Re: GREEK WORD TRANSLATION


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Posted by markos devloo on March 18, 2002 at 14:59:06:

In Reply to: GREEK WORD TRANSLATION posted by C.C. on March 16, 2002 at 18:25:39:

: PLEASE TRANSLATE THE WORD " FILAKIA "

: THANKS
: C.C.


fili = kiss. aki is a typical turkish suffix. it means "little". the turks gave this suffix to a lot of greeks to make them feel small,to humiliate them.
e.g. theodor +aki = theodorakis
so fili+aki+ a for the plural = filakia !!



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