In Quenya the words for hair are fassë (tangled hair, shaggy lock), findë (lock of hair, a tress or plait of hair), findessë (a person's head of hair), and finë (a hair).
In Sindarin the words for hair are fast (shaggy hair), fing (lock of hair), and finnel (braided hair).
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Hair, in my words + hairs
hape : hair
The Illunse word for hair is hape. Hape is an unusual last name. Hape is a rare masculine first name.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for hair hǽr (hair, a hair) (which I transliterate to haer), and the Latin word for hair pilus (a hair; (figuratively) an insignificant amount). There are other words for hair in Latin and Old English.
This is a new word. This is the word for hair for a single hair, and countable and multiple hairs.
hapan : hairs
The Illunse word for hairs is hapan. Hapan is a rare last name. In the Star Wars universe Hapan were near-humans from the Hapes Cluster. In Finnish hapan means sour, acid. Hapan is the name of a places in Papua New Guinea and Turkey.
Hairs in Latin is pili. Hairs in Old English is hǽr (same as singular).
The Illunse word for hair is hape. Hape is an unusual last name. Hape is a rare masculine first name.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for hair hǽr (hair, a hair) (which I transliterate to haer), and the Latin word for hair pilus (a hair; (figuratively) an insignificant amount). There are other words for hair in Latin and Old English.
This is a new word. This is the word for hair for a single hair, and countable and multiple hairs.
hapan : hairs
The Illunse word for hairs is hapan. Hapan is a rare last name. In the Star Wars universe Hapan were near-humans from the Hapes Cluster. In Finnish hapan means sour, acid. Hapan is the name of a places in Papua New Guinea and Turkey.
Hairs in Latin is pili. Hairs in Old English is hǽr (same as singular).
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Saturday, December 08, 2012
Hair (head of hair), in my words + hairs
cafel : hair
The Illunse word for hair (head of hair) is cafel. Cafel is a rare last name. Cafel is a rare first name that can be feminine. CAFEL is a coffee-producing cooperative in Honduras.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for hair feax (hair, head of hair), and the Latin word capillus (hair; a single hair filament or the mass of hair growing from the head). There are other words for hair in Latin (surprisingly many) and Old English.
This is a new word. This is the word for hair in an uncountable, collective sense, the whole growth of hair, especially the hair of the head. There will be another word for a single hair, and countable and multiple hairs.
cafeli : hairs
The Illunse word for hairs is cafeli. Cafeli is a rare last name.
Hairs in Latin is capilli. Hairs in Old English is feaxu.
The Illunse word for hair (head of hair) is cafel. Cafel is a rare last name. Cafel is a rare first name that can be feminine. CAFEL is a coffee-producing cooperative in Honduras.
This word is a mixture of the Old English word for hair feax (hair, head of hair), and the Latin word capillus (hair; a single hair filament or the mass of hair growing from the head). There are other words for hair in Latin (surprisingly many) and Old English.
This is a new word. This is the word for hair in an uncountable, collective sense, the whole growth of hair, especially the hair of the head. There will be another word for a single hair, and countable and multiple hairs.
cafeli : hairs
The Illunse word for hairs is cafeli. Cafeli is a rare last name.
Hairs in Latin is capilli. Hairs in Old English is feaxu.
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nouns,
Old English + Latin mix
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