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I've never seen 'timor' as an English noun. In the line of Latin used as the refrain of the poem by... Henryson?... whoever..., Timor mortis conturbat me, I use a short -i- as in the name, and a full -or, not a neutral vowel: but even I admit to being unsure how a Middle English poet speaking a Northern dialect would have pronounced Mediaeval Latin intended to rhyme with his English, so that's a bit academic.
The island is of course not relevant, because it's an Austronesian word for 'east' taken in through Portuguese.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted timorous/timor JosieWales 02/28/01 01:27 PM Re: timorous/timor NicholasW 02/28/01 01:34 PM Re: timorous/timor Jackie 02/28/01 02:21 PM Re: timorous/timor maverick 02/28/01 05:06 PM Re: timorous/timor Rapunzel 02/28/01 05:26 PM Timor mortis conturbat me NicholasW 03/02/01 08:39 AM Re: NW Profile jmh 03/02/01 08:50 AM Timor Timur NicholasW 03/02/01 08:24 AM Re: Timor Timur Bingley 03/03/01 04:46 AM Re: timorous/timor Seian 02/28/01 02:01 PM
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