koukoumas
Cypriot dialect word — piggybank
🇬🇧 English
piggybank
🇹🇷 Turkish
kumbara
🇬🇷 Greek
κουμπαράς
About the word "koukoumas"
The Cypriot word "koukoumas" translates to "piggybank" in English, and to "kumbara" in Turkish (Kıbrıs Türkçesi). In Greek (Κυπριακά), it is rendered as "κουμπαράς". This entry is part of the Cylingo Cypriot dictionary, a free linguistic resource preserving the dialects spoken across Cyprus.
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