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Re: Question about Greek names
1. The paragraph means that you can make diminutives by adding -oula or -itsa to female names, and -aki to male names.
2. No idea.
3. The male equivalent is -aki or -ako (it says it right there in the text!)If you want a more colloquial explanation of Greek diminutives, check out this thread:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=15029&board=gen~ Ivayla,
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Thanks loads! As for #3 - I'm running on the fumes of 3 hours of sleep and didn't entirely understand the text :) That's why I needed it explained. Again, thank you.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"

- 'Home', Michael Buble

This message was edited 2/11/2006, 4:27 PM

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