Saturday, October 24, 2009

Twenty, in my words

tewnig : twenty

The Illunse word for twenty is tewnig. Similar word tewing means to prepare by beating or working, such as leather.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for twenty which is twéntig, and the Latin word for twenty which is viginti.

Tewnig is admittedly more like the Old English word, but over half of its letters are also in the Latin word.

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