raven is roipi (revisited)

roipi = raven (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "roipi": an unusual term; user names; a very rare last name; similar Roiphe is an unusual last name; Roipi is the name of a place in Papua province, Indonesia; Roipi (or Ròipi) is the name of a place in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of northern Italy)

Word derivation for "raven" :
Basque = erroi, Finnish = korppi
Miresua = roipi

My previous Miresua word for raven was porri. I think the new word is a better mix, plus it starts with R, which is rare in Miresua.

The words raven occurs twice (one of those times as ravens) in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"You should learn not to make personal remarks," Alice said with some severity; "it's very rude."

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he SAID was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"

"Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles...."

pigeon is usky (revisited)

usky = pigeon (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "usky": an uncommon term; uSky is software to change sky color shade in the Unity 5 development platform; USKY Skype gateway hardware; uSKY AIR is a small start-up carrier in South Korea; an unusual last name; Shanghai Usky Information Technology Co Ltd of China)

Word derivation for "pigeon" :
Basque = uso (dove or pigeon), Finnish = kyyhky (pigeon or dove)
Miresua = usky

I'm redoing this word because I'm changing the Basque source word to uso, which appears to be the more common Basque word for pigeon. My previous Miresua word for pigeon was gauhky, which used pagauso (wood pigeon) for the Basque word.

Note that the y in usky is pronounced as in Finnish, which is as the French u or German ü.

Even though Basque and Finnish use the same word for dove and pigeon, which makes sense since they are very similar birds, I'm going to keep two separate words. I consider doves to be smaller and more favorable than pigeons. The Miresua word for dove, which uses the same Basque and Finnish source words, is kyso.

Alice has a conversation with a pigeon, so the word pigeon occurs a dozen times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!" said Alice. "I'm a--I'm a--"

"Well! WHAT are you?" said the Pigeon. "I can see you're trying to invent something!"

"I--I'm a little girl," said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day.

turkey is inkalkur (revisited)

inkalkur = turkey (noun) (Some things Google found for "inkalkur": an unique term; in Turkish the somewhat similar word İnkalar means The Incas)

Word derivation for "turkey" :
Basque = indioilar, Finnish = kalkkuna
Miresua = inkalkur

My previous Miresua conlang word for turkey was inkailka. I modified this word so it wouldn't end in -A.

This is the large bird that Americans traditionally eat for Thanksgiving dinner. Not the Eurasian country.

The Basque word appears to be a compound word meaning indi- (from America) + oilar (rooster, cock).

Surprisingly, the word turkey occurs once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

However, this bottle was NOT marked 'poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,)....

crow is veles (revisited)

veles = crow (noun) (Some things Google found for "veles": a very common term; major Slavic God of cattle, commerce, music, divination and the underworld; name of a black metal band from Poland; genus of birds containing only the brown nightjar of cental Africa; veles is the singular of velites which is a class of infantry in the early Roman Republic; an unusual last name; Velež (named after the Slavic god Veles) is a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina; name of a municipality and a town in Macedonia)

Word derivation for "crow" :
Basque = bele, Finnish = varis
Miresua = veles

My previous Miresua word for crow was velas. This is a small change, which I'm making partly because veles seems more ominous than velas. In Spanish and Portuguese velas means candles or sails.

The word crow doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but it occurs five times in Through the Looking-Glass. This quote is from an old song Alice recites.

"...Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel."

wing is sigal (revisited)

sigal = wing (noun) (some things Google found for "sigal": a common term; SIGAL Construction Corporation of the Washington DC area; an unusual to uncommon last name; a unusual often feminine first name that can be Isreali; David Sigal Jewelry; SIGAL is an insurance company in Albania; in Armenian (transliterated) sigal means to strut, to walk in a proud manner; name of an ancient Sakastan city in present day southwest Afghanistan; name of a place in Cameroon)

Word derivation for "wing" :
Basque = hegal, Finnish = siipi
Miresua = sigal

My previous Miresua conlang word for wing was heipi, from earlier this year. Nothing wrong with the mix of that word, I just didn't like it. I have lots of words ending in I, so I'd rather end the word in L.

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.

bird is txitu (revisited)

txitu = bird (noun) (Some things Google found for "txitu": a unusual term; user names; similar txistu is a Basque fipple flute (end-blown flute) with three-holes; txitu‑ò appears in a New Testament translation in Karajá which is an indigenous language of central Brazil; similar Chitu is the name of a horse that raced in the 2014 Kentucky Derby)

Word derivation for "bird" :
Basque = txori, Finnish = lintu
Miresua = txitu

My previous Miresua word for bird was tirlu, which was an odd alphabetic scramble I constructed back in 2009. For my new word, I thought I'd let my word for bird start with TX. In Miresua, as in Basque, TX is pronounced like CH.

