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Re: meaning of word 'hakka'päälle
Posted by BL [Email] (more from BL) on Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:37:05
In Reply to: meaning of word 'hakka', some-one, Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:06:57
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The word pä means head (you seem to believe it means "on"?). So this famous and still used battle cry means GO FOR THEIR HEADS. Googel´s funny translating pgm suggests "chop top" and that is at least functionally reasonable. Pää-llä is lokativ mode suffix so Cut/hack them at/in their heads is the perfect translation. The Swedish army of that time had only three regiments of Hakka päällä poika - it seems though that 1000 of these soldiers often sent 5000 opponents running in horror for dear life. This battle cry is still used 500 years later by the army and sports teams from Suomi.
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