Sunday, November 01, 2009

Hare, in my words

hasu : hare

The Illunse word for hare is hasu. Hasu is a last name that can be Finnish. In Old English hasu means dusky, gray, ashen. In Japanese (romaji) hasu can mean lotus. Hasu is the name of cities in Korea and a town a Finland.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for hare which is hara, and the Latin word for hare which is lepus.

Hares are distinguishably different from rabbits. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears.

I did the word for hare because I could not find any Old English word for rabbit. There is a Latin word for rabbit.

2 comments:

Mariska said...

No word for rabbit? That's odd...

illunse said...

Yes, it seems so. And I checked multiple sources -- the Freelang dictionary, Old English Translator, and the Old English Dictionary which is cross-referenced with Bosworth & Toller.