Contributions

Maria

O shofferis mas ehathiken
Another one
😂

Mr P

I’m thinking Barberis for barber or is that just how us villagers speak lol 😂

Liz G. (via twitter)

Slippa!!! Standard everyday word!!

Maria

I just said one!!!!!
Mapo..... mop😱

Litsa

My husband just came up with Nursa- nurse

Lukia

I have some more;
Agentis for agent
Radiade for radiator
Inshuries for insurance

Georgina Maratheftis

Check = chekaro
Market = marketa
Bus = busso

Andy (via twitter)

To add a few from the beautiful game
Korna = Corner
Sentra = Cross i.e. to center the ball
Faool…

Michele

“controlari “ for control

Maria

We're at the airport.
Unsure if this one has already been added... But

Husband just asked me i…

Polis Loizou-Denyer

From my great-aunt:

"Ta mbilozirka" - below-zero temperatures

"O hasbis mou" - my husband

Harry

Greek Cypriots in New Zealand are very very few. There are more Greeks in Wellington but all those…

Harry

Kavnas

Another interesting word coined by the Cypriots which my father was perplexed back in th…

Pav Mastihi

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Pav mastihi

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Pav mastihi

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Pav mastihi

FOOD AND PRODUCT LABELS 3

Pav mastihi

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Pav mastihi

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I somehow ended up at a Greek Cypriot shop food called Despina’s in S…

Lazaro S.

Many words have been transformed and either used from English to Greek Cypriot or Greek Cypriot to …

Nadia S. (via twitter)

Goodnight

Neighbour of some cousins in Cyprus, who’d lived many years in London. They used to ca…

Pantelis S (via twitter)

We loved it when with mum we would get the bussoh (bus) to sanbangra (St. Pancras) board the drenno…

Place names (via twitter)

- Fishbouree puk (from Pantelis S.)

- Palmers Greek (from Marina L.)

- Wooogree (from Christi…

Mr Way (via twitter)

Some people would say about my father that he was a “Gend le man” (gentleman)

Angela N.

I'm so glad you're doing this. It's something I wanted to do, but didn't where to start or have tim…

Brian

I'm of English mother tongue and my knowledge of Greek or Cypriot is very, very basic (maybe a coup…

Harry

A usual one is,

'Tha piaso ti pasketta, na pao sti marketta na goraso soseitzia…'

My father t…

Michael

I am writing from Brisbane Australia. I enjoyed reading your site!. A word I heard in England many …

Kyp

Metalaveing = to get communion ( kinonia)

Kyp

Nisteveing = I am fasting

Kyp

Gouglaro = to Google

Gouglareto = go google it

Anna G

Beboui = Baby
Cabbigees = cabbage in rag-trade

Anna & George Georgiou

Grenglish English
Dusbieries Dustmen
Flano Wash cloths/flannels
Basketa Basket
Polishmano…

Michael Hajilyra

Binokolous = Binoculars

Kipreo-boullos

1. O Cash-illis - A person who is rich in money and assets.
Example: Epia esso tou Jimmy na t…

Kat

Kalamation - straw
Slipped - slippers
Fliflo - Flip flops
Fishatiko - Fish and chip shop

Thalia

Gabouti- cup of tea
Favramou- Favourite

Thalia

Boutishcian- Beautician
Hoolguns- Hooligans

Harry

I lived in London for 20 years and now in New Zealand.

The friendly how are you as per Cypriots …

Demetris

Sikirtisa - sick and tired
Ambalatos - unbalanced

PANAYIOTIS

BELOZERKA : Temperature below zero

Andreas Kyprianou

η άιρλα = island / round-about
η φρίζα = freezer
η τόστα = toast or toaster
η χούβα = hoover
η …

Sotiris

I have 2 brilliant words nobody knows about. They are probably worth about £1000 each. But you can …

Costas

My parents are from Bimingam and ran a fishadiko. They sold the usual stuff including carri, sausan…

N. Neophytou

Σεντροχιττης!
Central heating

Chris P

Stevie has got lots of these on YouTube / Facebook, so log all of those! Some he might have missed …

Nana Georgiou

Dast bin = rubbish bin
Sausinger = sausage
Basso = bus
Ebait = eBay
Markzpenser = marks & S…

Thekla

well its more the about the accent you can hear north london cypriot its very specific. I meet peop…