The word bird, plus birds, occurs a dozen times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"Very true," said the Duchess: "flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is -- 'Birds of a feather flock together.'"

"Only mustard isn't a bird," Alice remarked.

chicken is oikano (revisited)

oikano = chicken (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "oikano": a rare term; Oikano Car Parts of Greece; Oikano Restaurant and Oikano Cafe & Sports in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia; user names; similar Oikana is a place in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia; similar Oikeno-cho (or Oikenocho) is a place in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)

Word derivation for "chicken" :
Basque = oilasko, Finnish = kana
Miresua = oikano

My previous Miresua conlang word for chicken was onoilaka. I'm changing this word to use another, better Finnish word for chicken, the bird. The Finnish word I used previously, kananpoika, also means chicken, but as a chick, and as chicken meat as food.

The word chicken doesn't appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But chicken, the bird, appears in Through the Looking-glass.

It certainly was a VERY large Gnat: "about the size of a chicken," Alice thought. Still, she couldn't feel nervous with it, after they had been talking together so long.

hawk is aukore (revisited)

aukore = hawk (bird) (noun) (some things Google found for "aukore": a rare term; user names; seems to be a rare Polynesian name; means something in Ainu; means something in a language of Namibia; bad OCR of old text documents, including several bad scans of the Latin word auctore which can mean originator or author)

Word derivation for "hawk" :
Basque = aztore, Finnish = haukka (hawk or falcon)
Miresua = aukore

My previous Miresua conlang word for hawk was aukora. This is a minor change to lessen, but not to eliminate, the number of nouns ending in -A. Why I'm making these changes is because a suffix of -A will be added to nouns for the definite article in Miresua, and I'd rather not have a large number of -AA endings.

The word hawk does not appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

hen is kalo (revisited)

kalo = hen (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "kalo": a very common term; in Hawaiian kalo means taro plant; Kalo (and Kaló) is an unusual last name; a rare to unusual often masculine first name; member of a subgroup of the Romani people in Western and Northern Europe (plural is Kale); KALO is an independent religious TV station serving Honolulu; KALO is the code for Waterloo Regional Airport in Iowa; Kalo Hair Inhibitor; in Esperanto kalo means callus; in Romani kalo means black; Kalo Nero is the name of a place in Greece; name of places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Turkey, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Lesotho and Indonesia)

Word derivation for "hen" :
Basque = oilo, Finnish = kana
Miresua = kalo

My previous Miresua conlang word for hen was lona. This is a redo of the word so that it no longer ends in -A.

This word is for a domesticated bird, instead of a wild bird. A hen is adult female chicken.

The word hen does not appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

goose is hanari (revisited)

hanari = goose (noun) (some things Google found for "hanari": an uncommon term; Hanari (and similar Hañari) is an unusual last name; a rare first name; Hanari Solomon is a female cosplayer; Hanari Apartment in Osaka, Japan; similar Hannari Tofu Japanese cushions and plush toys; name of places in Iraq, South Korea and Pakistan)

Word derivation for "goose" :
Basque = antzara, Finnish = hanhi
Miresua = hanari

My previous Miresua conlang word for goose was hanira. This is a small change to make the word no longer end in -A.

I found the word goose, as in a bird, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a stanza of the poem "You Are Old, Father William".

"You are old," said the youth, "And your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—
Pray, how did you manage to do it?"

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.'"

parrot is papakai

papakai = parrot (noun) (some things Google found for "papakai": an unusual term; Papa Kai makes alaia surfboards for ocean use and home decoration in Hawaii and in San Diego; similarly named Papakea Resort on Maui; a very rare last name; Papakai Marae is the (Maori) name of a place in New Zealand; name of a mountain in New Zealand)

Word derivation for "parrot"
Basque = papagai, Finnish = papukaija
Miresua = papakai

The Lory is a character in the Caucus-Race in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lories are small to medium-sized Australasian parrots.

The words for parrot are similar in many European languages.

duck is ante (revisited)

ante = duck (noun) (some things Google found for "ante": a very common term; in poker and other games the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards; a last name; a Croatian form of the masculine first name Anthony; "Ante Up" is a song by hip hop duo M.O.P.; means before in Latin; means ago in Interlingua; means "doors (of furniture), shutters (of windows)" in Italian; means "in front of" in Spanish; name of places in Serbia, Mali, France and Virginia)

Word derivation for "duck" :
Basque = ahate, Finnish = ankka
Miresua = ante

This is the word for the bird that says quack, not a verb.

