26 December 2013

tail is häztan

häztan = tail (noun) (some things Google found for "haztan": a rare term; user names; Haztan Automotive Limited and Haztan Group Limited are or were companies in New Zealand; a rare last name; similar Hazlan is an unusual masculine name that can be Malaysian; similar Hazlan is a domain in the Ravenloft gaming world)

Word derivation for "tail"
Basque = häntä, Finnish = buztan
Miresua = häztan

Another word in Finnish for tail is pyrstö.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin..."

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