Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

30 January 2013

letter is lerain (revisited)

lerain = letter (noun) (some things Google found for "lerain": an uncommon term; user names; name of a gaming character in Lineage 2; a rare first name; Lerain (or LeRain) is a rare last name; Lerain Court is a street in Statesville, North Carolina; Lerain SL is a real estate company in Valenicia, Spain)

Word derivation for "letter" (of the alphabet) :
Basque = letra, Finnish = kirjain
Miresua = lerain

My previous Miresua word word letter was lerja. That seemed a bit too similar to my word for book, lirju. In addition, the new word doesn't end in A.

30 December 2011

book is lirju (revisited)

lirjulirju = book (noun) (some things Google found for "lirju": a rare term; user names; similarly named Liru is a sexy blonde female werewolf in anime Magipoka)

Word derivation for "book" :
Basque = liburu, Finnish = kirja
Miresua = lirju

My previous word for book was bikura. An OK word, but I think I was forcing it to look like the English word book. My new word starts and ends like the Basque word, and uses the letter J, which is uncommon, from the Finnish word. By the way, in Miresua (like Finnish) J is pronounced like Y.

22 October 2011

story is tupin (revisited)

tupintupin = story (noun) (some things Google found for "tupin: an uncommon term; an unusual last name; means pot in Basque; means "jug, jar" in Lyonnais; name of a town in Peru; Tupin (aka Tupin-et-Semons) is a town in France; Tupin Batee is a town in Indonesia)

Word derivation for "story" :
Basque = ipuin, Finnish = tarina
Miresua = tupin

The Basque word istoria also means story, tale.

My previous word for story was tuina. That word made me think of tuna, as in a tuna fish sandwich. I think I'd rather have a word that means pot in Basque, and is somewhat similar to tuppence, which is two pence in British coinage. I also wanted to use the P from the Basque word.

18 October 2011

word is siha (revisited)

sihasiha = word (noun) (some things Google found for "siha: a common term; SIHA is an acronym for Sport International Hockey Academy; SIHA Nexed Arena Roller Skating Rink in Colorado Springs; SIHA is an acronym for (Swiss or Swedish) Ice Hockey Association; user names; MBT Siha Sandals; Siha Shakthi is a Sri Lankan band; a Bantu language of Tanzania; Siha (or Sihah) is the name of city in Syria; name of a city in the Philippines)

Word derivation for "word" :
Basque = hitz, Finnish = sana
Miresua = siha

My previous Miresua word for word was hina. Nothing wrong with that word, but the letter N seems overused in related words. I want to use various consonants. The letter N appears in my words for story and poem.

10 August 2011

poem is oruni

orunioruni = poem (noun) (some things Google found for "oruni": an uncommon term; similar Orunia (sometimes Oruni) is city near Gdansk in Poland; a rare last name that can be from Uganda; a rare first name; name of a WoW gaming character; may mean something in Korean (transliterated))

Word derivation for "poem" :
Basque = olerki, Finnish = runo
Miresua = oruni

In Basque the word poema also means poem.