30 March 2009

grandfather is isaioni

isaioni = grandfather (noun) (some things Google found for "isaioni": a very rare term; may mean something or be similar to some word in Italian)

Word derivation for "grandfather" :
Basque = aitona, Finnish = isoisä
Miresua = isaioni

Like my previous Miresua conlang word for "grandmother", this is a compound word. It's a combination of the Miresua words "isai" and "oni", which mean "father" and "big". I wish it didn't have three vowels in a row, but it's a valid alphabetic mixture of the Basque and Finnish words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "grandfather" is now "isaosa".

26 March 2009

grandmother is imaoni

imaoni = grandmother (noun) (some things Google found for "imaoni": an uncommon to rare term; an unusual feminine first name; "imaoni" or "ima oni" may mean something in Croatian or Serbian)

Word derivation for "grandmother" :
Basque = amona, Finnish = isoäiti
Miresua = imaoni

As well as being a mishmash of letters from the Basque and Finnish words, this is a compound word. It's a combination of the Miresua words "ima" and "oni", which mean "mother" and "big". The Finnish word for "grandmother", which is "isoäiti", literally means "big" and "mother".

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "grandmother" is now "imaosa".

22 March 2009

big is oni (revisited)

oni = big (adjective) (some things Google found for "oni": a very common term; Oni is a third-person action video game; a first name; ONI is an acronym for Office of Naval Intelligence; Oni Press; a last name; means "themselves, they" in Croatian; means "they" in Czech, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, and Slovenian; means "you, one, they" in Esperanto; means "evil spirit, demon, or ogre" in Japanese; name of cities and towns in Nigeria, Norway, Georgia, Russia, and Indonesia)

Word derivation for "big" :
Basque = handi, Finnish = iso
Miresua = oni

My previous Miresua word for "big" was "niho". I'm changing this word so that I can use it in a couple of new, compound words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "big" is now "osa".

18 March 2009

uncle is oseta

osetaoseta = uncle (noun) (some things Google found for "oseta": an uncommon term; Oseta is a DNN (DotNetNuke) web site builder module; Oseta Jolly Primary School in Turks & Caicos; Oseta Safety and Security Products of Ghana; a last name)

Word derivation for "uncle" :
Basque = osaba, Finnish = setä
Miresua = oseta

14 March 2009

aunt is ibetä

ibetä = aunt (noun) (some things Google found for "ibeta": an uncommon term; iBeta LLC is software quality assurance and software testing company; Ibeta International Ltd. of Thailand sells garden fountains; Ibeta is a type of protein in human genetics; user names; Ibeta is a city in Tanzania)

Word derivation for "aunt" :
Basque = izeba, Finnish = täti
Miresua = ibetä

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "aunt" is now "izäti".

10 March 2009

father is isai

isaiisai = father (noun) (some things Google found for "isai": a common term; a masculine first name that is from the Old Testament of the Bible; ISAI is an acronym for International Society of Applied Intelligence; a last name; IRAI ISAI Tamil Christian radio and TV; FCG ISAI Consulting of Finland offers business training; ISAI Technologies is a UK software development company)

Word derivation for "father" :
Basque = aita, Finnish = isä
Miresua = isai

This is another new word. And I'm dropping back to my usual, every four days, schedule of posts to this blog.

Note the interesting similarity between the Basque word for father (aita) and the Finnish word for mother (äiti).

06 March 2009

mother is ima

imaima = mother (noun) (some things Google found for "ima": a very common term; a feminine first name, notably Texas philanthropist Ima Hogg; Ima Robot is a rock band based in Los Angeles; IMA is an acronym for Indianapolis Museum of Art; IMA is an acronym for Indian Medical Association; IMA is an acronym for Interactive Media Awards; IMA is an acronym for Interactive Multimedia Association; a last name; means "prayer, devotions, petition" in Hungarian; means "now, current time" in Japanese (transliterated); means "also, what" in Quechua; means "there are, there is" on Serbo-Croatian; means "hint, imply" in Turkish; name of cities in Japan, Central African Republic, Portugal, Congo, Morocco, and Angola; name of towns in Papua New Guinea, Russia, and Indonesia)

Word derivation for "mother" :
Basque = ama, Finnish = äiti
Miresua = ima

This is a new word, not a revision.

04 March 2009

sand is hoira (revisited)

hoira = sand (noun) (some things Google found for "hoira": an uncommon term; a feminine first name that can be Filipino; user names; a last name)

Word derivation for "sand" :
Basque = hondar, Finnish = hiekka
Miresua = hoira

My previous Miresua conlang word for sand was herkan. I'm changing this word because I thought it was too similar to the word for three which is herko.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for sand is now hiedar.

02 March 2009

three is herko (revisited)

herko = three (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "herko": an uncommon term; a last name than can be Hungarian; Herko Automotive Group is a wholesaler in Florida; Herko Computers and Herko Web Designs of New York State; a masculine first name which can be Dutch; name of a "dimensional monster" that loved Lois Lane in a 1965 comic book; a name of a town in Cameroon)

Word derivation for "three" :
Basque = hiru, Finnish = kolme
Miresua = herko

My previous Miresua word for three was herlo. This is a small change, but a change that I think that makes sense.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for three is now kire.