μπουκάλι
Greek
Etymology
A modern or mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), inherited from Byzantine Greek μπουκάλιν (mpoukálin),[1] from Venetian 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]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈka.li/
- Hyphenation: μπου‧κά‧λι
Noun
μπουκάλι • (boukáli) n (plural μπουκάλια)
- bottle
- ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι κρασί ― éna potíri kai éna boukáli krasí ― a glass and a bottle of wine
- ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι του κρασιού ― éna potíri kai éna boukáli tou krasioú ― a glass and a wine bottle
- 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?
Declension
Synonyms
See also
- μπιμπερό n (bimperó, “baby's bottle”)
- φλασκί n (flaskí, “flask”)
References
- 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
- μπουκάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Varia Africana. (1918). United States: African Department of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, p. 303
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
Φιάλη (δοχείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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