A species of small native potatoes.
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Καρυ(δ)άς. Kary(d)ás.
Greek name - description
A species of small native potatoes, found in cultivated fields during October and New Year. The flesh was white and the taste was astringent. They were surrounded by fuzz, much like kolokasi. The name of this wild native potato is used mainly in the plural form: "Shall we go and collect karydaes?" (Pharmakidou XP, 2003, p. 307)
Language remarks
pl, kary(d)aes. In Phiní village and the surrounding area, they were called mirmillína.
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
19th - 20th c.
Bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Glossary of Xenophon P. Pharmakidou, [Materials for the compilation of the Historical Dictionary of the Cypriot Dialect, part B', ed. T. D. Kypri], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
Researcher/Recorder
Stalo Lazarou
