ποδάρι

Greek

Etymology

From Mediaeval Byzantine Greek ποδάρι, from Ancient Greek ποδάριον (podárion), diminutive of πούς (poús, leg).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈða.ɾi/
  • Hyphenation: πο‧δά‧ρι

Noun

ποδάρι (podári) n (plural ποδάρια)

  1. (familiar, colloquial) leg (also also mockingly)
    Πάρ' τα ποδάρια σου από δω.
    Pár' ta podária sou apó do.
    Μοve your legs 'from here' (a bit further away)
    Synonym: ποδάρα (podára) (also in familiar tone, also mockingly)

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Derived terms

  • βρομοπόδαρο n (vromopódaro, sinking toe)
  • γοργοπόδαρος (gorgopódaros, with fasdt legs)
  • καλαμοπόδαρος (kalamopódaros, with thin shins)
  • καρεκλοπόδαρο n (kareklopódaro, chair leg)
  • κατσικοπόδαρος (katsikopódaros, with goat's legs)
  • κοντοπόδαρος (kontopódaros, shortlegged)
  • νυχοπόδαρα n pl (nychopódara, toenails) (vernacular)
  • ξεποδαριάζω (xepodariázo, exhaust by walking)
  • ξεποδάριασμα n (xepodáriasma, exhaustion by walking)
  • ξυλοπόδαρο n (xylopódaro, wooden leg; stilt)
  • ποδάρα f (podára, leg) (augmentative, colloquial)
  • ποδαράκι n (podaráki) (diminutive)
  • ποδαράτος (podarátos, legged; offhand)
  • ποδαρίλα f (podaríla, foot smell)
  • ποδαρόδρομος m (podaródromos, cover a distance by walking, usually exhausting)
  • σαρανταποδαρούσα f (sarantapodaroúsa, centipede)
  • στραβοπόδαρος (stravopódaros, squint legged)
  • του ποδαριού (tou podarioú, offhand) (expression)
  • τραγοπόδαρος (tragopódaros, with billy goat's legs)
  • φτεροπόδαρος (fteropódaros, literally: wingfootted; very fast)
  • χειροπόδαρα (cheiropódara, adverb), χεροπόδαρα (cheropódara)

References

  1. ποδάρι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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