clean is gurda (revisited)

gurda = clean (adjective) (some things Google found for "gurda": an uncommon term; an uncommon last name; Gurda Tango Boutique Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gurda Wildmane and Gurda Ragescar are humanoid NPCs in World of Warcraft; similar Gurdas is a Punjabi name; in Hindi (transliterated) gurda means kidney, as in Indian food recipes; the name of places in India, Pakistan and Nigeria)

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

My previous Miresua word for clean was gardas. The new word, gurda, is the adjective clean, but it'll also be the stem for the verb to clean. For Miresua, I'm trying to follow the example of Basque grammar for verbs, and hence giving myself a headache. In Basque, to clean is a non-finite secondary verb.

duck is ante (revisited)

ante = duck (noun) (some things Google found for "ante": a very common term; in poker and other games the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards; a last name; a Croatian form of the masculine first name Anthony; "Ante Up" is a song by hip hop duo M.O.P.; means before in Latin; means ago in Interlingua; means "doors (of furniture), shutters (of windows)" in Italian; means "in front of" in Spanish; name of places in Serbia, Mali, France and Virginia)

Word derivation for "duck" :
Basque = ahate, Finnish = ankka
Miresua = ante

This is the word for the bird that says quack, not a verb.

My previous Miresua conlang word for duck was aheka. My new word is shorter, simpler, and it doesn't end in a. I'm trying to lessen the number of nouns ending in a. I'll have enough of them with my Basque inspired suffix of -a for the definite article. In Miresua, "the duck" will become "antea".

to come is tolur

tolur = to come (verb) (some things Google found for "tolur": an uncommon term; name of a place in India near Chennai; user names; Rail Tolur S.R.O. are estate agents in Czech Republic; name of several gaming characters; a rare last name; similar word tölur means "figures, numerals" in Icelandic)

Word derivation for "to come" :
Basque = etorri, Finnish = tulla
Miresua = tolur

This is a verb, and I need more verbs. My Miresua verb ends in a consonant, even though the Basque word and Finnish word both end in a vowel, because I didn't want to make this a four-letter word or a three-syllable word.

The Basque verb to go, etorri, is one of the few Basque verbs that is fully conjugated in several tenses. This isn't one of those Basque verbs formed with an auxillary verb.

cat is kitsa (reinstated)

kitsa = cat (animal) (noun) (some things Google found for "kitsa": an uncommon term; user names; an unusual feminine first name that can be Greek; a rare last name; name of several cats (which was an odd result but a good sign for my word definition); KITSA is the Kangan Batman TAFE Student Association in Australia; gaming character name; in Finnish similar word kitsas means stingy; in Basque similar word kitzika means excitement, stimulation; name of places in Russia and Estonia)

Word derivation for "cat":
Basque = katu, Finnish = kissa
Miresua = kitsa

OK, I changed my mind. I'm allowed to do that. My Miresua conlang word for cat was kitsa, then a few months ago I changed it to katsi. Now I'm changing it back to kitsa. Nevermind that a similar Finnish word to kitsa means stingy. I didn't like that "the cat", with the definite article suffix of -a, would become katsia, which is feminine name and six-letters long. With the new word, "the cat" is also kitsa.

I hope my cat, Felix, who is all black, approves. He's currently sleeping in his cat cave.

falcon is balka (revisited)

balka = falcon (noun) (some things Google found for "balka": a common term; a last name notably Polish modern artist Miroslaw Balka; Kele Balka are plantain/banana chips from India; Balka: Three Stories (2010) is a short documentary about women struggling with drug use and HIV in Ukraine; Hotel Balka Strand in Denmark; means beam in Russian (transliterated); Tigrovaya Balka is a Nature Reserve in Tajikistan; name of places in Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey)

Word derivation for "falcon" :
Basque = belatz, Finnish = haukka (falcon or hawk)
Miresua = balka

My previous Miresua conlang word for falcon was hatza. I decided to redo this word to start it with the less common letter B. Also I didn't like that word hatza was quite similar to the Basque word for owl, hontza.

snow is elmi (revisited)

elmi = snow (noun) (some things Google found for "elmi": an uncommon to rare term; an uncommon last name than can be Italian and can be Somali; Elmi Karbordi (University of applied science) in Iran; a Swedish and Finnish first name that can be feminine; ELMI is an acronym for European Light Microscopy Initiative; ELMI Ltd of Latvia sells laboratory equipment; means helmets in Italian)

Word derivation for "snow" :
Basque = elur, Finnish = lumi
Miresua = elmi

My previous Miresua conlang word for snow was irul, which was an odd scramble of letters. The new word starts like the Basque word and ends like the Finnish word.

story is tupin (revisited)

tupin = 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.

word is siha (revisited)

siha = 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.

iron is daurna (revisited)

daurna = iron (metal) (some things Google found for "daurna": an uncommon term; in Scots (not Scottish Gaelic) daurna means "dare not"; daurna (or more commonly darna) means "to run" in Hindi (transliterated); a rare feminine first name; similarly named Darna is a Philippine comic book superheroine)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for iron was daura. I decided to insert the N, in part, to look less like the Miresua word for laugh which is baura. The new word, daurna, is a six letter word, which is nicely the average length of the Basque and the Finnish word.

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

brown is rarko (revisited)

rarko = brown (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "rarke": an uncommon term; user names; a rare last name; Rarko Inc. is a painting contractor in the Cleveland area in Ohio; a rare first name; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; name of a village in Pakistan)

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

This is a small change. My previous Miresua conlang word for brown was rarke. I decided that instead of ending this word in E, I'd rather end this word in O. I change my mind on words.

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

tower is dorne (revisited)

dorne = tower (noun) (some things Google found for "dorne": a common term; a last name, notably American illustrator Albert Dorne; kingdom of Dorne in the A Song of Ice and Fire series books by George R.R. Martin; a unusual first name that can be masculine or feminine; Dorne (aka La Dorne Riviere) is a stream in the Rhône-Alpes region of France; name of a place in Belgium)

Word derivation for "tower" :
Basque = dorre, Finnish = torni
Miresua = dorne

My previous Miresua conlang word for tower was todri. This change was mainly done to start the word with D. But I also like that "the tower" becomes dornea. I considered making this word dorni, but thought that would be pronounced too much like the Finnish word torni.

girl is teskö (revisited)

teskö = girl (noun) (some things Google found for "tesko": a common term; Tesko Suicide is the title of a 1996 alternative rock song by The Sneaker Pimps; Tesko Enterprises of Illinois offers custom metal fabrication and laser cutting; an unusual last name; similar teško means difficult, heavily in Croatian; similar Tesco is a grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in the UK)

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

My previous Miresua conlang word for girl was tynsa. Changing this word wrecks havoc with the title of my seldom updated Miresua grammar blog, Tynsa Ireba. And I liked the word tynsa. But I have to modify the blog title anyway because I earlier altered the word for green. To tell you the truth, I want to use that ö, those letters are uncommon.