onion is tipuli (revisited)

tipuli = onion (noun) (some things Google found for "tipuli": a rare to unusual term; user names; a very rare last name; Maón Tipulí is a therapeutic residence program for mental health in Argentina; similar Tipulu is the name of two places on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia)

Word derivation for "onion" :
Basque = tipula, Finnish = sipuli
Miresua = tipuli

My previous word for onion was sipulta. I'm changing this word so that it doesn't end in -A, and also so to not insert the LT consonant combination. The Basque and the Finnish words for onion are quite similar.

The word onions (plural) occurs in once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in Chapter 8, The Queen's Croquet-Ground.

"I heard the Queen say only yesterday you deserved to be beheaded!"

"What for?" said the one who had spoken first.

"That's none of YOUR business, Two!" said Seven.

"Yes, it IS his business!" said Five, "and I'll tell him -- it was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions."

carrot is azporano (revisited)

azporano = carrot (noun) (some things Google found for "azporano": an unique term, did not match any documents; similar Vie A-Z Porano lists streets in the town of Porano in central Italy; similar az Porano in Hungarian texts refers to same town in Italy)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for carrot was azporena. This is a small change, part of my ongoing effort to lessen the words ending in -A.

The word carrots (plural) appears once in Through the Looking-glass, about the White Knight.

"There are so many candlesticks in the bag." And he hung it to the saddle, which was already loaded with bunches of carrots, and fire-irons, and many other things.

beet is jurmotxas (revisited)

jurmotxas = beet (noun) (some things Google found for "jurmotxas": an unique term; similar is a comment by someone with the last name of Jurmo about Texas)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for beet, the vegetable, was juremitxa. As in Finnish, the j is pronounced like consonantal y. As in Basque, the tx is pronounced like ch.

As I expected, the word beet doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-glass.

lettuce is letxati

letxati = lettuce (noun) (some things Google found for "letxati": a nearly unique term; similar lekhati or lekxati means "now, right now, just now, a short time" in the extinct Biloxi Native American language; a bad OCR of the word legati in a medieval Latin book)

Word derivation for "lettuce":
Basque = letxu (Spanish is lechuga)
Finnish = lehtisalaatti (lehti = leaf, newspaper; salaatti = salad)
Miresua = letxati

With a word for lettuce, I end this string of vegetable words.

cabbage is azki

azki = cabbage (noun) (some things Google found for "azki": an uncommon term; user names; Al Azki and Azki are rare last names; Azki's Designs jewelry shop on Etsy; Azki Performance Exhaust / Azki Doctor Muffler of Indonesia sells motorcycle exhaust pipes; Azki (aka Izki) is the name of a place in Oman)

Word derivation for "cabbage":
Basque = aza, Finnish = kaali
Miresua = azki

I considered making this word akza, but that word would've contained all the letters from the Basque word, which is something I'd rather not do. Also I'm trying, not that successfully, to lessen the number of nouns ending in a.

potato is patuna

patuna = potato (noun) (some things Google found for "patuna": an uncommon term; Patuna Bushyhead is a female couture designer originally from the Republic of Georgia; Patuna Farm Adventures and Patuna Chasm near Martinborough in New Zealand; a rare last name; a rare feminine first name; Vadiga Patuna is a traditional Southern Sri Lanka dance; in Finnish an essive form of the noun patu which means "(colloquial) old hand"; Yapa Patuna is a former name of Jaffna, Sri Lanka)

Word derivation for "potato":
Basque = patata, Finnish = peruna
Miresua = patuna

This is a word for Thanksgiving. Our dinner included mashed potatoes.

I considered making this word perata, but that means to gut (a fish) in Finnish.

cucumber is kupiko

kupiko = cucumber (noun) (some things Google found for "kupiko": an unusual to rare term; user names; a rare last name; Tozvireva Kupiko (translation: Who Shall We Share Our Frustrations With?) is a song title by Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo; similar Kopiko is brand of coffee confectioneries; similarly named kupika.com is a anonymous correspondence website)

Word derivation for "cucumber":
Basque = pepino (same as Spanish), Finnish = kurkku
Miresua = kupiko

turnip is naurbi

naurbi = turnip (noun) (some things Google found for "naurbi": a rare term, a rare masculine first name that can be Chechen; a very rare last name; similarly named Naya brand Narubi tall boots for women; similarly named female rapper and educator Narubi Selah)

Word derivation for "turnip":
Basque = arbi, Finnish = nauris
Miresua = naurbi

Yes, I know that making a word for turnip isn't exactly advancing Miresua grammar. Sorry, but I've been busy lately. Doing vegetables is allowing me to maintain my blog update schedule.

pumpkin is kurpaza

kurpaza = pumpkin (noun) (some things Google found for "kurpaza": a rare term; a user name; "kurpa za" can mean "cloth or towel for" in Bulgarian (transliterated); similarly named Kapaza is a Belgian classified ads site)

Word derivation for "pumpkin":
Basque = kalabaza (Spanish is calabaza) or kui
Finnish = kurpitsa
Miresua = kurpaza

Here's another Halloween inspired word.

pea is ilern

ilern = pea (noun) (some things Google found for "ilern": an uncommon term; ILERN is an acronym for International Leadership in Education Research Network; user names; iLern Potenzrechnen is a German power calculations educational iPhone app; a rare last name; similar Ilerin is the name of a place in Nigeria)

Word derivation for "pea" :
Basque = ilar, Finnish = herne
Miresua = ilern

In historic times, peas were grown mostly for their dry seeds. Nowadays, however, peas are usually boiled or steamed.

bean is pabu

pabu = bean (noun) (some things Google found for "pabu": a common term; Pabu and Saint-Pabu are places in Brittany in northwestern France; in The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra animated series Pabu is a fire ferret that belongs to earthbender Bolin; an unusual first name; a rare last name; Pabu is a soon to open Japanese restaurant in Baltimore; in Japanese (transliterated) pubu means pub; in Korean (transliterated) pabu (or pabo) means fool, stupid; name of places in Burma)

Word derivation for "bean" :
Basque = baba (from Latin faba), Finnish = papu
Miresua = pabu

I'm taking a break from my translation attempts. Instead I'll do something easier for a while, so that I can build up a backlog of some words. I'll be defining Miresua words for some basic, dry food items.