nom : person
The Illunse word for person (human being) is nom. Nom is a last name. In Catalan nom means name or noun. In French nom means a name, especially a last name or family name. In Tibetan (Transliterated) nom means to enjoy, to hold, to keep, to seize, to smell, to take pleasure in. Nom is the name of cities in Vietnam and Nigeria. Nóm is a name given to elf Finrod Felagund (Galadriel's brother) in Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for person which is mann (person (male or female); man; mankind; brave man), and the Latin word for person which is homo (man, human being, person, fellow).
The Latin word homo is as in homo sapiens.
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