26 February 2011

mouth is axu

axuaxu = mouth (noun) (some things Google found for "axu": a common term; AXU is the AMEX stock symbol for Alexco Resource Corporation; AXU is the airport code for Axum (or Aksum) Ethiopia; Akseli Ensio "Axu" Kokkonen is a ski-jumper who grew up in Finland; user names; AXU Group LLC is a New York IT consulting company; AXU Group is a software company in Argentina; Axu (or Aqug) is a town in Sichuan, China)

Word derivation for "mouth" :
Basque = aho, Finnish = suu
Miresua = axu

My Miresua word, axu, may not look like a valid mix of the Basque and Finnish words, but it is. In Miresua, as in Basque, X is pronounced like SH. Consider this word to be ashu, which is a proper alphabetic mix, and pronounce it that way. Ashu becomes spelled axu when SH is transliterated to X. The SH consonant combination doesn't appear in Miresua.

22 February 2011

nose is nedur (revisited)

nedurnedur = nose (noun) (anatomy) (some things Google found for "nedur": an uncommon term; a rare last name; Nedur High Tensile Bolts and nuts; in Turkish similar word "nedir" means "what is"; name of a city in Malta)

Word derivation for "nose" :
Basque = sudur, Finnish = nenä
Miresua = nedur

My previous word for nose was nuräs. The new word, nedur, starts like the Finnish word and ends like the Basque word.

18 February 2011

leg is särka

särka = leg (noun) (some things Google found for sarka and särka: a very common term; a feminine first name that can be Czech; Šárka is a mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia and a related opera; an uncommon last name; in Finnish similar word sarka means frieze, strip of a field; in Finnish similar word särkkä means bank, shoal; Särka is the name a city in Germany; Sarka is the name of a city in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan; Sarka is the name of towns in Nigeria, Niger, India and Russia)

Word derivation for "leg" (anatomy):
Basque = hanka, Finnish = sääri
Miresua = särka

I considered making this word sänka instead, but that made me think of coffee (Sanka is a brand of instant decaffeinated coffee).

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for leg is now sänki.

14 February 2011

foot is jain (revisited)

jainjain = foot (noun) (some things Google found for "jain": a very common term; of or pertaining to Jainism which is a religion from India; a common last name; JAIN is a acronym for Java APIs for Integrated Networks; Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. of India; in Basque similar word Jainko means God; name of a city in Nepal; Jain Khan Jamali is a city in Pakistan)

Word derivation for "foot" (anatomy):
Basque = oin, Finnish = jalka
Miresua = jain

My previous Miresua word for foot was noja.

In Miresua J is pronounced like a consonantal Y in English. The word jain rhymes with the English word nine.

10 February 2011

arm is bersi

bersi = arm (noun) (some things Google found for "bersi": a common term; a masculine first name that can be Icelandic or Norse; an unusual last name; user names; a form of the Italian verb bere which means to drink; Bersi Serlini winery of Italy; name of a town in India)

Word derivation for "arm" :
Basque = beso, Finnish = käsivarsi (or varsi)
Miresua = bersi

Note that in Finnish the word käsi means hand and varsi means stem, arm, stalk. That would make käsivarsi literally mean hand stem.

06 February 2011

hand is uskä (revisited)

uskä = hand (noun) (some things Google found for uska: a common term; Uska Dara (A Turkish Tale) is a 1953 song by Eartha Kitt; Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (a partial remake of Disney's The Princess Diaries) is an Indian TV series; USKA is an acronym for United States Karate Association; Uska is an acronym for Union Schweizerischer Kurzwellen-Amateure (Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs); a rare last name; In Hindi (transliterated) uskā means belonging to (his, her, its); name of a city in India)

Word derivation for "hand" :
Basque = esku, Finnish = käsi
Miresua = uskä

My previous Miresua word for hand was äkse. I changed this word to use a sk consonant combination. The ks combination was odd.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for hand is now uski.

02 February 2011

finger is hami

hamihami = finger (noun) (some things Google found for "hami": a very common term; Hami Desert and Hami Prefecture of Xinjiang, China; the Chinese Hami melon is a type of muskmelon; an uncommon last name; a masculine first name that can be Iranian; name of cities in South Korea, North Korea, Japan, and Niger; name of small cities in Iran, Yemen, and China)

Word derivation for "finger" :
Basque = hatz, Finnish = sormi
Miresua = hami