βυζί
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek βυζίον (buzíon), from βυζάνω (buzánō, “to breastfeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognates include English bosom, German Busen (“breast”), Dutch boezem (“breast”) Albanian buzë (“lip”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈzi/
- Hyphenation: βυ‧ζί
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
βυζί • (vyzí) n (plural βυζιά)
Declension
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