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A first list of Romeyka (Of / Çaykara) 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.
63 words · 11 attested · 52 unconfirmed
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (10) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "salt": άλας
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (10) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "water": νερό(ν)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (51b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (48a), (49a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (71a), (71b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (47b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation; accusative form)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (27), (48b), (49b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (70b), printed raCÍN with focus capitals (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (47a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (67a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (10), (51a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (15b); Turkish loan, used beside patátes (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (22b); also χavítsin (30b), plural χavítsæ (59b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (12c), (66b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (27) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (10) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (27) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (47c) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (12b), (68a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (3a), (66b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (52b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (27), (47a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (66b), (68b) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "know": εξέρω
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, Table 1, present paradigm · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "say": λέ(γ)ω
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (15b); past 3sg éfaen (22a) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "eat": τρώ(γ)ω (1sg citation form)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (16a), (21) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "give": δί(γ)ω
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (10) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (15a), (19a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (45b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (47b); 2sg θélis (47a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (38a), (69b) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "mother": μάνα
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (70a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (36b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (71a); plural patsíðæ (13a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (68a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (69a); accusative tšíri in (68c) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (9), (38b), (52b) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "yesterday": οψέ(ς)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (23b) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "many": πολλοί (masculine plural)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (13a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (52a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (9) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (4), (8) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "house", lexeme 43380: οσπίτι(ν)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (12a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (12a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (69b), printed saÁtʰin with focus capitals (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (68c), accusative (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation; base form not shown)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (34a); plural chitápæ in (23b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (1a), (17b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (3a), (11b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (13a), after s (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (16a), (21), (65) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (4) · Liosis, Nikos (data compiler), "Greek: Pontic" wordlist in Heggarty, Paul, Anderson, Cormac and Scarborough, Matthew (2024). Indo-European Cognate Relationships database (IE-CoR 1.1). Leipzig: MPI EVA. CC BY 4.0, concept "earth": χώμα(ν) (singular)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (40b); Turkish loan (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (8) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (40a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (59a), accusative (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (42) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation; plural form)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (42) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (6b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (3a), negated (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (45a), (45b) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (38a), accusative (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)
Source: Neocleous, Nikos and Sitaridou, Ioanna (2025). Word order and information structure in Romeyka. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1337962. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1337962. CC BY 4.0, ex. (66b) to (70a) (needs second source; Greek script spelling not given by source; meaning taken from the sentence translation)