30 November 2013

skirt is gane

gane = skirt (noun) (some things Google found for "gane": a common term; an unusual last name; user names; Mokume-gane is a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns first made in Japan; an unusual to rare usually masculine first name; in Latvian gane means a shepherdess; forms of the Spanish verb ganar meaning to win, gain or earn; in Scots the past participle of gae which means go; name of places in Senegal, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea and Sweden)

Word derivation for "skirt"
Basque = gona, Finnish = hame
Miresua = gane

In the final chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice "jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen".

26 November 2013

pepper (spice) is piperi

piperi = pepper (noun) (some things Google found for "piperi": an uncommon term; Piperi Mediterranean Grill in Boston, MA; an unusual last name; Anemone piperi (Piper’s Anemone) and Campanula piperi (Olympic bellflower) are wildflowers of the US Northwest and British Columbia; in Latin datative singular of piper which means pepper (spice); name of a Greek island in the National Marine Park of Alonnisos Northern Sporades; name of places in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro)

Word derivation for "pepper (spice)"
Basque = piper, Finnish = pippuri
Miresua = piperi

This is the word for pepper, the spice, peppercorn or Piperaceae. Not the fruit of Capsicum plants, such as green or red bell peppers.

In Chapter 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice said to herself, "as well as she could for sneezing", "There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!"

22 November 2013

card is karti

karti = card (noun) (some things Google found for "karti": a common term; an unusual last name; Ali Ahmed Karti is a Sudanese Foreign Minister; an unusual to rare first name; Karti P Chidambaram is the son of an Indian politician; in Latvian accusative singular form of karte which means map, chart; may mean does in Urdu (transliterated); name of a place in Iran)

Word derivation for "card"
Basque = karta, Finnish = kortti or pelikortti (game + card)
Miresua = karti

In the last scene in Wonderland, Alice said to the Queen of Hearts and the court, "You're nothing but a pack of cards!"

18 November 2013

cake is tarku (revisited)

tarku = cake (noun) (some things Google found for "tarku": an uncommon term; user names; a rare last name; a rare usually masculine first name; name of a Hittite pagan God; gaming character names; means spindle in Sanskrit (transliterated); name of places in Nepal, India and Iran)

Word derivation for "cake"
Basque = tarta, Finnish = kakku
Miresua = tarku

My previous Miresua conlang word for cake was kartu. I changed this word because kartu would have been too similar to my next word.

In Chapter 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice finds "very small cake, on which the words 'EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants".

14 November 2013

chin is lekos

lekos = chin (noun) (some things Google found for "lekos": a uncommon term; Lekos are ellipsoidal reflector spotlights for stage lighting; an unusual last name that can be Greek; Lekos Dye & Finishing of the Greater Los Angeles area; LEKOS s.r.o. is a company in Slovakia that sells equipment for making candies or sweets; means will lick in Esperanto)

Word derivation for "chin":
Basque = kokots, Finnish = leuka
Miresua = lekos

In chapter 2 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Pool of Tears, Alice "was up to her chin in salt water".

10 November 2013

strange is ouraro

ouraro = strange (adjective) (some things Google found for "ouraro": a rare term; user names; a very rare name; similar Guraro is a rare last name; similar Ourarou is the name of a place in Benin)

Word derivation for "strange":
Basque = arraro, Finnish = outo
Miresua = ouraro

At the end of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice told her sister "all these strange Adventures of hers".

06 November 2013

claw is kyspar

kyspar = claw (noun) (some things Google found for "kyspar": an unusual to rare term; user names; a very rare first name; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; means lock in Grednian which is a conlang; similar Kaspar is an uncommon masculine first name and an uncommon last name)

Word derivation for "claw":
Basque = atzapar, Finnish = kynsi
Miresua = kyspar

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat had "VERY long claws and a great many teeth".

02 November 2013

dull (boring) is astyr

astyr = dull (boring) (adjective) (some things Google found for "astyr": an uncommon term; a rare last name notably Bobby Astyr the "Clown Prince of Porn"; Astyr is a musical artist from NYC; a rare feminine first name; user names; The North Face Women's Astyr Jacket; Uris Astyr was a French Metal band; similar Astyra was the name of an ancient Greek city)

Word derivation for "dull (boring)"
Basque = aspergarri (where suffix -garri means deserving or cause)
Finnish = tylsä
Miresua = astyr

My definition of astyr shouldn't be seen as a comment about anyone or anything called astyr. This is merely a word in my Miresua conlang language. I have nothing against people with this fine name. Astyr is a combination of letters from the Basque and the Finnish words.

Near the end of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice "sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality."