hot is koru (revisited)

koru = hot (adjective) (some things Google found for "koru": a very common term; an iconic symbol or design in New Zealand Maori art; Air New Zealand Koru Club Lounge; Koru Island in Second Life; Kalevala Koru is a jewelry manufacturer in Finland; an unusual last name; means "choir loft, choir" in Basque; means "a piece of jewellery, ornament" in Finnish; means "loop, a spiral shape" in Maori; means grove in Turkish; name of cities in Turkey, Kenya and Papua New Guinea)

Word derivation for "hot":
Basque = bero, Finnish = kuuma
Miresua = koru

My previous Miresua conlang word for hot was beuma. I decided to simplify this word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for hot is now beku.

word is hina

hina = word (noun) (some things Google found for "hina": a very common term; Love Hina is a Japanese manga and anime series; The Hina Group is an investment banking and private equity firm; the name of several Polynesian goddesses; HINA is a Croatian news agency; Japanese Hina dolls; a feminine first name that can be from India and Pakistan; Ana Hina is an world music album by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas; means "lesser, lowly" in Indonesian; means "similar, like" in Quechua; name of cities in Burundi and Cameroon)

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

This is a new word. Not a revision.

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

stone is havi (revisited)

havi = stone (noun) (some things Google found for "havi": a very common term; HAVI Global Solutions is an international supply chain managed services company; HAVi is an acronym for Home Audio Video Interoperability; a rare feminine first name that can be Hebrew; a rare last name; means to have in Esperanto; means monthly in Hungarian; name of cities in Ghana and Iran)

Word derivation for "stone" :
Basque = harri, Finnish = kivi
Miresua = havi

My previous Miresua conlang word for stone was kari, which actually means sunken rock or rocks in Finnish. This is a change I've been pondering for a while. The new word, havi, is somewhat similar to the word heavy, and stones can be heavy.

mountain is mordi (revisited)

mordi = mountain (noun) (some things Google found for "mordi"; a common term; user names; an unusual last name that can be Nigerian; a masculine first name that can be Hebrew as short for Mordechai; means to bite in Esperanto; Italian conjugations of the verb to bite; name of a town in Russia)

Word derivation for "mountain" :
Basque = mendi, Finnish = vuori
Miresua = mordi

My previous word for mountain was nuodi. A somewhat odd word. I want to include the Finnish UO vowel combination in Miresua, but on reconsideration, not in the word for mountain.

violet is voreti (revisited)

voreti = violet (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "voreti": an uncommon to rare term; Voreti Ltd offers computer services in Birmingham in the UK; user names; VORETI TZB s.r.o. is a goldsmith in the Czech Republic; a masculine gaming character name)

Word derivation for "violet" or "purple":
Basque = more, Finnish = violetti
Miresua = voreti

My previous Miresua conlang word for violet (purple) was tovire. I remixed the letters. My new word is less of a alphabetic mish-mash, and looks more like both the Basque and the Finnish words.

I think the Basque and the Finnish words I'm using are the most common words for violet. The Basque word ubel can mean violet or purple, but it also means gray and somber. I also found the obviously borrowed words purpura in Basque and puurppura in Finnish.

green is irbe (revisited)

irbe = green (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "irbe": a common term; an uncommon last name, notably Arturs Irbe a former Soviet and Latvian ice hockey goaltender; user names; Irbe Strait in Latvia; means partridge in Latvian)

Word derivation for "green" :
Basque = berde, Finnish = vihreä
Miresua = irbe

My previous Miresua conlang word for green was irebä. After much thought, I decided to modify this word. This change forces me to change the title of my seldom updated Miresua grammer blog. That irbe will become irbea when used with the definite article was a deciding factor.

By the way, this word breaks one of my rules, but for it I'll make an exception. When both the Basque and the Finnish words start with a consonant, the Miresua word should start with a consonant.

