πουθενά

From Byzantine Greek πουθενά (pouthená), from πόθεν (póthen, “where from”) + -νά (-ná, “adverbial suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /puθeˈna/
• Hyphenation: που‧θε‧νά

πουθενά • (pouthená)

1. somewhere, anywhere (in or to any place)

   Δε θα πάμε πουθενά φέτος για διακοπές. ― De tha páme pouthená fétos gia diakopés. ― We won't be going anywhere on holiday this year.

   θα πάτε πουθενά φέτος τα Χριστούγεννα; ― tha páte pouthená fétos ta Christoúgenna? ― Are you going anywhere this Christmas?

2. nowhere, anywhere (in no place)

   Έψαξα παντού, αλλά δεν σε βρήκα πουθενά. ― Épsaxa pantoú, allá den se vríka pouthená. ― I looked everywhere, but didn't find you anywhere.

• (nowhere): ουδαμού (oudamoú, “nowhere”) (formal, archaic)

• (nowhere): παντού (pantoú, “everywhere”), πανταχού (pantachoú, “everywhere”) (formal, archaic)

• πουθενά in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.