30 March 2011

blood is erdo (revisited)

erdo = blood (noun) (some things Google found for "erdo": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; ERDO is an acronym for Emergency Relief and Development Overseas a mission of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada; an unusual first name; Dj Erdo has Mp3s; similar word erdő means forest or woods in Hungarian; Erdő (or Erdo) is the name of cities in Hungary; name of a village in Spain)

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

My previous Miresua word for blood was ordi. That word seemed too similar to the English word order for my tastes. I can, and do, change my mind on words.

26 March 2011

toe is varatz

varatzvaratz = toe (noun) (some things Google found for "varatz": a rare term; Varatz lapter (English title A Burning Lantern) is an Armenian 1983 drama film; user names; similar word varats means of being in Swedish, and Varats olidliga lätthet is the Swedish translation of the book and film title The Unbearable Lightness of Being)

Word derivation for "toe" :
Basque = behatz, Finnish = varvas
Miresua = varatz

Note that in Basque the word for finger is hatz and toe is behatz. In Miresua I lose that similarily. My word for finger is hami. The Finnish words don't look alike in any way, in Finnish finger is sormi and toe is varvas.

22 March 2011

knee is polbun

polbunpolbun = knee (noun) (some things Google found for "polbun": a very rare term; a rare last name that can be Thai; similar POLBAN is an acronym for Politeknik Negeri Bandung (Bandung State Polytechnic) a university in Indonesia)

Word derivation for "knee" :
Basque = belaun, Finnish = polvi
Miresua = polbun

18 March 2011

heart is sydotz

sydotz = heart (noun) (some things Google found for "sydotz": a very rare term; user names; similarly named Sydot is the name of a 1980s alien action figure character, part of the Power Lords)

Word derivation for "heart" :
Basque = bihotz, Finnish = sydän
Miresua = sydotz

14 March 2011

head is bupä

bupä = head (noun) (some things Google found for "bupa": a very common term; Bupa (originally an acronym for British United Provident Association) is a large healthcare organization operating in many countries; Bupa is an unusual last name; Bupa is the name of a city in Pakistan)

Word derivation for "head" :
Basque = buru, Finnish = pää
Miresua = bupä

A somewhat odd word, but for Miresua it's a good alphabetic mix of the Basque and the Finnish words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for head is now päru.

10 March 2011

tooth is hormas

hormashormas = tooth (noun) (some things Google found for "hormas": an uncommon term; means "forms, molds, shoe trees, hat blocks" in Spanish; Hormas El Arbol is a Mexican company selling shoe blocks; an unusual last name; user names; similar word horma means ice or wall in Basque; Hormas (perhaps better known as Ormas) is a village in the Cantabria region of northern Spain)

Word derivation for "tooth" :
Basque = hortz, Finnish = hammas
Miresua = hormas

The Miresua word starts with H because both the Basque and Finnish words start with H.

06 March 2011

eye is selgi (revisited)

selgiselgi = eye (noun) (some things Google found for "selgi": an uncommon term; a unusual last name; a rare first name; user names; in Inari Sami which is an endangered language of northern Finland selgi means back; Selgi International Corp. of Panama and Miami, Florida for events and marketing; similarly named sel’gi are glacial ridges in the Karelian ASSR of Russia)

Word derivation for "eye" :
Basque = begi, Finnish = silmä
Miresua = selgi

My previous Miresua word for eye was bisä. I think my new word better resembles both the Basque word and the Finnish word. Also, I used the G from the Basque word. I don't get many Gs to work with.

02 March 2011

ear is kobera

kobera = ear (noun) (some things Google found for "kobera": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera (The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober) is a 1988 Polish movie; KOBERA GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft is a German tax consulting firm)

Word derivation for "ear" :
Basque = belarri, Finnish = korva
Miresua = kobera

This is a six letter word. I like for my Miresua words to be the average length of the Basque and the Finnish words. Here the Basque word is seven letters and the Finnish word is five letters. Although I do allow myself to make words a minimum of one letter less than the shorter word, up to one letter more than the longest word. (This rule doesn't apply to verb conjugations.)

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for ear is now korari.