sheep is aras (revisited)

aras = sheep (noun) (Some things Google found for "aras": a very common term; Aras Corp sells product development software; a river on the international boundary between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the north and Turkey and Iran on the south; a unusual to uncommon last name; an unusual masculine first name; ARAS is an acronym for Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism; ARAS is a Lithuanian police anti-terrorist special operations unit; in Greek mythology Aras was an autochthon and the first king of Phliasia; ARAS Foundation where ARAS is an acronym for Acceptance, Respect, Affection, Support; ARAS dog rescue and rehoming centre in the UK; means macaws in French; means deer in Sindarin; name of places in Spain and Iran; similar Årås is the name of a place in Norway)

Word derivation for "sheep" :
Basque = ardi, Finnish = lammas
Miresua = aras

My previous Miresua word for sheep was alda. I'm redoing it so that the word doesn't end in -A. Neither the Basque word or the Finnish word ends in -A.

The word sheep occurs once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality -- the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds -- the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells...

This Miresua word has been changed. The word for sheep is now ladis.

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.

flat is lati

lati = flat (shape) (adjective) (some things Google found for "lati": a common term; LATI is an acronym for Lake Area Technical Institute of South Dakota; a unusual to uncommon last name; an unusual first name that can be feminine or masculine; Lati (aka White Wenge) is a species of wood from Africa; Café Lati in Seattle; LATI is an acronym for Los Angeles Taiko Institute which is a Japanese drumming school; Lati doll of South Korea sells collector dolls; in Italian lati means sides; in Latvian lati is the nominative plural of lats which was a former monetary unit of Latvia; similar Läti is the name of places in Estonia; name of places in Iran, Senegal, Afghanistan, Niger, the Philippines and Pakistan)

Word derivation for "flat" (having no variations in height):
Basque = lau, Finnish = litteä
Miresua = lati

I found the word flat twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners...

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for flat is now latä.

neck is kaupo (revisited)

kaupo = neck (noun) (some things Google found for "kaupo": an uncommon term; a town and former district of Maui island of Hawaii; Kaupo General Store and Kaupo Gap Trail near the town; an unusual masculine first name which can be Estonian; Kaupo of Turaida (or Caupo) was a 13th century leader of the Livonian people in what is now Latvia and Estonia; KauPo seems to be a material of rubber + polyurethane sold by a German company; in Finnish similar kauppa means commerce, trade, shop; similar Kaupos is a place in Lithuania)

Word derivation for "neck" :
Basque = lepo, Finnish = kaula
Miresua = kaupo

This is the word for the part of body and the tapered part of a bottle.

My previous Miresua conlang word for neck was leka. I'm redoing this word to lessen the number of words ending in -A, and also to make it different from my Miresua word for chin, which is lekos. The neck and the chin are near each other, so I don't want similar words for them.

I found seven occurrences of the word neck in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, here's one of them:

As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for neck is now laupo.

shoe is okeno (revisited)

okeno = shoe (noun) (some things Google found for "okeno": an uncommon to unusual term; Okeno Sushi restaurant in Shirley, NY; name of a harbor city in the Pathfinder fantasy roleplaying game universe; an unusual to rare last name that can be Kenyan or can be Japanese; a rare first name)

Word derivation for "shoe":
Basque = oinetako, Finnish = kenkä
Miresua = okeno

This is a revision. My previous Miresua conlang word for shoe was oikenä. I made this modification to avoid ending this word in -Ä.

Another word for shoe in Basque is zapata, which is the word for shoe in Spanish. In Basque oin means foot.

The plural of shoe, shoes, appears seven times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the first occurrence is in this quote:

"Good-bye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). "Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears?"

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for shoe is now okenko.

lake is anäri (revisited)

anäri = lake (noun) (some things Google found for "anäri" and "anari": an uncommon term; Anari is the title of at least three Hindi films; Anari (Ana Rita Alberdi) is a female Basque singer/songwriter; Anari is a cheese produced in Cyprus; Anari is an unusual last name; Anari is a rare first name; Anäri is the name of a World of Warcraft character; in Hindi (transliterated) anari means unskillful, novice; Vale do Anari is a town in Brazil's state of Rondônia; Anari is the name of a village in Iran)

Word derivation for "lake" :
Basque = aintzira, Finnish = järvi
Miresua = anäri

My previous Miresua word for lake was jairä. I'd also prefer not to end nouns in -Ä.

