30 June 2010

blood is ordi (revisited)

ordi = blood (noun) (some things Google found for "ordi": a very common term; in French ordi is an informal term or abbreviation for computer (short for ordinateur); an unusual last name; ORDI is an acronym for Ontology Representation and Data Integration; user names; means barley in Catalan; name of a town in Iran)

Word derivation for "blood" :
Basque = odol, Finnish = veri
Miresua = ordi

My previous Miresua conlang word for blood was edor. That word was a bit of a mish-mash. After some thought, I decided to change it. I considered making this word vodi, but vodi means water in Croatian and is close to the Russian word for water which transliterated is voda.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed again. The word for blood is now erdo.

26 June 2010

butter is vuin (revisited)

vuinvuin = butter (noun) (some things Google found for "vuin": an uncommon term; an uncommon last name; Kupfermuehle VUIN planing machine for woodworking; user names; a rare first name)

Word derivation for "butter" :
Basque = gurin, Finnish = voi
Miresua = vuin

My previous Miresua conlang word for butter was vuri. On second look, I thought I could make a better alphabetic mix for this word.

22 June 2010

fish is arkila (revisited)

arkila = fish (noun) (some things Google found for "arkila": an uncommon term; a rare first name that can be feminine; user names; a rare last name that can be Finnish; in Tagalog and Pampangan (or Kapampangan) which are languages of the Philippines arkila means rent, hire)

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

My previous Miresua word for fish was nalar, a mix that didn't resemble the word for fish in either Basque or Finnish. I decided to redo this word.

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

18 June 2010

bridge is zilba (revisited)

zilba = bridge (noun) (some things Google found for "zilba": an uncommon term; an uncommon last name notably of recording artist and Miss Ohio 1987 Mary Zilba; user names; a rare masculine first name notably of Seattle pioneer Zilba Miles)

Word derivation for "bridge"
Basque = zubi, Finnish = silta
Miresua = zilba

My previous Miresua word for bridge was subla. That word that didn't use the common vowel of i, so I decided to change it. I think my new word is a better alphabetic mix of the Basque and Finnish words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for bridge is now silbi.

14 June 2010

storm is etasky

etaskyetasky = storm (noun) (some things Google found for "etasky": an uncommon term; eTASKY.cz is a Czech website selling bags, backpacks and cases (in Czech tašky means bags); a rare last name; user names)

Word derivation for "storm"
Basque = ekaitz, Finnish = myrsky
Miresua = etasky

10 June 2010

fog is lamu

lamulamu = fog (noun) (some things Google found for "lamu": a very common term; name of a town, an island, and an archipelago in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya; a last name; Lamu is the title of a song by Christian rock musician Michael W. Smith; name of cities in Indonesia, the Philippines, Ghana, Nigeria and Burma; name of a town in Finland)

Word derivation for "fog"
Basque = laino, Finnish = sumu
Miresua = lamu

This month's theme so far seems to be weather realted words.

06 June 2010

wet is muskä (revisited)

muskämuskä = wet (adjective) (some things Google found for "muskä" or "muska": a common term; Muska is a last name notably American professional skateboarder Chad Muska; Supra Muska Skytop shoes; Muska Lighting and Muska Electic Co. of Minnesota; Marija "Muska" Babitzin is a Finnish female singer; user names; muška means "a small fly" in Slovak; muska means "mossy" in Esperanto; muska means "amulet" in Turkish)

Word derivation for "wet"
Basque = busti, Finnish = märkä
Miresua = muskä

My previous Miresua word for "wet" was "burtä". Somehow that word never quite worked for me.

02 June 2010

ice is zojä

zojäzojä = ice (noun) (some things Google found for "zojä" or "zoja": an uncommon term; Zoja is a feminine first name that can be Czech; ZOJA Dance Studio in Wisconsin; Zoja is a last name; user names; Zoja II is the name of a ship operated by the Latvian Shipping company)

Word derivation for "ice"
Basque = izotz, Finnish = jää
Miresua = zojä

This is a Miresua word that would not occur in either Basque or Finnish. The Basques wouldn't like the Ä. The Finns wouldn't like the Z.

By the way, the word for ice in Lhaesine, my other conlang, is ufa.