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."

today is gaunän (revisited)

gaunän = today (adverb) (some things Google found for "gaunan": an uncommon term; a rare last name; user names; name of a place in North Cotabato province in the Philippines; part of island names in Basilan province in the Philippines)

Word derivation for "today":
Basque = gaur, Finnish = tänään
Miresua = gaunän

My previous Miresua conlang word for today was gänan. I decided to make this a 6-letter word. There are more than enough 5-letter words.

The word today (actually as to-day) occurs four times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The Cheshire cat asked Alice, "Do you play croquet with the Queen to-day?"

yesterday is ailo (revisited)

ailo = yesterday (adverb) (some things Google found for "ailo": a common term; an unusual Scandinavian masculine first name, notably Ailo Gaup which is the name of a Sámi author and also a Norwegian motocross rider; AILO is an acronym for the Association of International Life Offices; AILO is an acronym for American Indian Liaison Office; an unusual last name; Ailo is a dance band project; Ailo-Atynakovo is the name of a place in Russia; name of a place in Papua New Guinea)

Word derivation for "yesterday":
Basque = atzo, Finnish = eilen
Miresua = ailo

My previous Miresua conlang word for yesterday was azei. I changed this word because I didn't want the diphthong to be on the end of the word.

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

Soon after Alice first enlarged, she said, "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual...."

late is möranäs

möranäs = late (adverb) (some things Google found for "moranas": an unusual term; similar Moranas is an unusual to rare last name; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; rural rental house Las Moranas in the principality of Asturias in Spain; in Spanish similar Morenas (feminine plural) means dark-skinned persons, brunettes)

Word derivation for "late (delayed)" :
Basque = berandu, Finnish = myöhässä
Miresua = möranäs

This word is the adverb. The adjective will be similar.

In the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, late is a word found in paragraph three. The White Rabbit says "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!".

again is tarre

tarre = again (adverb) (some things Google found for "tarre": an uncommon term; an uncommon last name; a rare first name that can be feminine; user names; Tarre Heating & Cooling Inc. in western Pennsylvania; in English an obsolete term meaning "to incite, to provoke"; name of a place in Chad)

Word derivation for "again" :
Basque = berriro, Finnish = taas
Miresua = tarre

Again is a word in paragraph four of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I used taas for the Finnish word, but there are other words I could have used, including jälleen and uudelleen.

twice is baktin (revisited)

baktin = twice (abverb) (some things Google found for "baktin": a uncommon term; alias of the head of a Philippine carnapping gang; means piggy or piglet in Binisaya or Cebuano; Baktin Surf Camp on Siargao Island in the Philippines; user names; a rare last name; similar Bakhtin which is an unusual last name, notably of Russian philosopher and literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin; similar Bakti is the name of a place in Indonesia)

Word derivation for "twice" :
Basque = bitan, Finnish = kahdesti
Miresua = baktin

My previous Miresua conlang word for twice was bakitin. This is a minor change. I changed the Basque word used for twice from birritan to bitan. Both Basque words apparently mean twice. But the shorter Basque word allows me to make a shorter, and perhaps sweeter, Miresua word. By the way, my word for two is baki.

This is a word from paragraph one of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

once is yhtin (revisited)

yhtin = once (adverb) (some things Google found for "yhtin": an uncommon term; yhtin.cn is a Chinese website for Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co. LTD; user names; a very rare last name; name of a gaming character in League of Legends; similar yhtiö means company, corporation in Finnish)

Word derivation for "once" :
Basque = behin, Finnish = yhdesti
Miresua = yhtin

Note, I chose not to use the most common Finnish word for once, kerran, which is a form of the word meaning time, occasion. Instead I decided to use yhdesti, which also means once, and is the multiplicative case of yksi, the Finnish cardinal number one.

My previous Miresua conlang word for once was ysetin. I'm changing this word because in Finnish yht- (and yhd-) are used in many derived terms and compounds of one. Besides, the new word is a better mix and uses the common letter H. (By the way, my Miresua word for one is yst.)

