Friday, September 03, 2010

Copper, in my words (revised)

copur : copper

The Illunse word for copper (metal) is copur. Copur is an unusual last name. In Turkish similar word çopur means pit, pock marked. Copur is the name of a city in Turkey.

This word is a mixture of the Late Latin word for copper which is cuprum (the chemical symbol for copper is Cu), and the Old English word for copper which is copor.

Previously I used ár, which better translates as ore, as the Old English word for copper. My old word for copper was cuar.

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