14 May 2008

son is pame

pamepame = son (noun) (some things Google found for "pame": a common term; an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of Mexico; PAME stands for Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment; a last name; PAME program in Norway stands for Polar Aquatic Microbial Ecology; seems to mean "we go" in Greek (transliterated); PAME Construction of Pennsylvania; PAME stands for Petroleum and Mining Engineering; user name; places in Senegal, Ghana and Mozambique)

Word derivation for "son" :
Basque = seme, Finnish = poika
Miresua = pame

This word is intentionally somewhat similar to my Miresua conlang word for "boy" which is "pimal". In Finnish the word for "son" is the same as the word for "boy".

10 May 2008

daughter is ätyla

ätyla = daughter (noun) (some things Google found for "atyla": an uncommon term; a user name; part of the name of several different breeds of show dogs; probaby a variation of the name Attila which is a common Hungarian name; a modern recurve "Mongol" bow weapon; Hotel Atyla in Córdoba, Argentina)

Word derivation for "daughter" :
Basque = alaba, Finnish = tytär
Miresua = ätyla

This word is intentionally somewhat similar to my Miresua conlang word for "girl" which is "tynsa".

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for daughter is now tabar.

06 May 2008

rat is aroti

aroti = rat (animal) (noun) (some things Google found for "aroti": an uncommon term: a feminine first name, notably social worker from India Aroti Dutt (1924-2003); misspelling or alternative spelling of arati or aarti which is a Hindu ritual ceremony)

Word derivation for "rat" :
Basque = arratoi, Finnish = rotta
Miresua = aroti

With this Miresua word I think of the English words "rotten" and "rodent"; not the similar sounding word "erotic". Rats are not erotic.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for rat is now rato.

02 May 2008

stick is pelka

pelka = stick (baton, cane) (noun) (some things Google found for "pelka": an uncommon term; a last name, notably UK actor Valentine Pelka and his sister actress Kazia Pelka; places in Germany and Greece)

Word derivation for "stick (baton, cane)" :
Basque = makila, Finnish = keppi
Miresua = pelka

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for stick is now kalpi.

30 April 2008

boy is pimal (revisited)

pimal = boy (noun) (some things Google found for "pimal": an uncommon to rare term; PIMAL stands for Phantom with Movable Arms and Legs which is used to assess nuclear radiation doses; Cerro Pimal is a peak in Mexico; user names; a rare last name; a misspelling of primal)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for "boy" was "ilkat". More than a minor change to this word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "boy" is now "pamil".

26 April 2008

hill is moikä (revisited)

moikä = hill (noun) (some things Google found for "moika": an uncommon term; the Moika River is a small river or canal that encircles St. Petersburg, Russia; Moika Palace (also known as Yusupov Palace) in St. Petersburg is where Rasputin was murdered in 1916; user names; a rare last name)

Word derivation for "hill" :
Basque = muino, Finnish = mäki
Miresua = moikä

This is a small change, my previous Miresua conlang word for hill was moiku.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for hill is now muiki.

22 April 2008

earth is mura

mura = earth (land, soil) (noun) (some things Google found for "mura": a very common term; a last name; St. Mura (died c. 645) of Ireland; a Japanese term for unevenness or insistency used in commercial production; a river that flows through Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia; a indigenous people of Brazil; means if not or unless in Irish; means wall in Italian; means flame in Maori; means cheap in Tagalog; places in Japan, Italy, Spain, India, Albania, Romania; Indonesia, and Sudan)

Word derivation for "earth" :
Basque = lur, Finnish = maa
Miresua = mura

A fitting Miresua conlang word for Earth Day!

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for earth is now mur.

18 April 2008

forest is boste

bosteboste = forest (noun) (some things Google found for "boste": a very common term; a last name, notably St. John Boste (c.1544-1594) who is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, and Australian singer-songwriter Cyndi Boste; Boste waterlamps; user names; Boste fashion clothing for women of Australia; means "will you, you will" in Slovenian; places in Slovenia and Sweden)

Word derivation for "forest" :
Basque = baso, Finnish = metsä
Miresua = boste

Maybe this word seems fitting to me because of its similarity to the Spanish word for "forest" which is "bosque".

14 April 2008

girl is tynsa

tynsa = girl (noun) (some things Google found for "tynsa": an uncommon to rare term; first name of confederate civil war widow; user names, notably in China; misspelling of TINSA which is a real estate appraisals company in Spain)

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

I decided to start my Miresua word for "girl" with "t" because the Finnish word has three of them.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for girl is now teskö.

10 April 2008

tree is pauzu (revisited)

pauzu = tree (noun) (some things Google found for "pauzu": an uncommon to common term; Zapolnyaya pauzu is a Russian book by Alla Demidova; pauzu appears on numerous Czech and other Eastern European language web pages, maybe it's related to similar word pauza which means pause or break or intermission in Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanina, Russian (transliterated), Serbian, and Slovak)

Word derivation for "tree" :
Basque = zuhaitz, Finnish = puu
Miresua = pauzu

My previous word for tree was auzu. I'm modifying this Miresua conlang word to begin with a consonant, like the Basque and Finnish words. In addition, I'm making it similar to my Miresua word for wood which is pur.

Interestingly, in Finnish puu is the word for tree AND wood or timber.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for tree is now puiz.

06 April 2008

church is kelki

kelkikelki = church (noun) (some things Google found for "kelki": an uncommon to rare term; user names; Kelki Higher Secondary School in Bhutan; a place in Chad; Montessori Hale O Kelki in Kihei, Hawaii; fantasy marine humanoid race on The Daru of Aetolia)

Word derivation for "church" :
Basque = eliza, Finnish = kirkko
Miresua = kelki

The Finnish word resembles the English word "kirk" which is a word for church used especially in Scotland. The Basque word comes from the Latin "ecclesia" and from the Greek "ekklesia".

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.