mocs : moss
The Illunse word for moss is mocs.  Mocs is an informal term short for moccasins.   University of Tennessee at Chattanooga team nickname is the Mocs.   Mocs is a rare to unusual last name.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for moss, méos, and the Latin word for moss, muscus.
This is a new word.  If I decide to use the letter X in Illunse, this word would be mox.
mocsas : mosses
The Illunse word for mosses (nominative plural) is mocsas.  Mocsas is a very rare last name.   Similar Mocsa is the name of a village in Hungary.
Mosses in Latin is musci.  Mosses in Old English is méosas.
 

 
 
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