My previous Miresua conlang word for duck was aheka. My new word is shorter, simpler, and it doesn't end in a. I'm trying to lessen the number of nouns ending in a. I'll have enough of them with my Basque inspired suffix of -a for the definite article. In Miresua, "the duck" will become "antea".

falcon is balka (revisited)

balka = falcon (noun) (some things Google found for "balka": a common term; a last name notably Polish modern artist Miroslaw Balka; Kele Balka are plantain/banana chips from India; Balka: Three Stories (2010) is a short documentary about women struggling with drug use and HIV in Ukraine; Hotel Balka Strand in Denmark; means beam in Russian (transliterated); Tigrovaya Balka is a Nature Reserve in Tajikistan; name of places in Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey)

Word derivation for "falcon" :
Basque = belatz, Finnish = haukka (falcon or hawk)
Miresua = balka

My previous Miresua conlang word for falcon was hatza. I decided to redo this word to start it with the less common letter B. Also I didn't like that word hatza was quite similar to the Basque word for owl, hontza.

magpie is mahka (revisited)

mahka = magpie (bird) (noun) (some things Google found for "mahka": an uncommon term; a first name, notably Japanese professional magician Mahka Tendo; an unusual last name; user names; Ak Mahka is a Arabic dance music artist; similarly named Makha Bucha (also known as Magha Puja) is a Buddhist religious festival in Thailand that usually falls in February)

Word derivation for "magpie" :
Basque = mika, Finnish = harakka
Miresua = mahka

My previous word for "magpie" -- the long-tailed, black and white bird -- was "maka". A good word, but a little too close to the Basque word. I decided to add the "h" from the Finnish word. The consonant combination of "hk" occurs in Finnish.

seagull is lakoi (revisited)

lakoi = seagull (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "lakoi": a common term; Aspidoras lakoi is a species of Brazilian freshwater fish; user names; similar word "lakói" means something in Hungarian perhaps similar to inhabitant or resident; an unusual feminine first name)

Word derivation for "seagull" :
Basque = kaio, Finnish = lokki
Miresua = lakoi

My previous Miresua word for "seagull" was "koika". I decided to change this word, not just because Koika is a Russian X-rated model, so as to use the letter l. There are plenty of instances of the letter k in Basque and Finnish.

dove is kyso (revisited)

kyso = dove (bird) (noun) (some things Google found for "kyso": an uncommon term; user names; KYSO is an acronym for Kingston Youth Sports organization in Massachusetts; KYSO is an acronym for Kaneland Youth Soccer Organization in Illinois; Kyso is an acronym for Standard Oil Company of Kentucky (1886-1960); KYSO is an acronym for Keep Your Shirt on; an uncommon last name)

Word derivation for "dove" :
Basque = uso, Finnish = kyyhky or kyyhkynen
Miresua = kyso

My Previous Miresua word for "dove" was "kyshu", which I think looked a bit too Japanese.

sparrow is txuparne (revisited)

txuparne = sparrow (bird) (noun) (some things Google found for "txuparne": an unique term; did not match any documents, search did not find any results)

Word derivation for "sparrow" :
Basque = txolarre, Finnish = varpunen
Miresua = txuparne

My previous Miresua word for "sparrow" was "txeparu". I decided to change this word so that it would end in e.

In Miresua, as in Basque, tx is prounounced like ch. So txuparne would be pronounced like chuparne.

rooster is kokar

kokar = rooster (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "kokar": an uncommon term; a last name; user names; a conjugation of the verb "to boil" in Swedish; names of cities in Pakistan, Turkey, and Indonesia; Kökar is the name of an island town in southeast Finland)

Word derivation for "rooster" (cock) :
Basque = oilar, Finnish = kukko
Miresua = kokar

This is the word for an adult male chicken, a rooster or cock.

eagle is atarko

atarko = eagle (bird) (noun) (Some things Google found for "atarko": an uncommon to rare term; user names; possibly an unusual last name; similar word Atarco is the name of a town in Peru)

Word derivation for "eagle" :
Basque = arrano, Finnish = kotka
Miresua = atarko

Eagles are a large bird of prey with a powerful hooked bill and strong soaring flight.

I noticed that the Finnish word for eagle (kotka) is similar to my Miresua word for seagull (koika).