CYPRIOT GRAMMAR

46.1 Compound Words
Chapter 46: Compound Words and Prefixes
Cypriot has retained the flexibility of Ancient Greek in the formation of compound words agglutinatively. This means that words can be
added as prefixes to other words in order to form compounds. Thus in order to form a compound word you simply take a word in its
masculine form, drop the masculine ending and add –ό.
Φερειπείν
Ανοιχτός + μυαλόν -> ανοιχτό+μυαλος -> ανοιχτόμυαλος (open minded)
Σίερος + πόρτα -> σιερό+πόρτα -> σιερόπορτα (iron door)
Πολλύς + θωρώ -> πολλό+θωρώ -> πολλοθωρώ -> to watch excessively
Κοντός + στέκουμαι -> κοντο+στέκουμαι -> κοντοστέκουμαι -> to pass too often while walking
46.2 Prefixes
There are many prefixes in Cypriot which change the meaning of verbs.
46.2.1 Ανα-/νε – up, from below upwards, from here backwards, again and again
Φερειπείν
Αναγιώννω – to raise a child
Αναστήννω – to reinstate, to rise again
Νεκουτεύκω – to search
46.2.2 Αντι- = Anti-
Φερειπείν
Αντιζηλώννουμαι – to become enemies with sb.
Αντιπολοούμαι – to respond rudely/ to interrupt/to express a disagreement with what is being said
Αντικόφκω – to obstruct/to object
46.2.3 Αππω-/πο-/πε- = Apo-, to finish up something, end with something, completion of an action
Φερειπείν
Αππώννω
Πογεννώ – to finish with labour
Ποφκάλλω – to remove someone from your life
46.2.4 Θκια-/θκιε- = Via, inbetween
Φερειπείν
Θκιαλέω – to choose
Θκιαλλάσσω – to change
Θκιαβαίννω – to by through
46.2.5 Ξι-/ξη- = Out of something, division, near completion
Φερειπείν
Ξηκατουρήθηκα – to want to pee badly
Ξηβλουΐζω – to peel
Ξηκασ’ήζω– to wear the soles of your shoes almost completely
46.2.6 Αν-/αμ- = In
Φερειπείν
Αμπλάζω – to meet
Αντρέπουμαι – to be in shame ie. To be ashamed
46.2.7 Πι- = Towards, epi-
Φερειπείν
Πιντώννω – to add/to invest
Πισκαλγιώ – to clap
Πακούω – to obey
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