pastävä = passage (noun) (some things Google found for "pastävä" and "pastava": an uncommon term; Pastava is a rare last name; in Portuguese pastava means "have been pasturing or grazing"; pastava seems to mean something in a language from India; similar Pastavy is the name of a place in Belarus)
Word derivation for "passage (corridor)" :
Basque = pasabide, Finnish = käytävä
Miresua = pastävä
After falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice saw a "long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it."
Miresua is an imaginary, artificial, constructed language; a conlang. These words are not randomly generated. Miresua is an eclectic alphabetic mix of Basque and Finnish, two unrelated European languages.
14 October 2013
10 October 2013
sorrow is dosu
dosu = sorrow (noun) (some things Google found for "dosu": an uncommon to common term; Dosu Kinuta is a sound ninja character with a bandaged face in the Japanese anime, manga and game Naruto; a rare first name that is usually masculine; a rare last name that can be Nigerian; DOSU Studio Architecture; name of a place in Romania)
Word derivation for "sorrow" :
Basque = dolu, Finnish = suru
Miresua = dosu
Another Basque word for sorrow is nahigabe, where nahi means desire or wish, and -gabe means lack of or -less.
Alice saw the Mock Turtle sitting sad and lonely on a rock. She asked the Gryphon, "What is his sorrow?"
Word derivation for "sorrow" :
Basque = dolu, Finnish = suru
Miresua = dosu
Another Basque word for sorrow is nahigabe, where nahi means desire or wish, and -gabe means lack of or -less.
Alice saw the Mock Turtle sitting sad and lonely on a rock. She asked the Gryphon, "What is his sorrow?"
06 October 2013
easy is helaz
helaz = easy (adjective) (some things Google found for "helaz": an unusual term; HELAZ is a Basque acronym for Hezkuntzarako Laguntza Zerbitzua (Education Help Service); a rare last name; name of several gaming characters; a rare first name; user names)
Word derivation for "easy" :
Basque = erraz, Finnish = helppo
Miresua = helaz
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in the Mad Tea-Party scene, the Hatter tells Alice, "You mean you can't take LESS, it's very easy to take MORE than nothing."
Word derivation for "easy" :
Basque = erraz, Finnish = helppo
Miresua = helaz
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in the Mad Tea-Party scene, the Hatter tells Alice, "You mean you can't take LESS, it's very easy to take MORE than nothing."
02 October 2013
brave is rauske
rauske = brave (adjective) (some things Google found for "rauske": an uncommon term; a rare to unusual last name; user names; a gaming character name; similar Rauski is a rare Finnish masculine name which is a form of Rauno; former German name of Rusko in Silesia region of Poland; name of a place in Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Word derivation for "brave" :
Basque = ausart, Finnish = rohkea
Miresua = rauske
After falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice thought, "after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home!".
Word derivation for "brave" :
Basque = ausart, Finnish = rohkea
Miresua = rauske
After falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice thought, "after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home!".
30 September 2013
weak is hekul
hekul = weak (adjective) (some things Google found for "hekul": an uncommon to unusual term; user names; a very rare last name; name of several gaming characters; HEKUL is an acronym for Hessisches Kulturlandschaftsprogramm (Hessian Cultural Landscape Program); Captain Hekul is a monster in the game Minions of Mirth; seems to be a prefix meaning "become warm/hot" in Evenki, which is a Tungusic language)
Word derivation for "weak" :
Basque = ahul, Finnish = heikko
Miresua = hekul
The word weak occurs twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "weak" :
Basque = ahul, Finnish = heikko
Miresua = hekul
The word weak occurs twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
26 September 2013
quick is nasper
nasper = quick (adjective) (some things Google found for "nasper": an uncommon term; NASPER is an acronym for National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act; a rare to unusual last name; a misspelling of Napster which is the name of several music focused online services; similar Naspers is a multinational South African mass media and internet company; similar Naspe is the name of a place in Bhutan)
Word derivation for "quick" :
Basque = laster, Finnish = nopea
Miresua = nasper
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Hatter tells the Dormouse "to be quick about it," when telling a story, "or you'll be asleep again before it's done."
Word derivation for "quick" :
Basque = laster, Finnish = nopea
Miresua = nasper
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Hatter tells the Dormouse "to be quick about it," when telling a story, "or you'll be asleep again before it's done."
22 September 2013
smaller is nitxiapi
nitxiapi = smaller (adjective) (some things Google found for "nitxiapi": an unique term; did not match any documents; somewhat similar Battle of Xiapi was fought in China in the winter of 198 towards the end of the Han Dynasty)
Word derivation for "smaller" :
Basque = txikiago, Finnish = pienempi
Miresua = nitxiapi
For good measure, I decided, to post smaller too. Small is nitxi. The comparative adjective suffix in Miresua is -api.
