κουμαριά

See also: κούμαρο

Greek

Alternative forms

κουραμιά (kouramiá) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κουμαρέα (koumaréa, “strawberry tree”), from Byzantine Greek κούμαρον (koúmaron, “strawberry tree fruit”), from Koine Greek κόμαρον (kómaron, “strawberry tree fruit”) via [o>u], from Ancient Greek κόμαρος (kómaros, “strawberry tree”) (whence also Sicilian cacumbaru) transformed to neutral gender under the semantic influence of other fruit names. See κόμαρος (kómaros) for further etymology, perhaps ultimately Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ku.maɾˈʝa/
Hyphenation: κου‧μα‧ριά

Noun

κουμαριά • (koumariá) f (plural κουμαριές)

strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo
Synonym: καρομηλιά (karomiliá)

Declension

declension of κουμαριά

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	κουμαριά •	κουμαριές •
genitive	κουμαριάς •	κουμαριών •
accusative	κουμαριά •	κουμαριές •
vocative	κουμαριά •	κουμαριές •

Derived terms

αγριοκουμαριά f (agriokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “wild strawberry tree”)
γλιστροκουμαριά f (glistrokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “slippery strawberry tree”)
ελαφοκουμαριά f (elafokoumariá, “Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne”, literally “deer's strawberry tree”)

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: кумарка f (kumarka, “strawberry tree”)
→ Turkish: kumara (“strawberry tree”) (Izmir)

References

κουμαριά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Nikos Sarantakos (2013) “Κεφ. 12–Η ελληνική φράουλα”, in Οπωροφόρες λέξεις (in Greek), Athens: Κλειδάριθμος, →ISBN