Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Forty, in my words

ceutarnig : forty

The Illunse word for forty is ceutarnig. Ceutarnig is an unique word.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for forty which is féowertig, and the Latin word for forty which is quadraginta. The C comes from transliterating the Latin Q to CW.

For this Illunse word, ceutarnig, there are a couple of letter modifications. My Illunse word for four is ceuwor. I decided to change the O to A because the Latin word contains three As. The W was changed to T to avoid having the word look like it contained warning, and because of a modification I'm making to fourteen. I'm retroactively changing my Illunse word for fourteen from ceuwordice to ceutordice.

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