Friday, February 05, 2010

Door, in my words

darua : door

The Illunse word for door is darua. Darua an unusual feminine first name is possibly Hindi. In Sangirese (an Austronesian language of Indonesia and the Philippines) darua means two.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for door which is duru (door, gate, wicket, an opening, the door of a house), and the Latin word for door which is janua (door, entrance).

Other similar words in Latin are ostium (entrance, front door) and foris (door, double or folding door; entrance).

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