This is a word from paragraph one of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

before (earlier) is areten

areten = before (earlier) (adverb, preposition) (some things Google found for "areten": an uncommon to rare term; user names; Areten-draty seems to be the title of a Madagascar music video by Tinondia; a rare first name; Areten Limited is a software development company in London; similar arête is a sharp ridge of rock; similar Aretun is a place in Norway)

Word derivation for "before (earlier than in time)":
Basque = aurretik, Finnish = ennen
Miresua = areten

Alice had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, in paragraph three Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

down is belas

belas = down (from a high to a low position) (adverb) (some things Google found for "belas": a very common term; a uncommon last name; Belas Artes Gallery in St. Louis; Golden Tulip Belas Artes Hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Belas Clube de Campo near Lisbon, Portugual; Belas Knap neolithic long barrow in Gloucestershire, England; in Malay and Indonesian means suffix -teen used to form numbers 11-19; in Portuguese feminine plural form of belo which means beautiful; name of places in Angola, Portugal, Indonesia, East Timor and Mozambique)

Word derivation for "down":
Basque = behera, Finnish = alas
Miresua = belas

In paragraph three of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the rabbit pops down the rabbit-hole. Also Santa Claus goes down the chimney.

In Finnish, the words for down and under are similar.

under is alpan

alpan = under (preposition, adverb) (some things Google found for "alpan": a common term; Alpan Lighting Products sells solar powered lights; Alpan Gallery on Long Island in New York; a unusual last name that can be Turkish; an rare masculine first name; a minor Etruscan goddess of love and the underworld; name of a places in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan)

Word derivation for "under":
Basque = azpian, Finnish = alla
Miresua = alpan

This is another word from paragraph three of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The rabbit-hole, mentioned in the previous post, is under the hedge.

far is kaurun

kaurun = far (far away) (adverb) (some things Google found for "kaurun": a rare term; user names; Asuweda Kaurun ho is a Sinhala song title (which I was unable to translate to English); a rare last name; name of a village in Himachal Pradesh, India)

Word derivation for "far":
Basque = urrun, Finnish = kaukana
Miresua = kaurun

The adjective far will be a similar word, but with an additional suffix.

near is hurelä

hurelä = near (adverb, preposition) (some things Google found for "hurela": a rare term; user names; a rare last name; Hurela Rental LLC of Florida; Cia. Hurela Goodyear Oxo S.A. of Mexico sells tires; name of a village in Rajasthan, India)

Word derivation for "near":
Basque = hurbil, Finnish = lähellä
Miresua = hurelä

The Finnish word lähellä is adessive case, which a locative case with the basic meaning of "on". I don't think Basque has adessive case.

Other words for near in Basque are gertu and ondoan.

so (very) is hin

hin = so (adverb) (very, to a particular extent) (some things Google found for "hin": a very common term; HIN is an acronym for Hot Import Nights auto show; HIN is an acronym for Hull ID Numbers for boats; an uncommon last name; an uncommon first name that can be from Southeast Asia; an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measurement; means there (away from this place) in German; means the (fem. sg.) in Icelandic; Hua Hin is a beach resort town in Thailand)

Word derivation for "so (very, to a particular extent)":
Basque = hain, Finnish = niin
Miresua = hin

I considered making this word nain, but in Finnish, depending on its usage, nain can be vulgar.

so (therefore) is bejon

bejon = so (conjunction, adverb) (therefore, with the result that) (some things Google found for "bejon": an uncommon term; a rare first name; a rare last name; user names; Lady Bejon or Bejon St. James is a LGBT performer; name of a singing duo of identical brothers who auditioned for UK's X Factor; similarly named Bejong is a place in Indonesia)

Word derivation for "so (therefore, with the result that)":
Basque = beraz, Finnish = joten
Miresua = bejon

