othanig : eighty
The Illunse word for eighty (80) is othanig.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for eighty which is hundeahtatig, and the Latin word for eighty which is octoginta.
Another lengthy and unweildy Old English word. Hund means decade in compound words such as hundeahtatig. For Illunse, I'm going to drop the hund and pretend the Old English word is instead eahtatig.
Next up, my word for ninety.
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