Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people. Show all posts

26 July 2013

child is hapi

hapi = child (noun) (some things Google found for "hapi": a common term; Hapi Mari (aka Happy Martiage!?) is a Japanese manga series; HAPI drums; Hapi brand Asian snacks; HAPI is an Egyptian river god and an Egyptian funerary deity; a brand of Chinese beer from Harbin Brewery; HAPI is an acronym for Hispanic American Periodicals Index; an unusual last name; a rare first name; similar happi is a loose, informal Japanese coat; in Finnish similar happi means oxygen; Hapi Bolaghi is the name of a place in Iran)

Word derivation for "child"
Basque = haur, Finnish = lapsi
Miresua = hapi

Another Basque word for child (or offspring) is ume, which is also used for young animals.

The words child and children can be found in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

02 October 2011

girl is teskö (revisited)

tesköteskö = girl (noun) (some things Google found for "tesko": a common term; Tesko Suicide is the title of a 1996 alternative rock song by The Sneaker Pimps; Tesko Enterprises of Illinois offers custom metal fabrication and laser cutting; an unusual last name; similar teško means difficult, heavily in Croatian; similar Tesco is a grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in the UK)

Word derivation for "girl" :
Basque = neska, Finnish = tyttö
Miresua = teskö

My previous Miresua conlang word for girl was tynsa. Changing this word wrecks havoc with the title of my seldom updated Miresua grammar blog, Tynsa Ireba. And I liked the word tynsa. But I have to modify the blog title anyway because I earlier altered the word for green. To tell you the truth, I want to use that ö, those letters are uncommon.

22 August 2010

woman is naneme (revisited)

nanemenaneme = woman (noun) (some things Google found for "naneme": an uncommon to rare term; user names; a rare last name; In Karate "Hidari naneme ni yokeru koto means "left diagonal evasion" and "Migi naneme ni yokeru koto" means "right diagonal evasion")

Word derivation for "woman" :
Basque = emakume, Finnish = nainen
Miresua = naneme

My previous Miresua word for "woman" was "nemane", which contained the word "man" in within it. The new word starts like the Finnish word and ends like the Basque word.

18 August 2010

man is gines (revisited)

ginesgines = man (noun) (some things Google found for "gines": a very common term: a last name; Ginés (fron Latin Genesius) is a Spanish masculine first name; San Ginés is one of the oldest churches in Madrid; Ginés de Mafra (1493–1546) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to the Philippines as a member of the expeditions of Magellan and Villalobos; user names; Gines is the name of cities in the Philippines; Ginés is the name of a city in Spain)

Word derivation for "man" :
Basque = gizon, Finnish = mies
Miresua = gines

My previous word for "man" was "mosin". I redid this word to start like the Basque word because I had too many people and family related words starting like the Finnish words.

06 August 2010

boy is mikal (revisited)

mikalmikal = boy (noun) (some things Google found for "mikal": a common term; a masculine first name that can be Norwegian which is a variant of Micah; Mikal (pronounced Michael) is a US modern rock, pop, alternative musician; an uncommon last name; archangel Mikal in Islam is counterpart of Biblical Michael)

Word derivation for "boy" :
Basque = mutil, Finnish = poika
Miresua = mikal

I redid this word because I had too many people related terms starting like the Finnish word. This new word starts and ends like the Basque word. My previous Miresua word for "boy" was "pamil".

02 April 2008

baby is vaur

vaurvaur = baby (noun) (some things Google found for "vaur": an uncommon term; a last name, notably French actor Georges Vaur; a place in the Alsace region of France; Vaur Run is a stream in Butler county Pennsylvania; a ghost town in Mora county in northern New Mexico; La Vaure is a place in the Aquitaine region of France)

Word derivation for "baby" :
Basque = haur, Finnish = vauva
Miresua = vaur

Both the Basque word and the Finnish word have "au" for the second and third letters. I followed their example for my Miresua conlang word.