πού

See also: που, and ποῦ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κού (koú) — Ionic
• ποθῐ́ (pothí) — poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Compare its interrogative form ποῦ (poû).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pǔː/ → /pu/ → /pu/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pu/

Adverb

πού • (poú)

1. anywhere, somewhere

References

• “πού”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πού”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πού in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4225 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποῦ (poû), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/

Adverb

πού • (poú)

1. (interrogative) where

   Πού είναι η γυναίκα μου;

   Poú eínai i gynaíka mou?

   Where is my wife?

Related terms

• που (pou, “that, which, where”, pronoun and conjunction)
• πού και πού (poú kai poú, “occasionally, now and again”)