30 April 2015

hawk is aukore (revisited)

aukore = hawk (bird) (noun) (some things Google found for "aukore": a rare term; user names; seems to be a rare Polynesian name; means something in Ainu; means something in a language of Namibia; bad OCR of old text documents, including several bad scans of the Latin word auctore which can mean originator or author)

Word derivation for "hawk" :
Basque = aztore, Finnish = haukka (hawk or falcon)
Miresua = aukore

My previous Miresua conlang word for hawk was aukora. This is a minor change to lessen, but not to eliminate, the number of nouns ending in -A. Why I'm making these changes is because a suffix of -A will be added to nouns for the definite article in Miresua, and I'd rather not have a large number of -AA endings.

The word hawk does not appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

26 April 2015

hen is kalo (revisited)

kalo = hen (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "kalo": a very common term; in Hawaiian kalo means taro plant; Kalo (and Kaló) is an unusual last name; a rare to unusual often masculine first name; member of a subgroup of the Romani people in Western and Northern Europe (plural is Kale); KALO is an independent religious TV station serving Honolulu; KALO is the code for Waterloo Regional Airport in Iowa; Kalo Hair Inhibitor; in Esperanto kalo means callus; in Romani kalo means black; Kalo Nero is the name of a place in Greece; name of places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Turkey, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Lesotho and Indonesia)

Word derivation for "hen" :
Basque = oilo, Finnish = kana
Miresua = kalo

My previous Miresua conlang word for hen was lona. This is a redo of the word so that it no longer ends in -A.

This word is for a domesticated bird, instead of a wild bird. A hen is adult female chicken.

The word hen does not appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

22 April 2015

goose is hanari (revisited)

hanari = goose (noun) (some things Google found for "hanari": an uncommon term; Hanari (and similar Hañari) is an unusual last name; a rare first name; Hanari Solomon is a female cosplayer; Hanari Apartment in Osaka, Japan; similar Hannari Tofu Japanese cushions and plush toys; name of places in Iraq, South Korea and Pakistan)

Word derivation for "goose" :
Basque = antzara, Finnish = hanhi
Miresua = hanari

My previous Miresua conlang word for goose was hanira. This is a small change to make the word no longer end in -A.

I found the word goose, as in a bird, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a stanza of the poem "You Are Old, Father William".
"You are old," said the youth, "And your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—
Pray, how did you manage to do it?"

18 April 2015

final (last) is apulen

apulen = final (adjective) (some things Google found for "apulen": an unusual term; user names; similar Apuleni is a rare last name; Ye Pikvu Apulen Shet is a Marathi song title; Rio Apulen (or Appeleg) may be the name of river on the Argentina - Chile border; similar Apulien is the German name for Apulia which is a region of southern Italy)

Word derivation for "final (last, ultimate)":
Basque = azken, Finnish = lopullinen
Miresua = apulen

Another Basque word for final is the similar azkeneko. Another Finnish word for final is viimeinen.

The word final does not appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

14 April 2015

last (most recent) is vizke

vizke = last (adjective) (some things Google found for "vizke": a rare term; user names; a rare last name; similar Vizkeleti is an unusual last name that can be Hungarian; similar Vizka is the name of a place in the Czech Republic)

Word derivation for "last (most recent, last so far)":
Basque = azken, Finnish = viime
Miresua = vizke

The word last occurs many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Most occurrences are as at last, although a handful are adjectives meaning most recent.
"We quarrelled last March -- just before HE went mad, you know --" (pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,)...

10 April 2015

wing is heipi

heipi = wing (noun) (some things Google found for "heipi": an unusual to uncommon term; rare first name and rare last name that can possibly be Chinese; user names; Acantholaimus heipi is a species of roundworm; HEIPI is an acronym for HEI Properties, Inc.; misspelling of the name Heidi; misspelling of happy; similar Heipu is the name of a place in China)

Word derivation for "wing" :
Basque = hegal, Finnish = siipi
Miresua = heipi

I found one occurrence of the plural word wings in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
...a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for wing is now sigal.

06 April 2015

creature is izolo

izolo = creature (noun) (some things Google found for "izolo": an uncommon term; in Zulu and Xhosa izolo means yesterday; Izolo (A Trip Into the Past) is a South African music album by Children of Nandi; name of a World of Warcraft character; similar Izolô Acessórios of Brazil sells jewelry and watches; iZolo Ltd of the UK is an app developer; a very rare first name and last name; user names; similar Izola is the name of a place in Slovenia)

Word derivation for "creature" :
Basque = izaki, Finnish = olento
Miresua = izolo

The words creature and creatures appear over a dozen times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. "If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."

02 April 2015

timid is areke

areke = timid (adjective) (some things Google found for "areke": an uncommon term; a drinkable liquor produced in Ethiopia; an unusual often feminine first name; a rare last name; Pension Areke Chez Kayser is a hotel in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia; apparently in Amharic which is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia areke means liquor; similar Areka is the name of a place in Ethiopia)

Word derivation for "timid" :
Basque = herabe, Finnish = arka
Miresua = areke

Another Basque word for timid is lotsati. Another Finnish word for timid is pelokas.

The word timid appears three times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In addition, timidly occurs nine times.
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir--" The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.