four is lunja (revisited)

lunja = four (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "lunja": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; user names; a rare feminine first name; Maza i Lunja is the Serbian title for the cartoon movie Lady and the Tramp; Lunja is a 90's EuroDance group)

Word derivation for "four"
Basque = lau, Finnish = neljä
Miresua = lunja

My previous Miresua conlang word for four was julna. I changed this word to begin with the common letter from the Basque and Finnish words. The same letters are used, merely shuffled around. Also I got rid of that odd LN consonant combination. I think that I was trying too hard to make this word start with J.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for four is now nelu.

eight is kasetzi (revisited)

kasetzi = eight (number) (adjective) (some things Google found for "kazetzi": a very rare, nearly unique term; appears on a webpage that may be gobbledygook; similar word "kaseti" seems to mean "cassette" (as in cassette tape) in Swahili)

Word derivation for "eight"
Basque = zortzi, Finnish = kahdeksan
Miresua = kasetzi

My previous Miresua conlang word for eight was zekasti. I moved the letters around so that my Miresua word starts like the Finnish word and ends like the Basque word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for eight is now kahetzi.

clean is gardas

gardas = clean (adjective) (some things Google found for "gardas": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; user names; similarily named Garda's Italian restaurant in Ford City, PA; means "stall" in Lithuanian; means "watch over, look after, guard" in Esperanto; means "garter" in Welsh; seems to mean something in Turkish; name of a town in Norway)

Word derivation for "clean" :
Basque = garbi, Finnish = puhdas
Miresua = gardas

When I have a common letter, such as A in this case, I usually use that letter once. Making this word, I used an A from each the Basque word and the Finnish word. This doesn't break any of my so-called rules. Besides, I like the look of this combination.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for clean is now gurda.

dirty is zikain

zikain = dirty (adjective) (some things Google found for "zikain": a rare term; name of a World of Warcraft character; possibly a last name; part of a user name)

Word derivation for "dirty" (unclean) :
Basque = zikin, Finnish = likainen
Miresua = zikain

The Basque and Finnish words are strangely similar, there are four letters in common. That's unusual.

My word definition should not be seen as a comment about people and things called "zikain". I have nothing against anyone or anything named "zikain". This is merely a word in my made-up, conlang language.

sour is garpan

garpan = sour (adjective) (some things Google found for "garpan": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; user names; GARPAN is an acronym for Gateway-Assisted Inter-PAN Routing; Garpan & Co CV is an automotive parts company in Jakarta; Garpan Tri Askindo PT is an adhesive and glue company in Jakarta; name of a town in Nepal)

Word derivation for "sour" (taste):
Basque = garratz, Finnish = hapan
Miresua = garpan

There's a total of 4 vowels in the Basque and Finnish words, and all vowels are A.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "sour" is now "pangar".

sweet is mozea

mozea = sweet (adjective) (some things Google found for "mozea": an uncommon term; a last name; user names; Mozea Akiba is a museum in Mahajanga, Madagascar; Mozea Ltd is a business in Glasgow, UK; apparently means something in Macedonian)

Word derivation for "sweet" (taste):
Basque = gozo, Finnish = makea
Miresua = mozea

I decided to allow the EA vowel combination in Miresua because it appears in Finnish and in some Basque words. It won't be a diphthong, but instead two vowels with a syllable boundary.

This Miresua conlang word was briefly changed to moze. The word for sweet is now mozea again.

difficult is zaiva

zaiva = difficult (adjective) (some things Google found for "zaiva": an uncommon term; an unusual feminine first name; user names; name of a World of Warcraft character; zaiva (or śaiva) means relating or belonging or sacred to the god Shiva (or Siva) in Sanskrit)

Word derivation for "difficult" (hard):
Basque = zail, Finnish = vaikea
Miresua = zaiva

I seem to be using the letter V often lately.

hard is govar

govar = hard (adjective) (some things Google found for "govar": an uncommon term; a last name, notably illustrator Daniel Govar; a masculine first name; Govar Fashions in Eugene, OR; user names; name of a town in Iran)

Word derivation for "hard" (tough, harsh):
Basque = gogor, Finnish = kova
Miresua = govar

This is a word that wouldn't occur in either Basque or Finnish. Basque doesn't use V. Finnish doesn't use G except in borrowed words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for hard is now goka.

soft is pebun

pebun = soft (adjective) (some things Google found for "pebun": an uncommon to rare term; an unusual last name; user names; seems to means something in Vietnamese but I couldn't translate it)

Word derivation for "soft":
Basque = bigun, Finnish = pehmeä
Miresua = pebun

Here's another new word. I'm expanding my list of Miresua adjectives.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for soft is now bimeä.

warm is lemel

lemel = warm (adjective) (some things Google found for "lemel": an uncommon term; a last name, notably Nathalie Lemel (1826-1921) a French militant anarchist and feminist, and Gary LeMel a jazz performer and music industry executive; Lemel Homes Inc. in southeastern Wisconsin; user names; means "remove" in Breton; name of a city in the Netherlands)

Word derivation for "warm":
Basque = epel, Finnish = lämmin
Miresua = lemel

This is a new word. I'm taking a break from all the revisions.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "warm" is now "ämel".

dry is kevor (revisited)

kevor = dry (adjective) (some things Google found for "kevor": an uncommon term; user names; an unusual last name; Kevor-Curette is a single use surgical instrument; part of the name of a computer virus; a rare masculine first name; name of a male character in fantasy book series Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts)

Word derivation for "dry":
Basque = lehor, Finnish = kuiva
Miresua = kevor

My previous Miresua conlang word for "dry" was "hikur". I changed this word to use the V from the Finnish word. Another adjustment to spread out my use of the letters available, and to make the words a bit more like their Basque and Finnish source words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for dry is now kuhor.

cold is hyltä (revisited)

hyltä = cold (adjective) (some things Google found for "hylta": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; The Hylta Dance is an early 17th century trowie song from Scotland's Shetland Islands; name of a handful of small cities and towns in Sweden and Finland)

Word derivation for "cold":
Basque = hotz, Finnish = kylmä
Miresua = hyltä

My previous Miresua conlang word for cold was zylt. That was an incoherent mix of the Basque and Finnish words. I decided to redo this word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed, again. The word for cold is now holmä.