02 June 2012

when is moin

moin = when (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "moin": a very common term; a last name; a uncommon masculine first name that can be Muslim; Moin is an Iranian singer; MoinMoin is a wiki engine; a Frisian and Low German greeting meaning hello; Moin Hardware sells table slides; Moin is a serpent in Norse mythology; name of places in Costa Rica and Macedonia; Moin Kili is a place in Pakistan; Moin Searlas is a place in Donegal, Ireland)

Word derivation for "when" :
Basque = noiz, Finnish = milloin
Miresua = moin

Hey, it's a word that isn't for a food! Unlike my Miresua conlang posts for the past month or so.

30 May 2012

onion is sipulta

sipulta = onion (noun) (some things Google found for "sipulta": a rare term; a rare last name that can be Finnish; similar word silputa means shred in Finnish; similar word sepulta means buried in Latin and buries in Spanish)

Word derivation for "onion" :
Basque = tipula, Finnish = sipuli
Miresua = sipulta

The Basque and the Finnish words for onion are unexpectedly similar, the middle four letters in both words are IPUL. I considered making my Miresua word sipula, but thought that was too like the Finnish word, so I inserted the T from the Basque word to make it slightly different.

26 May 2012

apple is samena (revisited)

samena = apple (noun) (some things Google found for "samena": an uncommon term; Samena Swim & Recreation Club of Bellevue, Washington; SAMENA is an acronym for the region covering South Asia (India), Middle East and North Africa such as in SAMENA Telecommunications Council and Samena Capital investment group; Samena Squares is Seattle Eastside Square Dance club; user names; an unusual feminine first name; a rare last name; name of a place in Cote D'Ivoire)

Word derivation for "apple" :
Basque = sagar, Finnish = omena
Miresua = samena

My previous word for apple was gemar, which was a bit of an alphabetic mishmash. My new word, samena, starts like the Basque word and ends like the Finnish word.

22 May 2012

olive is oilva

oilva = olive (noun) (some things Google found for "oilva": a uncommon term; a rare feminine first name; a rare last name; a misspelling of more common names Olivia and Oliva; user names; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; similar Olvi is a Finnish brewery and soft drinks company)

Word derivation for "olive" :
Basque = oliba, Finnish = oliivi
Miresua = oilva

Although the first three letters of both the Basque and the Finnish words are OLI, I decided not to start my Miresua word that way. I mixed the letters a bit to OIL. Made me think of olive oil. I initially considered making this word oliva, but I found out that that is the word for olive in a bunch of languages, including the root of many those languages, Latin.

18 May 2012

almond is almante

almante = almond (noun) (some things Google found for "almante": a uncommon term; a rare feminine first name that can be Lithuanian; an unusual last name that can be Hispanic; in Spanish similar word amante means lover; similar Almonte is a common last name and the name of places in Spain and Ontario, Canada)

Word derivation for "almond" :
Basque = almendra (same as Spanish), Finnish = manteli
Miresua = almante

This is the word for the nut, the edible seed of the almond tree.

14 May 2012

plum is arlu

arlu = plum (noun) (some things Google found for "arlu": a uncommon term; an unusual first name that can be masculine and can be Filipino; Arlu (or Arlù) is a restaurant in Rome; Arlu Designs sells jewelry on Etsy; Hidráulica Arlu S.L. (Arlu Hydraulics, Ltd.) of Basque Country in Spain; Chez Arlu Dance Hall in Quebec near Ottawa; Arlu's Cleaners in Scottsdale, Arizona; name of a mythological goddess in fantasy world Glorantha; a rare last name)

Word derivation for "plum" :
Basque = aran, Finnish = luumu
Miresua = arlu

There's three Us in the Finnish word, and two As in the Basque word.

10 May 2012

berry is barja

barja = berry (noun) (some things Google found for "barja": a common term; name of a coastal town in Lebanon; an uncommon last name; Pension Barja is a hotel in Madrid, Spain; Barja Medical equipment of Florida; name of places in the Galicia region of Spain)

Word derivation for "berry" :
Basque = baia, Finnish = marja
Miresua = barja

In Finland they eat berries such as the blueberry, bilberry (aka whortleberry), ligonberry (aka cowberry) and cloudberry. If there are words for these berries in Basque, I didn't find them. So this is a generic word for berry.

The Basque word for berry, baia, likely is derived from Spanish. Berry in Spanish is baya.

06 May 2012

raspberry is valmudi

valmudi = raspberry (noun) (some things Google found for "valmudi": a very rare term; user names; a rare last name; similar Valmuni is a rare last name that can be from India; in Finnish similar word valmis means ready)

Word derivation for "raspberry" :
Basque = mugudi, Finnish = vadelma
Miresua = valmudi

I don't know when I'll actually use this Miresua word, but I like raspberries. We grow raspberries in the garden.

02 May 2012

strawberry is marniba

marniba = strawberry (noun) (some things Google found for "marniba": a rare term; user names; a rare name or nickname; a very rare last name; in Hungarian illative case of Marni which is the name of a fashion collection sold at H&M)

Word derivation for "strawberry" :
Basque = marrubi, Finnish = mansikka
Miresua = marniba

This Miresua word starts with ma-, as do both the Basque and the Finnish words. The Finnish word contains two "k"s, but I'm not using one because k is a very common letter. I decided to use the b instead, which is more unusual.

30 April 2012

pear is pädarä

pädarä = pear (noun) (some things Google found for "padara" and "pädara": a common term; Padara is an unusual last name; Pädara is a rare last name; Padara Padara is the title of a Telugu song from India; DJ Padara; Padara is a rare first name that can be from India; padara means makes in Latvian; similar word padaria means bakery in Portuguese; Padara is the name of a place in Sudan)

Word derivation for "pear" :
Basque = madari and udare
Finnish = päärynä
Miresua = pädarä

Evidently Basque has two valid words for pear. Both Basque words contain "dar", so I used those letters when making my Miresua word. I decided to make the final letter ä (a umlaut), because the Finnish word contains three of them.

26 April 2012

grape is virymas

virymas = grape (noun) (some things Google found for "virymas": a very rare term; a webpage name; a similar word virimas means "cooking, boil" in Lithuanian)

Word derivation for "grape" :
Basque = mahats
Finnish = viinirypäle (viini = wine, rypäle = cluster)
Miresua = virymas

This is a nearly unique word. Unlike the Finnish word, the Miresua word is not a compound word. My Miresua word for wine is vari.

22 April 2012

peach is mersika

mersika = peach (noun) (some things Google found for "mersika": a rare term; user names; a rare last name; interior designs by Karin Mersika; Mersika coffee brand logo design)

Word derivation for "peach" :
Basque = mertxika, Finnish = persikka
Miresua = mersika

In this seven-letter word, there are five letters in common between the Basque and the Finnish words. I considered, but decided not to use the tx from the Basque word. Perhaps I liked this letter combination because it's somewhat similar to my name, Mariska, which is actually my middle name.