12 July 2011

iron is daura (revisited)

daura = iron (metal) (noun) (some things Google found for "daura"; a common term; an uncommon last name; Estrella Damm Daura is a gluten-free beer from Barcelona; an unusual feminine first name of African origin; Al Daura Refinery in Iraq; Leiognathus daura is the scientific name of the Goldstripe ponyfish; name of a city and Local Government Area in northern Nigeria; name of cities in India, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Nepal)

Word derivation for "iron" (metal):
Basque = burdina, Finnish = rauta,
Miresua = daura

My previous Miresua word for iron was baurda.

I decided to start this Miresua word with D instead of B. Only borrowed words start with D in Finnish, and fewer Basque words start with D than B. Besides, there's a T in the Finnish word, which sounds similar to D.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for iron is now raduna.

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