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nikochera

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See also: nikocherá

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá).[1]

Noun

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nikochera f (Hebrew spelling ניקוג׳ירה)[1]

  1. housewife (housemaker or homemaker)
    • 1968, Segismundo, numbers 7–8, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Patronato Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo:
      Haće atanción, nikochera, ¿queres que haga banca-rota, o queres que se emborachen los vis̀itadores como obradores?
      Pay attention, housewife: do you want to break the bank, or do you want the visitors to get drunk like labourers?
    • 2005, La Lettre Sépharade[1], numbers 20–31, →ISBN, page 23:
      Sulucha, te dare un konsejo de nikochera: por sedaka, no tengas trato ni kon politikos, ni kon ombres kazados.
      Sulucha, I'll give you housewife advice: for charity, don't deal with either politicians or with married men.

Adjective

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nikochera

  1. feminine singular of nikochero

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 nikochera”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.