Contributions

Louis

This is wonderful and would be a shame to lose the cypriot/english language as spoken by that immig…

Tony Tasou

What a lovely project, to raise the profile of our Cypriot patois.

Some words that come to mind,…

Kyri P.

fatta (or farta) = fat woman

Pepa

η λέττα - οι λέττες: letter-letters
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Pav masthi

Πιζινες/ πιζινες Μάν ( obviously business/ business man. The way it’s used has cultural connotation…

Jon Donnis

Sapnab - Sat Nav (Satellite navigation)

Jon Donnis

"Hem / Hemself" - My dad uses Hem instead of Him or Her, Himself or Herself.

Even after living …

MARIA KARAMANOU

My dad had a cafe in Ealing, West London and his friends would come in for:
sosija rollous - sausa…

Stavroulla

One chicken.... two chickia. Lol

Xpisto

Fishadiko - fish and chip shop

Everyone Greek Cypriot I know uses this word, especially in the W…

Andreas Pavlou

Baso- λεωφορείο
Fishatiko- fish and chips shop
Boksi- κουτί
Ινδιάνος--indian
Televijon- τηλεόρα…

Petro N (via twitter)

I was about write to you & complain. But I had no "στάμπα" to put on the letter, so I was going to …

Pepa

Ρεφιουτζής - ρεφιουντζίνα - ρεφιουτζήες = refugee (male, female, plural)

Η Νέρσα = nurse (female…

Pepa

Αϊρέζος (Airezos) = Irish

Kyri P.

Η ατρέσα (Addresa) =address
Το μαshίνι (Machini) = machine
H μαικροάβα (microava) = microwave ov…

Christala

Humborger - Hamburger
Fisch ships - fish and chips
Fisadigo - fish and chip shop
Tost - or to…

Anna

These I heard today from my mother-in-law:

H κουμπανία - company
Ο μάνατζες - manager
O λάλος …

Pav panayioti mastihi

GORY

Gory roughly translates as hey you or hey girl used when women address each other.

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