30 May 2008

window is naihe

naihe = window (noun) (some things Google found for "naihe": an uncommon term; a last name that can be Hawaiian, notably surfer Kealamakia Naihe; Wenzhou NaiHe Industry Co.,Ltd is a Chinese company that makes synthetic leather and zippers)

Word derivation for "window" :
Basque = leiho, Finnish = ikkuna
Miresua = naihe

The Basque and Finnish words for window are quite dissimilar, and neither resembles the Latin word for window which is fenestra.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for window is now ileku.

26 May 2008

school is keulo

keulokeulo = school (noun) (some things Google found for "keulo": an uncommon to rare term; user names; name of a Senegalese music album by Pape Kanouté; an unusual last name that may be Slovenian)

Word derivation for "school" :
Basque = eskola, Finnish = koulu
Miresua = keulo

This Miresua word looks more like the Finnish word, but it's an even mix of letters. I was trying to avoid having the Miresua word look too much like the Basque word, because that looks like the Latin word for "school" which is "schola".

22 May 2008

war is gorta

gortagorta = war (noun) (some things Google found for "gorta": an uncommon term; Gorta is an Irish charity in the fight to stop hunger; An Gorta Mór is the Irish Gaelic name for the Great Irish Famine or The Great Hunger; a last name; user name; name of a Doperian Star Trek TNG character; means "famine" in Gaelic; means "boast, brag, bravado" in Icelandic)

Word derivation for "war" :
Basque = gerra, Finnish = sota
Miresua = gorta

The Basque word for "war" is similar to the Spanish word for "war" which is "guerra". I think it sort of fitting that my created Miresua word for "war" means "famine" in a real language, and "bravado" in another.

18 May 2008

book is bikura

bikura = book (noun) (some things Google found for "bikura": an uncommon to rare term; the Israel Science Foundation has Bikura grants and fellowships; in the science fiction book Hyperion by Dan Simmons (good book!) the Bikura are an ancient people infected by parasites called cruciforms; a Hebrew feminine first name meaning "firstborn daughter"; user names)

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

I mixed the Basque and Finnish words for "book" and came out with a word with some similarity to English. I speak English, so I guess that happens. I like that one of the meanings I found for "bikura" is from a book I've read and enjoyed.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for book is now lirju.

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".