Constantinopolitan Greek: words

A first list of Constantinopolitan Greek words, each with its source.

A first list, in progress. Every word was found in at least one published source, named beside it. Words marked Attested were found in two independent sources, or in one public domain work. Words marked Unconfirmed have not yet been found in a second independent source. The checks so far were made with AI assistance, and no word has yet been reviewed by the editorial board. The meanings are written by us.

6 words · 0 attested · 6 unconfirmed

Common verbs 2

1. rótise stonrótise stonask (someone), built with the preposition σε as in TurkishUNCONFIRMED

   Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (3), Rótise ston proeðro (needs second source; this is a usage pattern rather than a distinct word)

2. διωdiosee (aorist subjunctive, as in να διω)UNCONFIRMED

   Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect forms (needs second source; accent not shown in source)

Pronouns, particles and function words 2

1. ʝaʝadiscourse particle (from Turkish ya)UNCONFIRMED

   Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (1) (needs second source; source gives Latin transcription only)

2. πουputhat (introducing a clause, where SMG uses πως)UNCONFIRMED

   Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect syntax (needs second source)

Emotions, character and endearments 1

1. spuðéaspuðéagreat, excellentUNCONFIRMED

   Source: Contact induced syntactic phenomena in contemporary Istanbul Greek. Paper hosted by Boğaziçi University Humanities and Social Sciences (file attributed to Konstantinos Sampanis; author and year not printed, after 2021). Copyrighted, citable, ex. (2), interpolation of the indefinite pronoun, with Turkish comparison (needs second source; source gives Latin transcription only)

Food, cooking and drink 1

1. απίδιapídipearUNCONFIRMED

   Source: Nicholas, Nick (2016). Do Greeks who came from Turkey in 1960 have a different accent? Blog post (Hellenisteukontos, Quora repost), citing Fedchenko, V. (2007) Les Grecs de Constantinople à Athènes. Copyrighted, citable, paragraph on dialect archaisms (needs second source; blogger is a linguist but this is a secondary source)