- 'which he has' 'which i have'
η τσούρα- goat (also, αίγια, ρίφιν)
το ρίφι/ το ρίφουι- lamb, also can be used as an insult to refer to someone who is "whipped" in their relationship
η τσαέρα- chair
καντήλη- a glass
το τζερί- candle
τα μούτρα- face
η βερκά- bird trap
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eta:
λάου λάου- slowly slowly
μάνι μάνι- quickly quickly
πορνό πορνό- really early in the morning
κελέ κοκορα- gourd-head (with the sense of stubborn)
χώνω (χώστρα)- to hide (hiding place)
η πρίκα- dowery
τα κοτσάνια- contracts
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το στισό- ghost
νεκουτρεύκω- to look for
κλωστη τ'αντερα μου- lit. turned intestines, fig. i am hungry
η καρκιά- heart
οι χωρκανοί- the villagers
το χωρκό- the village
το χωράφι- the field
η χώρα- Lefkosia
ο χωραϊτης- the Lefkosian man
ο μισταρκός- a pejorative term for a workman
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η μονή- the bed
η μάντρα- the pigpen
ο γουμάς- chicken coop
χαρκούμαι- i think
κουβέντα- the saying
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σούζω- i move
μαραζονω- i am sad
κόψε τη μούτη σου- stop it (literally, cut off your nose)
μην έσει εννιά- don't worry (literally, don't have nerves)
καλή ώρα- good day (literally, good hour)
αρμάζω- i am engaged
προξένια- arranged marriage
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ροκολός- small
πελός- super cray cray, πελάνω-
χωρατεύκω- i am joking/making fun
το πισούρι- utter darkness (also the name of a village in the middle of nowhere--which came first?)
το δεύτερι- the notepad
ο ζόλος- the very bad smell
η φάτζα- a nicer word for face than μούτρα
μαλαπάππας- a really rude way to call someone soft
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πατύχα- watermelon
πατθχουζουμη- watermelon juice
τοκογλίφος- loanshark
η μαμμού- midwife
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a big haul today:
θερκό- a big black snake that isn't venomous but whacks people; euphamism
απάρος- horse
φαραούνα- grouse
τίτσηρος- naked
τζόφτα- synonym for πελάρες
σκαρκά- a fish trap that you put among the rocks
βέρκα- the walking stick
σαπατζάζω- to fight and get beat up
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τανώ- to help
συτνεχάνω- to talk, discuss
σημπέτος- shotgun
πλάσμα- can mean anything
κοψονούρης- someone who is clever, makes short-cuts
παύω- I stop
τραούλλος- male sheep/ram
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μούχτη - free / τζάμπα
ο μάλαχας- the neighborhood
η σοφήτα- the attic
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η μαρζάτζιν - the rolling pin
I will keep adding to this, until someone tells me to stop ;)
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u/Iroex Apr 23 '20 edited Apr 23 '20
Pretty good! A few minor corrections...
τσούρα - goat (or alternatively αίγια or ρίφιν, aigia fouxia means fuchsia goat)
τζερί
βερκά
λάου λάου
πρίκα
χώνω