04 February 2006

finger is hesc, fingers is hescur

hesc = finger (HEHSK) (uncommon term in Google; hESC stands for Human Embryonic Stem Cell; in New York state, HESC is Higher Education Services Corporation; in Europe, HESC is Higher Education Short Cycle; At The University of Melbourne in Australia, HESC is Human Ethics Sub-Committee; At University of Arkansas, HESC is Human Environmental Sciences; At Carleton University in Canada, HESC is Honours Economics Society of Carleton; HESC is Higher Education Software Consortium; HESC is abbreviation for Health Sciences courses; HESC is High-Early Strength Concrete; in computer hardware, HESC power supply products; in Italy, HeSc does Urban and Regional Planning and Geospatial Information Systems; ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) code for Mt. Sinae airport in Santa Katarina (or St Catherine), Egypt)

And as a bonus, here's the plural of this Lhaesine word:

hescur = fingers (HEHSK-uhr) (nearly unique term in Google; appears on a Irish webpage of The Annals of Connacht A.D. 1224-1554, I didn't find word in modern Irish Gaelic dictionary)

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