02 January 2009

dance is tasna (revisited)

tasna = dance (noun) (some things Google found for "tasna": an uncommon term; Piz Tasna is a mountain in the Silvretta Range of the Swiss Alps; a last name, notably Italian actor Rolf Tasna; Tasna mine in Bolivia; Suot Tasna and Sur Tasna are sub-districts of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland; user names; means "ragweed or ragwort" in Portuguese; name of a city in Turkey and towns in Bolivia)

Word derivation for "dance":
Basque = dantza, Finnish = tanssi
Miresua = tasna

My previous Miresua word for dance was taisza. I decided to change it because it had a double vowel, unlike either the Basque or the Finnish words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for dance is now tansa.

4 comments:

drago said...

Are you sure the double consonant
(-sn-)can be pronounced well by everybody? Why not drop the -n- and stick to taso or doso instead.
Regards: András (Budapest)

Mariska said...

Thank you for your comment.

I was thinking of pronouncing this word, tasna, as tas-na. Two syllables. Not as a "sn" double consonant.

Nonetheless, I understand your point. Perhaps I'll have check if either Basque or Finnish uses the "sn" consonant combination.

drago said...

Basque esne = milk, but this does not weaken my point.

Personally, I would prefer something like tasa (if this is a verb) or taso (if this is a noun).

By the way, do you speak Hungarian? (Just because Mariska is a Hungarian nickname, although slightly obsolete.) - András

Mariska said...

Tasna works well for Miresua. It shares four letters with the Basque word and four letters with the Finnish word. Tasna has a consonant combination as do the Basque and the Finnish words. It is only one letter shorter than the Basque and the Finnish words.

I speak a little Hungarian. Egy kicsit beszélek.