There are a number of Finnish words with somewhat similar meanings: niinpä, siis, siksi, jotta. With this word, I think I was trying to push Finnish into fitting my English meaning, and getting myself into a bit of a gray area.

how much is zenkapo

zenkapo = how much (adverb, interrogative) (some things Google found for "zenkapo": a very rare term; user names; "Zenk APO" can refer to someone named Zenk at a APO (Army Post Office) address)

Word derivation for "how much" :
Basque = zenbat, Finnish = kuinka paljon (or paljonko)
Miresua = zenkapo

This is the word asking what is the cost/price, what quantity. For quantity, it's used with uncountable nouns.

how many is zenkota

zenkota = how many (adverb, interrogative) (some things Google found for "zenkota": a rare term; user names; Zen Kota can refer to Maruti Zen hatchback compact SUV cars for sale in the city of Kota in India; similar Zen Kot is a health cafe in Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium)

Word derivation for "how many" :
Basque = zenbat, Finnish = kuinka monta (or montako)
Miresua = zenkota

There are countable and uncountable nouns in both Finnish and Basque. In English, how many is used with countable nouns, while how much is used with uncountable nouns. Finnish has different terms for how many and how much, but Basque uses the same word. That figures. For Miresua, guess I'll make another word for how much.

how is mino

mino = how (adverb, interrogative) (some things Google found for "mino": a very common term; a last name; Flip video Mino tapeless camcorders; an unusual usually masculine first name; Mino Salon in Los Angeles; a genus of myna birds; Amazon warriors of the former kingdom of Dahomey in west Africa; name of places, an old province, and former districts in Japan; name of places in Chile, New Zealand, South Korea, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines)

Word derivation for "how" :
Basque = nola, Finnish = miten
Miresua = mino

This is the word for how, in what manner, in what state. Not how many or how much.

There's another word for how in Finnish, kuinka. It appears to be a more formal term. It'll be used for making the word for how many.

whence (where from) is nosti (revisited)

nosti = whence (where from) (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "nosti": an uncommon term; a last name; means "raised, elevated" in Finnish; similar nostri means "us, our people" in Latin; in Russian (transliterated) "real'nosti" means reality)

Word derivation for "whence (from where)" :
Basque = nondik, Finnish = mistä
Miresua = nosti

My previous word for whence was nontä. This is another change for grammatical reasons.

The Basque word appears to be ablative case, and the Finnish word is elative case. Both are grammatical cases meaning motion from something. I don't think Basque has elative case.

Tentatively I'll make -sti the elative case (out of, from) ending in Miresua.

The Miresua word for whither (where to), norne, will remain unchanged, at least for now.

where is nonäs (revisited)

nonäs = where (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "nonas": an uncommon term; a misspelling of Nona's where Nona is a feminine first name; a unusual last name; in Latin accusative feminine plural of ninth)

Word derivation for "where (static)" :
Basque = non, Finnish = missä
Miresua = nonäs

My previous word for where was nosä, which unfortunately tended to make me think of nose. But I'm changing it mainly for grammatical reasons.

The Basque and the Finnish words are both in what's termed inessive case, a locative grammatical case with the basic meaning of "in". Usage is, for example: "in where" is the girl? As opposed to "to where" (whither) or "from where" (whence).

Guess this makes my inessive case suffix in Miresua -näs.

when is moin

moin = when (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "moin": a very common term; a last name; a uncommon masculine first name that can be Muslim; Moin is an Iranian singer; MoinMoin is a wiki engine; a Frisian and Low German greeting meaning hello; Moin Hardware sells table slides; Moin is a serpent in Norse mythology; name of places in Costa Rica and Macedonia; Moin Kili is a place in Pakistan; Moin Searlas is a place in Donegal, Ireland)

Word derivation for "when" :
Basque = noiz, Finnish = milloin
Miresua = moin

Hey, it's a word that isn't for a food! Unlike my Miresua conlang posts for the past month or so.