29 May 2006

winter is vilun

vilun = winter (noun and adjective) (some things Google found for "vilun": an uncommon term; Adriatic lagoon of Vilun in Albania; user name; seems to be something in Finnish; a last name; means "character, disposition, nature, to catch" in Veps which is a language in Russia)

Word derivation for "winter" :
Basque = negu, Finnish = talvi
Miresua = vilun

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "winter" is now "tagu".

22 May 2006

violet is minren

minren = violet (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "minren": an uncommon term; user names; a first name, likely masculine, perhaps Chinese and Japanese; Minren is a Chinese company that makes PDAs)

Word derivation for "violet" or "purple" :
Basque = more, Finnish = sinipunainen
Miresua = minren

This Miresua word has been redone using a different Finnish word. The word for violet is now voreti.

18 May 2006

feather is hulyna

hulyna = feather (noun) (some things Google found for "hulyna": a rare term; a last name, likely Slovak or Czech, and the name of someone involved with a restaurant in Germany; user names)

Word derivation for "feather" :
Basque = luma, Finnish = höyhen
Miresua = hulyna

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for feather is now luhön.

15 May 2006

ghost is meva

meva = ghost (noun) (some things Google found for "meva": a common term; MEVA Formwork Systems of Germany; MEVA screening equipment for wastewater in Sweden; Meva is a Czech manufacturer of waste management containers; MEVA project to modernize the aeronautical fixed services in the Caribbean Basin area; MEVA stands for Missão Evangélica da Amazônia which does missionary work in Brazil; MEVA stands for Military Equipment Valuation and Accountability; Mor, vida meva (1996) is movie from Spain; Meva International makes rustic and antique reproduction furniture; user names; Hotel Meva Paradis in Sainte Marie Madagascar; a first name; means "my" in Catalan; means "dry fruit" in Hindi (Transliterated); means "pretty" in Malagasy; means "fruit" in Roshani, a language of Tajikistan; places in Turkey and Pakistan)

Word derivation for "ghost" :
Basque = mamu, Finnish = aave
Miresua = meva

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for ghost is now aume.

13 May 2006

apple is gemar

gemar = apple (fruit) (noun) (some things Google found for "gemar": an uncommon term; a last name German in origin, notably NASA astronaut Charles D. Gemar; Gemar Parket is a parquet floor supplier in the Netherlands; Gemar Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd. of Turkey; Jewish Yom Kippur greeting "Gemar Chatima Tovah" means "May you be sealed (in the Book of Life) for a happy year"; means "fond" in Indonesian; means "desire, have a liking" in Malay)

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

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for apple is now sagen.

11 May 2006

wood is uru

uru = wood (noun) (material) (some things Google found for "uru": a very common term; Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is a computer adventure game; URU stands for Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Venezuela; URU stands for Unión de Rugby del Uruguay; URU (You Are You) is a UK ID verification scheme; common name for a species of salmon fish in Russia; means "day" in Aymara, a Native American language of Bolivia and Peru; means "spider" in Quechua, a Native American language of South America; means "crumb" in Finnish; means "bad" in Kikuyu, a language of Kenya; means "thighs" in Sanskrit (Transliterated); means "diamonds" in Swahili; means other things in various other languages; places in Ethiopia, Brazil, Turkey, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Namibia, Indonesia, Estonia, Russian Federation, and Iran)

Word derivation for "wood" :
Basque = zur, Finnish = puu
Miresua = uru

This word has been revised. My new Miresua conlang word for "wood" is "pur".

07 May 2006

air is eila

eila = air (noun) (some things Google found for "eila": a common term; Eila (2003) is a movie from Finland; EILA is desktop application which stands for Electronic Immigration Lawyer Assistant; a feminine first name in Finland, notably writer Eila Pennanen (d. 1994) and modern sculptur Elia Hiltunen (d. 2003); EILA Manual (Effective Instructional Leadership) for Kentucky Department of Education; Irish feminine first name that is a variant of Evelyn; EILA of Canada stands for Experience Interaction Learning Activities; user names; al-Eila is the last name of a man in Palestine; In Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Eila is The Heroine of Kojan; places in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Germany)

Word derivation for "air" :
Basque = aire, Finnish = ilma
Miresua = eila

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for air is now aile.

05 May 2006

fish is naka

naka = fish (creature) (noun) (some things Google found for "naka": a very common term; Naka Herbs & Vitamins Ltd. of Canada; NAKA stands for National Association of Korean Americans; Naka Wanna Villa, Phuket, Thailand; name of four districts in four different prefectures of Japan; a last name, notably Japanese-American bonsai artist John Y. Naka; "Keimusho no naka" (2002) and "Yabu no naka no kuroneko" (1968) are Japanese movies; Naka Ward in the city of Yokohama Japan; user names; means "in, inside" in Japanese (Transliterated); means "of" in Ateso, a language of Uganda; means "barrier, inlet, apex, nose, nozzle" in Hindi (Transliterated); means "be beautiful" in Kalanga, a language of Zimbabwe and Botswana; means "ear" in Mayo and Pima Bajo, which are Uto-Aztecan languages of Mexico; means "filth" in Ruguru, a language of Tanzania; means "flute" in Sotho (Northern), a language of South Africa; means "how" in Wolof, a language of Senegal; places in Mali, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Zambia, and Indonesia; an area in Kenya)

Word derivation for "fish" :
Basque = arrain, Finnish = kala
Miresua = naka

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for fish is now arkil.

03 May 2006

ten is myrane

myrane = ten (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "myrane": an uncommon term; a place in Norway; name of a bard character on The Camelot Herald; an artist's female character; a feminine first name; a user name; a last name; a capital city in a probably unpublished French language fantasy)

Word derivation for "ten" :
Basque = hamar, Finnish = kymmenen
Miresua = myrane

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for ten is now hamen.

01 May 2006

nine is debeikan

debeikan = nine (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "debeikan": a very rare term, one instance found for this word; apparently means "big" in Old Prussian, an extinct Baltic language)

Word derivation for "nine" :
Basque = bederatzi, Finnish = yhdeksän
Miresua = debeikan

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for nine is now dereksä.