Saturday, December 05, 2009

Goat, in my words

gapre : goat

The Illunse word for goat is gapre. Gapre is an unusual last name. Gapre is a bad misspelling of grape. Similarily named Gapree is a town in France.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for goat which is gát (gátbucca translates to he-goat), and the Latin word for goat which is caper (he-goat, billy-goat) or capra (she-goat, nanny-goat).

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