30 January 2011

lock is lurroka

lurroka = lock (noun) (some things Google found for "lurroka": a very rare term; user names; similarly named Luroka is a supermarket in Pornichet, France)

Word derivation for "lock" :
Basque = sarraila, Finnish = lukko
Miresua = lukorra

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for lock is now larako.

26 January 2011

key is iltava

iltava = key (noun) (some things Google found for "iltava": a rare term; user names; means "evening free" in Finnish; similarly named Vltava River in Czech Republic)

Word derivation for "key" :
Basque = giltza, Finnish = avain
Miresua = iltava

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for key is now gilvan.

24 January 2011

were (they were) is onivet (revisited)

onivetonivet = were (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - they were - 3rd person plural) (some things Google found for "onivet": a rare term; user names; Onivet Medserv SRL of Romania for veterinary services)

Word derivation for "they were" (to exist) :
Basque = ziren, Finnish = olivat
Miresua = onivet

This is a correction. I must have been looking at the wrong Basque verb conjugation earlier. My previous word, onivan, didn't follow my established rules. It used two "N" when there was only one "N" between Basque and Finnish words available. Oops!

22 January 2011

were (they were) is onivan

onivan = were (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - they were - 3rd person plural) (some things Google found for "onivan": a rare term; user names; nearly all the letters of the last name or first name "Donivan"; a rare last name)

Word derivation for "they were" (to exist) :
Basque = ziren, Finnish = olivat
Miresua = onivan

This ends my conjugations of the verb to be/to exist in the past tense. Next up, a couple of nouns.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. This word didn't follow my established rules. The word for "they were" is now "onivet".

18 January 2011

were (you all were) is oniten

onitenoniten = were (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - you all were - 2nd person plural) (some things Google found for "oniten": a rare term; Oniten Udon is a funny Japanese TV commercial for instant noodles featuring a young man and a demon girl; online roleplaying game has Oniten Demon/Angel Academy; user names)

Word derivation for "you all were" (to exist) :
Basque = zineten, Finnish = olitte
Miresua = oniten

14 January 2011

were (we were) is onime

onimeonime = were (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - we were - 1st person plural) (some things Google found for "onime": an uncommon term; Onime-no-Kyō (Demon Eyes Kyo) is the main character in the Japanese manga Samurai Deeper Kyo; an unusual last name that can be Nigerian; user names)

Word derivation for "we were" (to exist) :
Basque = ginen, Finnish = olimme
Miresua = onime

Welcome new followers! I'm doing past tense conjugations of one of the two Miresua conlang verbs meaning "to be". Finnish has one verb for "to be"; Basque has two verbs, like Spanish.

10 January 2011

was (he/she/it was) is oni

onioni = was (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - he/she/it was - 3rd person singular) (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; means "unless" in Welsh; name of cities and towns in Nigeria, Georgia, Norway, Indonesia and Russia)

Word derivation for "he/she/it was" (to exist) :
Basque = zen, Finnish = oli
Miresua = oni

Previously, oni was the Miresua word for big. I changed the word for big so that I could use it for this verb conjugation.

06 January 2011

were (you were) is onitz

onitzonitz = were (you were) (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - you were - 2nd person singular) (some things Google found for "onitz"; an uncommon term; user names; onitz.net is a website about web graphics and 3D design; a rare first name; a rare last name)

Word derivation for "you (singular) were" (to exist) :
Basque = zinen, Finnish = olit
Miresua = onitz

02 January 2011

was (I was) is onin

oninonin = was (verb "to be"/"to exist" - past tense - I was - 1st person singular) (some things Google found for "onin": an uncommon term; The Ònin War (1467-1477) was a civil war during the Muromachi period in Japan; onin.com is a non-profit website of a forensic scientist; The Ōnin Group is a US staffing agency; user names; first name of a World of Warcraft character; Onin (or Sepa) is a people and language of New Guinea in Indonesia; a unusual last name; a misspelling of "onion"; in Esperanto accusative of oni meaning indefinite personal pronoun one; name of a city in South Korea)

Word derivation for "I was" (to exist) :
Basque = nintzen, Finnish = olin
Miresua = onin

Starting off the new year with verb conjugations.