Τhe temporal adverb ksóras has been derived from the combination of the local adverb ékso ‘out’ and the noun óra ‘hour’ (Papanis & Papanis 2004).
Ε.g. pʝo brustá si pirímina, ksóras írtis.
pʝo brostá se perímena, ékso-óra írθes.
‘I expected you earlier, you came late’.