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Some days ago the members of makfrauds started a thread with <unique Macedonian words> .Off course all these words that they present as <unique Macedonian> have Bulgarian,Serbian or Turk etymology.I noticed also some Greek words which they claimed as <unique Macedonian> : Spolajti < Eis polla eti .(A well known medieval Greek greeting phrase that means literal: May you live many years.I think it's used by other Balkan peoples as well.Eis=). mastika - bubble gum <modern Greek masticha<ancient Greek mastiche. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none kromid - onion< Greek kremmydi<ancient Greek kromyon. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none Ella-Come<modern Greek ela<ancient Greek elthe. Dzevgar - Pair <modern Greek zevgari<ancient Greek zevgos,zygon (yoke) < zevgnymi< join,unite. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none Rga-work hard<modern&ancient Greek<ergatis (worker) <ancient Greek ergon (work). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none Tekna = thought, idea, even an inspiration, often associated with a clever act or invention<modern&ancient Greek techni (art,craft) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none Pri = in front<modern&ancient Greek pro (before, in front of) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none pule-foal<modern Greek poulari<ancient Greek polos. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none
__________________ Αυτός τε γαρ Έλλην ειμί γένος τωρχαίον. I am myself a Greek by ancient descend. Alexander I of Macedonia,in Herodotos' book Kalliopi,IX,45. You can fool all of the people some of the time You can fool some of the people all of the time But you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Last edited by kostas68; 11-06-2008 at 04:43 PM. |
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