Alice got uncomfortably large in the White Rabbit's house: "If I eat one of these cakes," she thought, "it's sure to make SOME change in my size; and as it can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose."
Word derivation for "smaller" :
Basque = txikiago, Finnish = pienempi
Miresua = nitxiapi
For good measure, I decided, to post smaller too. Small is nitxi. The comparative adjective suffix in Miresua is -api.
Alice got uncomfortably large in the White Rabbit's house: "If I eat one of these cakes," she thought, "it's sure to make SOME change in my size; and as it can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose."
18 September 2013
larger is hurdiapi
hurdiapi = larger (adjective) (some things Google found for "hurdiapi": an unique term; search did not match any documents)
Word derivation for "larger" :
Basque = handiago, Finnish = suurempi
Miresua = hurdiapo
Larger is a comparative adjective. So, I'm getting into some grammar here.
In Basque, the comparative is formed by adding -ago. In Finnish, the comparative adjective is formed by adding -mpi. (Apparently there can be vowel changes too). I decided to make the suffix for the comparative adjective in Miresua be -api.
An adjective in Miresua will be inflected, at a minimum, to agree with the noun it modifies as far as being singular or plural. Miresua plurals are formed by adding -t or -at.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice grows larger and smaller.
Word derivation for "larger" :
Basque = handiago, Finnish = suurempi
Miresua = hurdiapo
Larger is a comparative adjective. So, I'm getting into some grammar here.
In Basque, the comparative is formed by adding -ago. In Finnish, the comparative adjective is formed by adding -mpi. (Apparently there can be vowel changes too). I decided to make the suffix for the comparative adjective in Miresua be -api.
An adjective in Miresua will be inflected, at a minimum, to agree with the noun it modifies as far as being singular or plural. Miresua plurals are formed by adding -t or -at.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice grows larger and smaller.
14 September 2013
large is hurdi (revisited)
hurdi = large (adjective) (some things Google found for "hurdi": an uncommon term; crossidius hurdi is a species of beetles; Nomada hurdi is a species of cuckoo bees; a rare last name; similar "Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a 1968 song by Donovan, and a hurdy gurdy is a stringed musical instrument with a sound similar to that of bagpipes; Hurdi Hadar is the name of a place in Iraq; Hurdi is the name of a village in Maharashtra, India)
Word derivation for "large" :
Basque = handi, Finnish = suuri
Miresua = hurdi
My previous Miresua conlang word for large was dausi, which was an odd scramble of letters. The new word has more resemblance to both the Basque word and the Finnish word.
Large is a word that occurs many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "large" :
Basque = handi, Finnish = suuri
Miresua = hurdi
My previous Miresua conlang word for large was dausi, which was an odd scramble of letters. The new word has more resemblance to both the Basque word and the Finnish word.
Large is a word that occurs many times in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
10 September 2013
poison is pyzko
pyzko = poison (noun) (some things Google found for "pyzko": a rare term; user names; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; name of several other gaming characters; a rare last name; similar Pzyko is a dark psychedelic night trance music producer & Dj)
Word derivation for "poison"
Basque = pozoi, Finnish = myrkky
Miresua = pyzko
In chapter 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice checks the little bottle labeled 'DRINK ME' to see whether it's marked "poison" or not.
Word derivation for "poison"
Basque = pozoi, Finnish = myrkky
Miresua = pyzko
In chapter 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice checks the little bottle labeled 'DRINK ME' to see whether it's marked "poison" or not.
06 September 2013
tiny is pikite
pikite = tiny (adjective) (some things Google found for "pikite": an uncommon to unusual term; may be French slang for small or perhaps a misspelling of petite; a very rare last name; user names; similar Pikit is the name of a place in the Philippines)
Word derivation for "tiny"
Basque = txikitxo or txiki,
Finnish = pikkuinen or pikkuruinen
Miresua = pikite
Alice finds a tiny golden key that opens a little door about fifteen inches high.
Word derivation for "tiny"
Basque = txikitxo or txiki,
Finnish = pikkuinen or pikkuruinen
Miresua = pikite
Alice finds a tiny golden key that opens a little door about fifteen inches high.
02 September 2013
rose is ruosa
ruosa = rose (noun) (some things Google found for "ruosa": an uncommon term; a rare last name; World of Warcraft gaming character name; RUOSA brand or ID of lighting fixtures; a rare first name; user names; means rose in Dalmatian; similar ruoša means "preparation, stocking up" in Lithuanian; similar ruoska means whip (noun) in Finnish)
Word derivation for "rose"
Basque = arrosa, Finnish = ruusu
Miresua = ruosa
In chapter 8 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice sees three of the Queen of Hearts' gardeners painting white roses red.
Word derivation for "rose"
Basque = arrosa, Finnish = ruusu
Miresua = ruosa
In chapter 8 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice sees three of the Queen of Hearts' gardeners painting white roses red.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)











