28 February 2009

brother is aveni (revisited)

aveniaveni = brother (noun) (some things Google found for "aveni": an uncommon term: a last name than can be Italian in origin; user names; Aveni Cleaners in Massachusetts; an Australian masculine first name; name of a town in Papua New Guinea)

Word derivation for "brother" :
Basque = anaia, Finnish = veli
Miresua = aveni

My previous word for "brother" was "valni". I think having more vowels in my Miresua word better resembles the Basque and Finnish source words.

26 February 2009

sister is ahisa (revisited)

ahisa = sister (noun) (some things Google found for "ahisa": an uncommon term: AHISA is an acronym for Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia; user name; Mexican life insurance company (Aseguradora Hidalgo S.A); a feminine first name)

Word derivation for "sister" :
Basque = ahizpa, Finnish = sisar
Miresua = ahisa

My previous word for sister was sazri.

My Miresua words for daughter and girl both look more like Finnish, although they are a mix of letters from the Finnish and Basque words. So to be fair, I'm changing this word so that it's more like Basque.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for sister is now aizar.

24 February 2009

boy is pamil (revisited)

pamil = boy (noun) (some things Google found for "pamil": a very common term: Pamil Visions Internet PR; Pamil Fine Arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico; a first name that can be from India; a last name; Pamil Management Payroll Services Ltd of the UK)

Word derivation for "boy" :
Basque = mutil, Finnish = poika
Miresua = pamil

My previous Miresua word for "boy" was "pimal". I swapped the vowels around. I wanted my word for "boy" to look more like my word for "son" which is "pame".

This Miresua conlang word has been changed again. The word for "boy" is now "mikal".

22 February 2009

daughter is tyla (revisited)

tyla = daughter (noun) (some things Google found for "tyla": a common term: a masculine first name notably vocalist of the rock band The Dogs D'Amour and motocross world champion Tyla Rattray; a feminine first name; TYLA is an acronym for Texas Young Lawyers Association; a last name; means "silence" in Lithuanian; a town in Russia)

Word derivation for "daughter" :
Basque = alaba, Finnish = tytär
Miresua = tyla

My previous word for "daughter" was "ätyla". I dropped one letter. Miresua words can be one letter shorter than the average length of the Basque and Finnish words.

I changed my word for "daughter" to make it look more like my word for "girl" which is "tynsa". Also I wasn't happy that "ätyla" would be pronounced in Miresua similar to Attila, as in Attlia the Hun.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for daughter is now tabar.

20 February 2009

week is oska (revisited)

oska = week (noun) (some things Google found for "oska": a very common term: OSKA Clothing for women; OSKA (Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen) architects; Oska DeskMate software; user names; a last name; Oska Bright film festival of the UK shows short films made by people with learning disabilities; a masculine first name; means "hickory nut" in Chickasaw"; name of a town in Russia)

Word derivation for "week"
Basque = aste, Finnish = viikko
Miresua = oska

My previous word for week was soika. This change shortens the word, which will help with compound words. It's also good to add to the small number of Miresua words starting with "o".

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for week is now asko.

18 February 2009

winter is tagu (revisited)

tagutagu = winter (noun and adjective) (some things Google found for "tagu": a very common term; user names; month in the traditional Burmese or Myanmar calendar (April); a last name; Tagu lizard; means "to choke, to strangle" in Welsh; name of cities in South Korea, Romania, Burma and Papua New Guinea)

Word derivation for "winter"
Basque = negu, Finnish = talvi
Miresua = tagu

My previous word for "winter" was "vilun". As both the Basque word and the Finnish word end in a vowel, I think my Miresua word should too.

16 February 2009

four is julna (revisited)

julna = four (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "julna": an uncommon term; a feminine first name; "Tumse Milna Julna" are lyrics from a Hindi song; JULNA is an air traffic controller waypoint in the US; name of male lead character (played by Tony Curtis) in adventure movie The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951) which is set in 13th century Tangiers)

Word derivation for "four"
Basque = lau, Finnish = neljä
Miresua = julna

My previous word for four was jela. Basque and Finnish may not contain the consonants ln together in their words, but I've included it in my Miresua conlang.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for four is now nelu.

14 February 2009

five is vosi (revisited)

vosivosi = five (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "vosi": an uncommon term; VOSI is an acronym for Voices of Safety International; a last name; user names; vosi hnizda is a Czech Christmas sweet; name of cities in Greece, Czech Republic, and Latvia)

Word derivation for "five"
Basque = bost, Finnish = viisi
Miresua = vosi

My previous word for "five" was "siboi". This word was changed because of the "oi" diphthong (neither the Basque word or the Finnish word has a diphthong) and because I somehow just didn't like that "siboi" was pronounced like SEE-BOY.

12 February 2009

one is yst (revisited)

ystyst = one (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "yst": a common term; Yamaha YST series subwoofers; YST is an acronym for Yukon Standard Time; YST stands for Yahoo! Search Technology; a last name; user names; means "surplus" in Albanian)

Word derivation for "one"
Basque = bat, Finnish = yksi
Miresua = yst

My previous Miresua conlang word for "one" was "bys". All the letters I didn't use to make "yst" are used in making the word for "two" which, as seen in the previous post, is "baki".

I usually add words to this blog every four days, but I'm going to post every two days for a while, until I get done with these revisions.

10 February 2009

two is baki (revisited)

bakibaki = two (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "baki": a very common term; manga and anime character Baki the Grappler; Bâkî was a 16th cenutury Ottoman Turkish poet; a masculine first name; a last name that can be from Hungary; means "tray" in Indonesian; means "bake" in Esperanto; the name of cities in Indonesia, Azerbaijan (more commonly spelled Baku), Senegal, Poland, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan)

Word derivation for "two"
Basque = bi, Finnish = kaksi
Miresua = baki

My previous Miresua conlang word for "two" was "kai". I changed this word to not contain a vowel combination, and also because "kai" means "probably" in Finnish.

06 February 2009

three is herlo (revisited)

herlo = three (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "herlo": an uncommon term; user names; a last name; Herlo Realty in the Chicago area; Herlo Auto Repair in Florida; Herlo Inc in New Jersey; name of a town in Norway)

Word derivation for "three"
Basque = hiru, Finnish = kolme
Miresua = herlo

My previous Miresua conlang word for three was mirlo. I changed this word to use the h. Both Basque and Finnish seem to use the letter h more often than I do in Miresua.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for three is now kire.

02 February 2009

six is usei (revisited)

usei = six (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "usei": a very common term; USEI.PK is the stock symbol for US Energy Initiatives Corporation; user names; USEI is an acronym for Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative; USEI computer monitors; Usei shônen popi or Prince Planet was a 1965-1966 animated Japanese TV series; a last name; means I used in Portuguese; means the sound of rain in Japanese (transliterated))

Word derivation for "six"
Basque = sei, Finnish = kuusi
Miresua = usei

My previous Miresua word for six was uskei.

I realize that this word starts with a vowel and both the Basque and Finnish words start with consonants. Since there are two U in the Finnish word I'm allowing this bending of the rules.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for six is now sui.