The word lake doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-glass.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for lake is now ainäri.

orange (fruit) is laperani (revisited)

laperani = orange (noun) (some things Google found for "laperani": a rare term; perhaps a very rare Italian name; user name; similar Laperan is a rare last name; similar Laterani were a family in ancient Rome whose properties were confiscated by the Roman Empire; similar Laperian is a place in the Philippines)

Word derivation for "orange (fruit)" :
Basque = laranja, Finnish = appelsiini
Miresua = laperani

My previous word for orange (fruit) was aperina. I'm changing this word so that it doesn't end in -A, and also to use the common letter L. As a bonus, the new word looks less like the English word apple.

The Basque word for orange, laranja, is the same as the Portuguese. The Finnish word for orange is apparently derived from Old Swedish appelsin, meaning "Chinese apple".

The word orange occurs in once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, when Alice fell down the rabbit-hole.

She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it was empty...

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for orange (fruit) is now laperni.

ocean is oztari (revisitied)

oztari = ocean (noun) (some things Google found for "oztari": a rare term; user names; Ostari and Öztarı are very rare last names; ERDOĞAN ÖZTARI is a household security company in Bursa, Turkey)

Word derivation for "ocean" :
Basque = ozeano (likely a borrowed word)
Finnish = valtameri (compound word: mighty or great + sea)
Miresua = oztari

My previous Miresua conlang word for ocean was oztera. I'm trying to lessen the number of words ending in A, for grammar reasons. Besides, neither the Basque word or the Finnish word end in A.

The word ocean doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-glass.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for ocean is now ozteri.

seven is sezpin (revisited)

sezpin = seven (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "sezpin": a rare term; a very rare last name; name of a fictional sea in an online fantasy story; references to Sez Pin Code, where SEZ stands for Special Economic Zone in India and PIN stands for Postal Index Number; similar Sezin is the name of a place in Burma)

Word derivation for "seven"
Basque = zazpi, Finnish = seitsemän
Miresua = sezpin

My previous Miresua conlang word for seven was pesizan. The new word better resembles both the Basque word and the Finnish word.

Seven occurs a handful of times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This is from the scene where three gardeners are painting white roses red.

..."Look out now, Five! Don't go splashing paint over me like that!"

"I couldn't help it," said Five, in a sulky tone; "Seven jogged my elbow."

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for seven is now zasein.

ten is kymar (revisited)

kymar = ten (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "kymar": an uncommon to unusual term; KyMar Farm craft winery and distillery in New York state; Kymar Acres is a farm in Iowa; in Lone Wolf gamebooks Loi-Kymar is an elder of the Magician's Guild of Toran; Kymar Subsea of Houston sells subsea technology equipment; an unusual last name; a rare first name; Kymar ointment for veterinary use; similar Kumar is a South Asian name)

Word derivation for "ten"
Basque = hamar, Finnish = kymmenen
Miresua = kymar

My previous Miresua conlang word for ten was mykar. The new word doesn't scramble the letters as much.

The word ten occurs five times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

...said Alice; "I can't remember things as I used -- and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!"

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for ten is now hamen.

three is hirme (revisited)

hirme = three (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "hirme": a uncommon term; a rare first name possibly a form of Hiram; a very rare last name; Hirme Washing Machines of Watford in the UK; in Spanish similar irme means go, leave; similar hirm means fear in Estonian; Al Hirme is a village in Syria)

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

My previous Miresua word for three was herko. I'm starting a round of revisions of numbers.

The word three occurs many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind," said Alice: "three inches is such a wretched height to be."

"It is a very good height indeed!" said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

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

dark is ilme (lack of light) (revisited)

ilme = dark (adjective) (some things Google found for "ilme": a common term; a rare feminine first name; a rare last name; ILME UK Ltd is supplier of multipole connectors and industrial plugs/sockets; in Finnish means facial expression, look; similar ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral; the Ilme is a tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany)

Word derivation for "dark" (lack of light):
Basque = ilun, Finnish = pimeä (lack of light)
Miresua = ilme

This change is because I'm making two words for dark. Finnish has two words for dark. My previous Miresua conlang word for dark was ulme. This is a small change to use the letter i, which starts the Basque word and appears in the Finnish word. The letter u will be used in the word for dark (of color).

The word dark appears three times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This quote is after Alice falls down the rabbit-hole.

"First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything..."

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for dark (lack of light) is now ilmeä.

green is virbe (revisited)

virbe = green (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "virbe": a rare term; user names; VirBe is a Dutch company that offers business addresses; Virbe is a young Australian musical artist; name of a company in Finland; a rare first name; Virbe and Virbé are very rare last names; name of a gaming character; similar Virbi is the name of a place in Latvia)

Word derivation for "green" :
Basque = berde, Finnish = vihreä
Miresua = virbe

My previous Miresua conlang word for green was irbe, so this is another small change. As both the Basque word and the Finnish word start with a consonant, the Miresua word really should too.

