Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Young, in my words

gevune : young

The Illunse word for young is gevune. Gevune seems to mean something in a langauge of Sri Lanka, perhaps in Sinhala.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for young which is geong (young, youthful; recent, new, fresh) and the Latin word for young juvenis (youthful, young, young man or young woman).

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