24 February 2007

shadow is iljar

iljar = shadow (noun) (some things Google found for "iljar": an uncommon term; a word in Norse-Icelandic skaldic poetry; perhaps a proper name in Estonian; user name; a form of word meaning "sole of the foot" in Icelandic; a first name which is likely masculine and possibly German in origin; a place in Albania which is also called Iljare)

Word derivation for "shadow" :
Basque = itzal, Finnish = varjo
Miresua = iljar

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

18 February 2007

square is nölai

squarenölai = square (noun) (some things Google found for "nölai" or "nolai": a rare term; Nolai is a last name that can be Hungarian or Indian; there's a Sarangpur Nolai Rd somewhere in India; pseudo-language called NOLAI is used by universities to introduce programming; nolai means squirrel in Pashto which is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Word derivation for "square" :
Basque = lauki, Finnish = neliö
Miresua = nölai

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

14 February 2007

yes is käbi

käbikäbi = yes (adverb) (assent or agreement or affirmation) (some things Google found for "käbi" and "kabi": a common term; Käbi is a feminine name, notably Estonian concert pianist Käbi Laretei; a last name, also probably Estonian; Käbi Külalistemaja guest house in Estonia; Fresenius Kabi AG is a German company with therapy for critically and chronically ill patients; KABI is a code for Abilene Texas Regional Airport; Kabi Golf Course in Queensland Australia; Kabi Plastics of the UK; "Goizeko Kabi" is the name of a pair of Basque restaurants in Spain; Kabi are an aboriginal people of Australia; Novell kABI Notification Service for Linux kernel changes; "käbi" means "cone" in Estonian; "kabi" means "hoof" in Estonian and means "badly" in Zulu; "Kabi" is the name of places in Gabon, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo, Niger, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Estonia)

Word derivation for "yes" :
Basque = bai, Finnish = kyllä
Miresua = käbi

10 February 2007

no is eiz

eizeiz = no (adverb) (refusal or denial or disagreement) (some things Google found for "eiz": a common term; EIZ stands for Engineering Institution of Zambia; EIZ stands for Europäisches Informations-Zentrum (European information center) of Germany; EIZ is Expertisecentrum Informele Zorg (Service Centre informal care) of the Netherlands; EIZ stands for Europa Institut an der Universität Zürich of Switzerland; Eiz Gallery in New Hampshire; user name; EIZ stands for Ekonomski institut Zagreb of Croatia; EIZ is Environmental Improvement Zones in Canada; German hip-hop artist Eizi Eiz; EIZ is Energy Innovation Zone in the UK; Eiz Consultants, corporate and business image, of Canada; a last name from Egypt; an area in Germany)

Word derivation for "no" :
Basque = ez, Finnish = ei
Miresua = eiz

06 February 2007

flower is loku

flowerloku = flower (noun) (some things Google found for "loku": an uncommon term; title of an online collection of really bad haiku; user names; "Eya Dan Loku Lamayek" is a 1975 movie from Sri Lanka; "Ka Ua Loku" is a Hawaiian song title; a last and first name from Sri Lanka; means "tall" in Sinhala (transliterated); "Loku and the Shark Attack" is a young adult book about a boy living in Papua New Guinea; a place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Word derivation for "flower" :
Basque = lore, Finnish = kukka
Miresua = loku

02 February 2007

table is paimä

paimä = table (noun) (furniture) (some things Google found for "paimä" or "paima": an uncommon term; PAIMA stands for Pan American Movers Association of Panama; Behr Paima is a hydrographic-cum-oceanographic survey and Research vessel of Pakistan; a last name that can be Finnish and Peruvian; Paima Shan Peaks of Western China; PAIMA stands for Pakistan-Afghanistan Independent Media Association; Paima is the name of places in Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi)

Word derivation for "table" :
Basque = mahai, Finnish = pöytä
Miresua = paimä

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

26 January 2007

be is alon

alon = be (verb) (some things Google found for "alon": a masculine first name which may be Jewish; ALON USA has fuel (Fina) and convenience store products; Alon's Bakery & Market in Atlanta; ALON is Aluminum Oxynitride which is a transparent ceramic that can used as armor; ALON mobile software; a last name; Alôn Christian Fellowship of South Africa; Alon Inc. is an IT services company; Alon Wineries of Israel; places in Burma, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Russian Federation, Spain, Greece, Sweden, and Finland)

Word derivation for "be" :
Basque = izan (exist), Finnish = olla
Miresua = alon

There are two words for the verb "be" in Basque. As this seems to be something Basque borrowed from neighboring Romance languages, and Finnish has one word for the verb "be", there will be only one word for the verb "be" in Miresua.

This Miresua conlang word has been redefined.

20 January 2007

wind is zauti

zauti = wind (noun) (weather) (some things Google found for "zauti": a rare term; a last name which can be Arabic, notably Nu'man bin Thabit ibn Zauti; Zauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) is a music festival in Zanzibar; seems to mean something in Russian (Transliterated); a Malaysian first name)

Word derivation for "wind" :
Basque = haize, Finnish = tuuli
Miresua = zauti

This Miresua word has been changed. The word for wind is now huzi.

16 January 2007

maple is targave

targavetargave = maple (tree, wood) (noun) (some things Google found for "targave": a rare term; name of a road in Charleston, South Carolina; means something in Albanian; a last name)

Word derivation for "maple" :
Basque = astigar, Finnish = vaahtera
Miresua = targave

12 January 2007

oak is mitar

mitar = oak (tree, wood) (noun) (some things Google found for "mitar": a common term; a masculine first name, notably 19th century Serbian prophet Mitar Tarabich and Mitar Vasiljević a Bosnian Serb charged with crimes against humanity; Mitar Environmental Services Pest control in UK; user name; Punjabi or Sikh song "Mitar Pyare Nu (or Noon)")

Word derivation for "oak" :
Basque = haritz, Finnish = tammi
Miresua = mitar

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

08 January 2007

goddess is jonumara

jonumarajonumara = goddess (noun) (some things Google found for "jonumara": an unique term, did not match any documents)

Word derivation for "goddess" :
Basque = jainkosa, Finnish = jumalatar
Miresua = jonumara

04 January 2007

god is jonuma

jonumajonuma = god (noun) (some things Google found for "jonuma": a rare term: part of name on a Nigerian fraud email example; user name for people in Hawaii, Malaysia, and Spain; Lake Jonuma in Japan; an unusual feminine first name in the early 1800s)

Word derivation for "god" :
Basque = jainko, Finnish = jumala
Miresua = jonuma