wimec : weak
The Illunse word for weak is wimec.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for weak which is wác (weak, soft, feeble, effeminate, cowardly, timid, pliant; slender, frail), and the Latin word for weak which is imbecillus (weak / feeble; delicate (plant); fragile; ineffective; lacking in power/resources).
The Latin word imbecillis doesn't mean imbecile, as in a stupid, idiotic, or mentally retarded person. Although it can mean weak-minded.
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