28 October 2007

month is kuilake

kuilakekuilake = month (noun) (some things Google found for "kuilake": a very rare term; user name of someone in Norway; a blood elf warlock in character in World of Warcraft)

Word derivation for "month":
Basque = hilabete, Finnish = kuukausi
Miresua = kuilake

The Finnish word for "month" is a combination of the words for "moon" and "season, term". The Basque word for "month" appears to be a combination of "moon" and "to fufill, to complete". My Miresua word for "month" includes my word for "moon" and a couple more letters, which may or may not be an later defined suffix.

24 October 2007

moon is kuila (redone)

kuila = moon (noun) (some things Google found for "kuila": an uncommon term; a last name which can be Indian or Fijian; an artist that performs of music from the kingdom of Tonga; user names; name of places in Burkina Faso and Solomon Islands)

Word derivation for "moon":
Basque = ilargi, Finnish = kuu
Miresua = kuila

In Basque and Finnish the words for month are similar to their words for moon. This makes sense. The English words are similar too. Upon consideration, I decided to redo my word in the Miresua conlang for moon. My previous Miresua word for moon was kigul.

My new word for moon, kuila, is a more obvious combination of Finnish and Basque than usual. Letters from both languages are used in order. I generally like to scramble letters and their positions.

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

20 October 2007

week is soika

soika = week (noun) (some things Google found for "soika": an uncommon term; a last name which can be Polish, German, or Finnish - notably German abstract expressionistic artist Karin Ulrike Soika)

Word derivation for "week":
Basque = aste, Finnish = viikko
Miresua = soika

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

16 October 2007

year is veiru

veiru = year (noun) (some things Google found for "veiru": an uncommon term; a town and creek in Papua New Guinea; a last name that can be Samoan or from India; a word that seems to be related to "virus" in Icelandic; user name; Veiru SL is a metal cutting tool company in Madrid Spain)

Word derivation for "year":
Basque = urte, Finnish = vuosi
Miresua = veiru

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

12 October 2007

tomorrow is huiban

huiban = tomorrow (adverb) (some things Google found for "huiban": an uncommon term; a last name which can be French (maybe Breton) or Romanian; Huiban opera was a type of mixed genre Chinese opera of the Qing Dynasty)

Word derivation for "tomorrow":
Basque = bihar, Finnish = huomenna
Miresua = huiban

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

08 October 2007

today is taugän

taugän = today (adverb) (some things Google found for "taugan": an uncommon to rare term; user names; gaming character names; in the Star Trek universe there's a Taugan star system; an unusual last name that can be French, English, or Filipino)

Word derivation for "today":
Basque = gaur, Finnish = tänään
Miresua = taugän

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "today" is now "gänan".

04 October 2007

yesterday is azei

azei = yesterday (adverb and noun) (some things Google found for "azei": an uncommon term; user names; F-AZEI is a De Havilland Aircraft DH 82 A; AZEI stands for Aquaculture Zones of Economic Interest in Burkina Faso; "azei hayyim" means "trees of life" in Hebrew (Transliterated); a last name)

Word derivation for "yesterday":
Basque = atzo, Finnish = eilen
Miresua = azei

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

30 September 2007

wolf is isto (revisited)

isto = wolf (animal) (noun) (some things Google found for "isto": a very common term; IEEE-ISTO Industry Standards and Technology Organization; a last name that is from Finland; ISTO stands for Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans in France; Mount Isto is a summit in the Romanzof Mountains of the Brooks range in Alaska; ISTO Technologies is a company in cartilage regeration technology; ISTO stands for Irish Student Tramoline Open; ISTO stands for Indoor Sports & Training in Oxfordshire in the UK; means "this" in Portuguese and Galician; means "also, too" in Croatian; means "ditto" in Serbian (Latin script); means "knowledge" in Sindarin; means "certainly, surely" in Slovak; places in Croatia and Iran)

Word derivation for "wolf":
Basque = otso, Finnish = susi
Miresua = isto

This is a small change. My previous Miresua word for wolf was isot.

This Miresua word has been changed. The word for wolf is now suto.

26 September 2007

old is harna (redone)

harnaharna = old (adjective) (some things Google found for "harna": an uncommon term; a last name which can be Czech; user names; means "hurt, wounded" in Quenya; means "beautiful, nice" in Ukrainian (Latin Script); places in Sweden, India, and Niger)

Word derivation for "old":
Basque = zahar, Finnish = vanha
Miresua = harna

My previous word for "old" was "rahan", which is not allowed given my current word construction rules. Because Basque doesn't start any words with the letter "R", I'm restricting when I can begin Miresua words with "R". At a minimum, the "R" must come from the Finnish source word. In this case, the "R" was from the Basque source word, so I decided to redo the word.

After I redid this word, I realized that my new word for old, "harna", was similar to the Finnish word for the color gray, "harmaa". A nice coincidence.

22 September 2007

violet is orile (redone)

orile = violet (or purple) (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "orile": an uncommon term; a place and part of multiple place names in Nigeria; Wasimi Orile Project to help a poor small village in Nigeria; a user name; a last name; "orile" seems to means something like origin or nation in Yoruba; a place in Micronesia)

Word derivation for "violet" or "purple":
Basque = more (or ubel), Finnish = violetti
Miresua = orile

My previous word for violet was minren. If you're thinking I couldn't create that word from my source words, you're correct. Earlier I used "sinipunainen" for the Finnish source word, which translates as "blue-red". Finnish has recently adopted the obviously borrowed word violetti for this color. But this change is mainly due to my dissatisfaction with minren for my Miresua word.

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

18 September 2007

brown is reisma (redone)

reisma = brown (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "reisma": a rare term; a last name which can be Dutch or Estonian; Resima Refrigeration of the Canary Islands in Spain; user names)

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

This word was redone. Nothing against my previous word for brown which was karrei. It was merely too similar to my new word for yellow.

For my new word for brown, I took the opportunity to start the Miresua word with R, which is always allowable when the Finnish source word starts with R. (Basque doesn't believe in starting words with the letter R).

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

14 September 2007

yellow is korai (redone)

korai = yellow (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "korai": a common term; korai is the plural of kore which is an ancient Greek sculpture of the Archaic period representing a standing young maiden clothed in long robes; the Korai are a Baloch tribe of Pakistan; an Indian cooking style which features spiced chicken or lamb with green pepper and onion and tomato; "Korai Öröm" are a Psychedelic/Space Rock band from Hungary; Korai Dynasty of Korea (c. 932-1392); a last name that can be Japanese; means "early" in Hungarian; places in Pakistan, Sudan, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and India)

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

This word has been redone. My previous word for yellow was helkoi.

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