μπουκάλι

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Greek

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Etymology

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A modern or mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, repatriated loanword), inherited from Byzantine Greek μπουκάλιν (mpoukálin),[1] from Venetan bocal[2] -Italian boccale (jug, bottle), or otherwise from Sicilian buccali (jug, bottle)-, from Latin baucalus, from Koine Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, container used for the cooling of wine); probably of Central Atlas Tamazight[3] or Egyptian origin.[4][5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈka.li/
  • Hyphenation: μπου‧κά‧λι

Noun

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μπουκάλι (boukálin (plural μπουκάλια)

  1. bottle
    ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι κρασίéna potíri kai éna boukáli krasía glass and a bottle of wine
    ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι του κρασιούéna potíri kai éna boukáli tou krasioúa glass and a wine bottle
  2. the contents of a bottle
    Πόσα μπουκάλια μπίρα ήπιατε χθες;
    Pósa boukália bíra ípiate chthes?
    How many bottles of beer did you[V-form] drink yesterday?

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ μπουκάλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ μπουκάλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  3. ^ Varia Africana. (1918). United States: African Department of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, p. 303
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαυκάλιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  5. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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