Vourkastos or Fourkastos?
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Vourkastos or Fourkastos?
by kafenes » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:04 pm
I need some info about this Cypriot word. It is Vourkastos but in some villages it is pronounced Fourkastos. Does anyone know which one is correct, what does it mean and where does it originate from? It is used for 'in a rush' or 'in a hurry' but don't know if either of these are correct.
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by denizaksulu » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:42 pm
Get Real! wrote:"Erexen bou dame fourkastos!" ...we say!
Foushekki!
Mind you, the "Vourka" may have something to do with it...
GR, what does 'vourka' mean?..................(pretty please
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by Get Real! » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:56 pm
denizaksulu wrote:Get Real! wrote:"Erexen bou dame fourkastos!" ...we say!
Foushekki!
Mind you, the "Vourka" may have something to do with it...
GR, what does 'vourka' mean?..................(pretty please
It's the old shepherd’s leather "clutch bag"! I’m sure you remember them…
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by denizaksulu » Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:13 pm
Get Real! wrote:denizaksulu wrote:Get Real! wrote:"Erexen bou dame fourkastos!" ...we say!
Foushekki!
Mind you, the "Vourka" may have something to do with it...
GR, what does 'vourka' mean?..................(pretty please
It's the old shepherd’s leather "clutch bag"! I’m sure you remember them…
When the word was mentioned with 'kelles' by kurupetos, I thought it might have meant something else.
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by bill cobbett » Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:36 pm
Always viewed a "vourka" (or fourka) as a sort of duffle-bag... or a ruck-sack.
As to "fourkastos" ... yes def someone who's in a rush.
As to "fourkastos" ... yes def someone who's in a rush.
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by bill cobbett » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:06 pm
Oracle wrote:I thought "vourka" meant your cheeks, what you could hold in your mouth sort of thing
... a mouthful?
Oh yes, cheeks as well, or is that vouka? (?????)
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by Oracle » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:31 pm
bill cobbett wrote:Oracle wrote:I thought "vourka" meant your cheeks, what you could hold in your mouth sort of thing
... a mouthful?
Oh yes, cheeks as well, or is that vouka? (?????)
Oh yeah! Maybe ...
But there's lots of distortion of these words in my village. 
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