The word green can be found four times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This quote is from the scene where Alice grows huge after eating a piece of mushroom.

"...all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her."

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for green is now bereä.

cake is kartu

kartu = cake (noun) (some things Google found for "kartu": a very common term; a rare last name; user names; Kartu languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia; means card in Indonesian; means together in Lithuanian; name of places in Syria and Pakistan)

Word derivation for "cake"
Basque = tarta, Finnish = kakku
Miresua = kartu

Cake is a word that appears a handful of times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for cake is now tarku.

neck is leka

leka = neck (noun) (some things Google found for "leka": a very common term; an unusual last name; an unusual first name that is often masculine; name of several pretender princes to the Albanian throne; LEKA baby toys by IKEA; means sledgehammer in Finnish; means "drip, leak" in Icelandic; name of an island and municipality in Norway and multiple places in Poland)

Word derivation for "neck" :
Basque = lepo, Finnish = kaula
Miresua = leka

This is the word for the part of body and the tapered part of a bottle.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for neck is now laupo.

knife is vezti (revisited)

vezti = knife (noun) (some things Google found for "vezti": a uncommon term; a very rare last name; vezti or vežti means to carry in Lithuanian; in Russian (transliterated) vezti means carry, drive; similar vesti means clothes in Italian; similar Veztsy (aka Khutor Veztsy) is the name of place in Belarus)

Word derivation for "knife" :
Basque = aizto, Finnish = veitsi
Miresua = vezti

Another Basque word for knife is labana.

My previous Miresua word for knife was vaiso. Last time I knowingly defined my word for trouble as the very similar vaizo. So, now I'm redoing my word for knife. I think the word for knife needed a T in it anyway.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for knife is now veizto.

sweet is moze (revisited)

moze = sweet (adjective) (some things Google found for "moze": a very common term; an uncommon last name; Tomislav Moze Photography of Croatia; character Jennifer "Moze" Mosely on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide; Moze Guitars is a store in the San Diego area; an unusual masculine first name that can be a form of Moses; Moze Cafe in south suburban Denver area; similar môže means "can, may" in Slovak; Mozé-sur-Louet is a place in France; name of a place in Nigeria)

Word derivation for "sweet" (taste):
Basque = gozo, Finnish = makea
Miresua = moze

My previous Miresua conlang word for sweet was mozea.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for sweet is now mozea, again.

beet is juremitxa

juremitxa = beet (noun) (some things Google found for "juremitxa": a rare term; user name on YouTube; similarly named Jurimex Law Firm of Ukraine; similarly named Jurimex provides legal assistance toll free in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Miami)

Word derivation for "beet":
Basque = erremolatxa (similar to Spanish remolacha)
Finnish = juurikas (also punajuurikas, where puna means red)
Miresua = juremitxa

Here's another lengthy vegetable word. As in Finnish, the j is pronounced like consonantal y. As in Basque, the tx is pronounced like ch.

I'm a gardener and I grow vegetables, including beets.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for beet is now jurmotxas.

carrot is azporena

azporena = carrot (noun) (some things Google found for "azporena": an unique term, did not match any documents; similar Azorerna is the Swedish name for the Azores which is a Portuguese autonomous archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean)

Word derivation for "carrot":
Basque = azenario, Finnish = porkkana
Miresua = azporena

This is second in my series of long words for orange vegetables. Both Basque and Finnish have 8-letter words for carrot, so Miresua does too.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for carrot is now azporano.

your (singular) is ziru

ziru = your (singular) (possessive pronoun) (some things Google found for "ziru": an uncommon term; an unusual first name that can be Chinese; a rare last name; Philein/ZiRu Productions is a non-profit dance production company based in San Francisco; Ziru is a contemporary design furniture company in Spain; in Traveler RPG the Ziru Sirka is the interstellar First Imperium; user names; name of a place in Uganda)

Word derivation for "your (singular)" :
Basque = zure, Finnish = sinun + -si
Miresua = ziru

According to Wiktionary, in standard Finnish the possessive suffix -si (appended to the word owned) is compulsory, but the genitive form of the personal pronoun "sinun" before the main word can be sometimes omitted. On the other hand, in colloquial Finnish, the suffix -si is very rare and only the genitive form "sinun" is used.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for your (singular) is now zuren.