αλαμπουρνέζικος

Greek

Etymology

Other proposed etymologies

  • From αλα (alla) Burnu (Sudanese ethnic group and their language)[2]
  • Unlikely is the relation to *αλιβορνέζικος ("from Livorno, Italy")[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.la.burˈne.zi.kos/
  • Hyphenation: α‧λα‧μπουρ‧νέ‧ζι‧κος

Adjective

αλαμπουρνέζικος (alampournézikos) m (feminine αλαμπουρνέζικη, neuter αλαμπουρνέζικο)

  1. (satirical) unintelligible, gibberish
    αυτά μου φαίνονται αλαμπουρνέζικοςaftá mou faínontai alampournézikosthis seems gibberish to me
  2. queer, outlandish, odd

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References

  1. αλαμπουρνέζικος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), αλαμπουρνέζικος”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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