white is zulko (revisited)

zulko = white (color) (adjective) (Some things Google found for "zulko": an unusual term; user names; a rare last name that can be Polish or Slovak; gaming character names; similar Olympus camera Zuiko lenses; similar Zulkovo is another name for the village of Slavyani in Bulgaria)

Word derivation for "white" :
Basque = zuri, Finnish = valkoinen (valko)
Miresua = zulko

My previous Miresua conlang word for white was zulki. This is a small change. I'm changing the final vowel to the more unusual -O. This is to make the word stand out more. When forming the word, I dropped the adjective forming suffix -INEN from the Finnish source word.

Of course, the word white appears many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"...when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her."

orange (color) is aransi (revisited)

aransi = orange (color) (adjective) (Some things Google found for "aransi": an unusual term; ARANSI is a French company offering training services for business managers; a rare last name; a rare first name that can be Nigerian; Aransi Importaciones S.a.s. is an automotive parts importer in Colombia; similar arancia means orange (fruit) in Italian; similar Arans is the name of a village in Andorra; similar Aransa is a Catalan ski resort; similar Aranshi is the name of a place in Kazakhstan)

Word derivation for "orange (color)" :
Basque = laranja, Finnish = oranssi
Miresua = aransi

My previous word for orange (color) was laransi. I dropped the initial L mainly for aesthetic reasons. This change makes the word for the color orange look even less like the word for orange, the fruit, which is laperni.

The word orange (color) doesn't appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-glass. Although ORANGE MARMALADE is mentioned once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

brown is rumare (revisited)

rumare = brown (color) (adjective) (Some things Google found for "rumare": an unusual to uncommon term; in the Elder Scrolls video game Rumare Slaughterfish live in Lake Rumare; an unusual last name; LEGO castle design called Abbey of Saint Rumare; similar Rumara is a place in Papua New Guinea)

Word derivation for "brown" :
Basque = marroi, Finnish = ruskea
Miresua = rumare

My previous Miresua conlang word for brown was rarko. I think the new word is less of an alphabetic scramble, plus it uses the M.

The word brown appears twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: "There is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you! A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair!"

pink is pinsa (revisited)

pinsa = pink (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "pinsa": an uncommon term; Pinsa Romana is an oval shaped flatbread type of pizza; Grupo Pinsa is a tuna industry company based in Mexico; an unusual last name; in Latin pinsa is inflected forms of pinsus which means pounded; similar pinza (sometimes spelled pinsa) is a traditional Venetian cake made with cornmeal and raisins; similar Pinse means Pentecost in Norwegian)

Word derivation for "pink" :
Basque = arrosa, Finnish = pinkki
Miresua = pinsa

My previous Miresua conlang word for pink was poska. Somehow I just didn't like that word.

I missed my scheduled post for the 22nd last week. Simply got busy doing other things.

Both the Basque word and the Finnish word for pink appear to be borrowed words. There's another word in Finnish for pink, vaaleanpunainen, which translates as light-red, but I didn't care to deal with that 15-letter word for pink.

I found one instance of the word pink in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

green is bereä (revisited)

bereä = green (color) (adjective) (Some things Google found for "berea": a common term; Berea College in Kentucky; Berea is the historic name of a city in northern Greece mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible which is the city now known as Veria; pen kits from Berea Hardwoods Co. of Ohio; Camp Berea in New Hampshire; Berea district of Lesotho; Berea is the name of places in Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, West Virgina, Nebraska, South Africa and Romania)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for green was virbe. This for me is a major change. I've decided to allow the EÄ (and also EA) vowel combination on the end of words that are adjectives.

The word green can be found four times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This quote is from a song sung by the Mock Turtle.

"Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!"

black is metza (reinstated)

metza = black (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "metza": an uncommon term; a unusual last name; a rare feminine first name; user names; Metza bar ceiling spotlight and Metza barstool from UK sellers; Metza bath accessories sold by Alder Tapware of Australia; title of a house techno song by Reggy Van Oers; metza metz is a misspelling and mispronounciation of the Italian phrase mezzo e mezzo which means so-so; gaming character names; similar Metze is the name of a place in Germany)

Word derivation for "black" :
Basque = beltz, Finnish = musta
Miresua = metza

I'm reinstating metza as the Miresua conlang word for black. I changed metza to metz because I thought I would be adding a suffix of -A for the definite article on adjectives. In Basque, adjectives are at the end of a noun phrase. Instead I've decided to modify the word order within noun phrases so that the noun is at the end of the noun phrase, more like Finnish (or English). In other words, I'm good with ending adjectives in -A.

The word black doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, although blacking (a shoe polish) is mentioned. I found black a handful of times in Through the Looking-Glass, including in the first sentence of the book.

One thing was certain, that the WHITE kitten had had nothing to do with it: -- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

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?"

violet is voreti (revisited)

voreti = violet (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "voreti": an uncommon to rare term; Voreti Ltd offers computer services in Birmingham in the UK; user names; VORETI TZB s.r.o. is a goldsmith in the Czech Republic; a masculine gaming character name)

Word derivation for "violet" or "purple":
Basque = more, Finnish = violetti
Miresua = voreti

My previous Miresua conlang word for violet (purple) was tovire. I remixed the letters. My new word is less of a alphabetic mish-mash, and looks more like both the Basque and the Finnish words.

I think the Basque and the Finnish words I'm using are the most common words for violet. The Basque word ubel can mean violet or purple, but it also means gray and somber. I also found the obviously borrowed words purpura in Basque and puurppura in Finnish.

yellow is heli (revisited)

heli = yellow (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "heli": a very common term; slang for helicopter such as in heli-skiing and radio-control model helicopters; a last name; a Finnish and Estonian feminine first name which is a short form of Helena; a masculine name in the Bible; means "salt water, brine" in Welsh; similar Helios is the personification of the sun in Greek mythology; the name of cities in China)

Word derivation for "yellow" :
Basque = hori, Finnish = keltainen (kelta)
Miresua = heli

My previous Miresua conlang word for yellow was kohai. I decided to simplify this word.

When mixing up the letters from the Basque and Finnish words, I ignored the -inen adjective ending from the Finnish word.

red is gorun (revisited)

gorun = red (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "gorun": a common term; GoRun Wichita for running equipment; an unusual last name; Jingmen GoRun technology Co.,Ltd of China sells polycarbonate film and sheets; in the Slayers anime series Gorun Nova is also known as the Sword of Light; means a species of oak (Sessile Oak) in Romanian; name of cities in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria)

Word derivation for "red":
Basque = gorri, Finnish = punainen (puna)
Miresua = gorun

My previous word for red was girun. This is a small change. I dedided to use the O, even though it makes the word look more Basque-like. Gorun sort of resembles gory.

blue is usin (revisited)

usin = blue (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "usin": a common term; USIN stands for Universal Serial Item Names which are used as bibliographic identifiers; "usin'" is slang for English word "using"; a last name that can be Spanish or Estonian; a place in Nigeria)

Word derivation for "blue" :
Basque = urdin, Finnish = sininen (sini)
Miresua = usin

My previous word for "blue" was "ursein". For this revision, I dropped two letters. The "e" was in the Finnish "-nen" suffix.