gray is haris (revisited)

haris = gray (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "haris": a common term; an uncommon generally masculine first name which can be Arabic in origin; an unusual to uncommon last name; the Haris (Hari Caste) are people of indigenous origin found West Bengal; Haris Pilton is a NPC character based on Paris Hilton in World of Warcraft; name of a Palestinian town in the West Bank; name of a place in Namibia)

Word derivation for "gray" (or grey):
Basque = gris, Finnish = harmaa
Miresua = haris

My previous Miresua conlang word for gray was aris. As both the Basque word and the Finnish word start with a consonant, the Miresua word really should too.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the word grey appears once in the poem "You Are Old, Father William":

     "In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
     "I kept all my limbs very supple
     By the use of this ointment—one shilling the box—
     Allow me to sell you a couple?"

rust is ruodel (revisited)

ruodel = rust (noun) (some things Google found for "ruodel": a rare term; a very rare last name; user names; bad OCR of text of the word model)

Word derivation for "rust" :
Basque = herdoil, Finnish = ruoste
Miresua = ruodel

My previous Miresua conlang word for rust was reislo. That word was too much of an alphabetic scramble, plus I want to use the UO vowel combination from the Finnish word.

The word rust doesn't appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Although it does appear once in Through the Looking-Glass in a long poem sung by The White Knight.

"I heard him then, for I had just
Completed my design
To keep the Menai bridge from rust
By boiling it in wine."

glass is laire (revisited)

laire = glass (noun) (some things Google found for "laire": an uncommon term; LAIRE is an acronym for Live Action Interactive Roleplaying Explorers; user names; an unusual last name; de Laire and O'Laire are rare last names; an unusual first name that can be feminine or masculine; in Old French laire means to allow; name of a town in eastern France)

Word derivation for "glass" :
Basque = beira, Finnish = lasi
Miresua = laire

My previous Miresua conlang word for glass was seila. My new word is less of an alphabetic scramble, plus does not end in a.

The word glass appears ten times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, often as an adjective, and once as a "looking-glass".

Alice "found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass..."

feather is luhön (revisited)

luhön = feather (noun) (some things Google found for "luhon": an unusual term; Luhon is a rare last name; user names; the Luhon series of soils are deep, well drained and moderately fine textured; name of several gaming characters; a very rare first name; similar Luhong is the name of a place in the Philippines)

Word derivation for "feather":
Basque = luma, Finnish = höyhen
Miresua = luhön

Another word for feather in Finnish is sulka.

My previous Miresua conlang word for feather was höma. I'm trying to lessen, but not eliminate, the number of nouns ending in a.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Duchess said to Alice, "flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is — 'Birds of a feather flock together.'"

hard is goka (revisited)

goka = hard (adjective) (some things Google found for "goka": a common term; Goka Station is a railway station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; Goka, the Pyre of Malice is the name of a Yu-Gi-Oh! card; a unusual last name; Goka Bicycles of Pamplona, Spain; Shanghai GOKA Sports Motor Co. Ltd of China (AKA GK Motor Sports Inc) makes dune buggies; a rare first name; name of a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan; name of places in Ghana and Chad)

Word derivation for "hard" (tough, resistant to pressure):
Basque = gogor, Finnish = kova
Miresua = goka

My previous Miresua word for hard (tough) was govar.

The word hard appears eight times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but not once with this meaning.

year is vute (revisited)

vute = year (noun) (some things Google found for "vute": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; user names; a Mambiloid language of Cameroon and Nigeria; a misspelling of cute; means empty in Picard which is a language closely related to French; may mean something in Bengali (transliterated); Vute (aka Wute) is the name of a place in Ghana)

Word derivation for "year":
Basque = urte, Finnish = vuosi
Miresua = vute

My previous Miresua conlang word for year was veiru. I thought I'd try another mix of letters.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the word year appears twice, and years appears once.

After Alice remarked that the Hatter had a funny watch, The Hatter muttered, "Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?"

tomorrow is huobar (revisited)

huobar = tomorrow (adverb) (some things Google found for "huobar": a rare term; user names; a very rare last name; similar Huoba is the name of a place in Sichuan Province in China)

Word derivation for "tomorrow":
Basque = bihar, Finnish = huomenna
Miresua = huobar

My previous Miresua conlang word for tomorrow was huiban. I decided to take the opportunity of using the UO vowel combination from the Finnish word.

The word tomorrow appears only once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The Frog-Footman told Alice, "I shall sit here till tomorrow-—or next day, maybe."