I like this word because it's somewhat similar to herb, and herbs are green.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for green is now bereä.

yellow is heli (revisited)

heli = yellow (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "heli": a very common term; slang for helicopter such as in heli-skiing and radio-control model helicopters; a last name; a Finnish and Estonian feminine first name which is a short form of Helena; a masculine name in the Bible; means "salt water, brine" in Welsh; similar Helios is the personification of the sun in Greek mythology; the name of cities in China)

Word derivation for "yellow" :
Basque = hori, Finnish = keltainen (kelta)
Miresua = heli

My previous Miresua conlang word for yellow was kohai. I decided to simplify this word.

When mixing up the letters from the Basque and Finnish words, I ignored the -inen adjective ending from the Finnish word.

brown is rarke (revisited)

rarke = brown (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "rarke": an uncommon term; title of a bhangra (Punjabi dance music) song by Nirmal Sidhu and Sudesh Kumari; user names; an unusual last name; RARKE is a navigation waypoint in New Mexico)

Word derivation for "brown" :
Basque = marroi, Finnish = ruskea
Miresua = rarke

My previous Miresua conlang word for brown was reisma.

The new word ends in E so that when used with the definite article, the, rarke becomes rarkea, and it ends like the Finnish word.

By the way, Basque doesn't believe in starting words with the letter R. Borrowed R words begin with arr- or err- in Basque. Miresua can start words with R because Finnish does, but I don't have all that many words that do.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for brown is now rumare.

red is gorun (revisited)

gorun = red (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "gorun": a common term; GoRun Wichita for running equipment; an unusual last name; Jingmen GoRun technology Co.,Ltd of China sells polycarbonate film and sheets; in the Slayers anime series Gorun Nova is also known as the Sword of Light; means a species of oak (Sessile Oak) in Romanian; name of cities in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria)

Word derivation for "red":
Basque = gorri, Finnish = punainen (puna)
Miresua = gorun

My previous word for red was girun. This is a small change. I dedided to use the O, even though it makes the word look more Basque-like. Gorun sort of resembles gory.

black is metz (revisited)

metz = black (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "metz"; a very common term; name of a large city in region of Lorraine in northeast France; a common last name; Metz is a German consumer electonic manufacturer; The Metz Company was a pre-WWI US automobile maker; name of a city in South Africa; part of the name of other cities in France; name of a handful of towns in the United States)

Word derivation for "black" :
Basque = beltz, Finnish = musta
Miresua = metz

My previous Miresua word for black was metza. This is a small change.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed again, back to what it was previously. The word for black is now metza.

tin is itanu (revisited)

itanu = tin (metal) (noun) (some things Google found for "itanu"; an uncommon term; Itanu Toronto is a Jewish inclusion initiative for people with disabilities and their families; user names; ITANU Mobile Airbrush Tanning of North Carolina; Mirong’itanu means fifty in Kirundi which is a language of Burundi; mirongo itanu means fifty in Kinyarwanda which is a language of Rwanda)

Word derivation for "tin" (metal):
Basque = eztainu, Finnish = tina
Miresua = itanu

My previous Miresua word for tin was iltenu.

I'm changing this word because I'm using tina, instead of pelti, for the Finnish word. Pelti can mean tin in Finnish, but it also means sheet metal, tin plate. Tina can also means pewter, a tin alloy.

iron is daura (revisited)

daura = iron (metal) (noun) (some things Google found for "daura"; a common term; an uncommon last name; Estrella Damm Daura is a gluten-free beer from Barcelona; an unusual feminine first name of African origin; Al Daura Refinery in Iraq; Leiognathus daura is the scientific name of the Goldstripe ponyfish; name of a city and Local Government Area in northern Nigeria; name of cities in India, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Nepal)

Word derivation for "iron" (metal):
Basque = burdina, Finnish = rauta,
Miresua = daura

My previous Miresua word for iron was baurda.

I decided to start this Miresua word with D instead of B. Only borrowed words start with D in Finnish, and fewer Basque words start with D than B. Besides, there's a T in the Finnish word, which sounds similar to D.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for iron is now raduna.