silver is holar (revisited)

holar = silver (metal, color) (noun) (some things Google found for "holar"; an uncommon term; Hólar is a small historic community in northern Iceland, site of Hólar University College; a last name that can be Czech; part of a the name of a computer virus; a caste in Maharashtra state in India; a town in the Faroe islands)

Word derivation for "silver" (metal, color):
Basque = zilar, Finnish = hopea,
Miresua = holar

My previous Miresua word for "silver" was "lohia", which ended in a vowel combination (ia) which I'm not sure I'll be using in this conlang. My new word is a more straightforward combination of letters from the Basque and Finnish words.

foot is noja

noja = foot (anatomy) (noun) (some things Google found for "noja"; an uncommon term; a city in Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain near Basque country; NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd of Queensland, Australia; NoJa is the name of a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama; user names; a last name, notably dancer Simona Noja; means "prop, support" in Finnish; means "paranoia" in Swedish; name of a city in Albania)

Word derivation for "foot" (anatomy, body part):
Basque = oin, Finnish = jalka
Miresua = noja

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "foot" is now "jain".

two is kai (revisited)

kai = two (number) (adjective, noun) (some things Google found for "kai"; a very common term; a first name which can be masculine or feminine; name of various fictional characters primarily in gaming and anime; a last name; means "port, pier, dock" in Basque; means "wharf or dock" in German, Estonian, and Norwegian; means "probably" in Finnish; means "sea" in Japanese (transliterated) and Hawaiian; means "when, as, than" in Lithuanian; means "feed, food, at, eat, meal" in Maori; means "seed" in American Indian language Pima; means "chicken" in Thai (transliterated); name of cities in Pakistan, Japan, Benin, and Burma)

Word derivation for "two" (number):
Basque = bi, Finnish = kaksi
Miresua = kai

My previous Miresua word for "two" was "sai". As there are two "k"s in the Finnish word for "two", I thought that I should use the "k" for my consonant in Miresua, instead of the "s".

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "two" is now "baki".

red is girun (revisited)

girun = red (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "girun"; an uncommon term; GIRUN is a navigation waypoint in Iran; a town in Turkey; Abu Girun is a waterhole in Sudan; user names; Chesa Girun vacation apartment in Pontresina Switzerland; a last name that can be Malaysian)

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

My previous Miresua word for red was ginru, which was a just bit too odd. The word for red, I think, should be fairly simple.

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

table is paimö (revisited)

paimö = table (noun) (some things Google found for "paimo"; an uncommon to rare term; Paimo Pavimenti Industriali of Italy does flooring; a last name, notably Nigerian actor Lere Paimo; paimo is a user name; similarly named Paimio is a town in Finland)

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

My previous Miresua word for table was paimä. This is a minor modification to use the ö, which seems to be the more uncommon vowel, instead of the ä from the Finnish source word.

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

goat is hauvo (revisited)

hauvo = goat (animal) (noun) (some things Google found for "hauvo"; a rare term; a user name; may be a Finnish last name; appears to be an odd misspelling of the Spanish word huevo which means egg)

Word derivation for "goat":
Basque = ahuntz, Finnish = vuohi
Miresua = hauvo

My previous Miresua word for goat was hovaut. I think my new word hauvo is somewhat less cryptic-looking and easier to pronounce.

This Miresua word has been changed. The word for goat is now vuhutz.

bread is golä

golä = bread (noun) (some things Google found for variations of "gola"; a common term; Gola is a British sporting goods manufacturer; The Gola are tribal people of Liberia and Sierra Leone; a last name; Marco "Gölä" Pfeuti is a Swiss rock musician; "gola" means "bullet, shell" in Bengali (Transliterated); means "throat" in Catalan; means "bone" in Cherokee; means "circular, round, gang, equivocal, ball, roll, globe, rotund" in Hindi (Transliterated); means "breeze" in Icelandic; means "throat, gullet, groove, gulch" in Italian; means "collar" in Portuguese; means "ball, bale" in Urdu (Transliterated); The Hebrew word "Gola" refers to the Jewish Diaspora; Gola is the name of places in Senegal, India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Poland, Liberia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Croatia, and Italy)

Word derivation for "bread":
Basque = ogi (bread, wheat), Finnish = leipä (bread, loaf)
Miresua = golä

In my other conlang, Lhaesine, I've defined "gola" (no umlaut over the a) as "fat", but I'm not sure if it's a noun, an adjective, or both.

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

rope is kösa

kösa = rope (noun) (some things Google found for "kösa" or kosa": a very common term; KOSA is a CBS TV station in Odessa/Midland, Texas; a last name; "Kósa" is a Hungarian last name; Kosa Hotel Khon Kaen in Thailand; KoSA is a percussion and music event; KOSA stands for Korea Software Industry Association; Kosa also known as Honganji Kennyo (1543–1592) was Japanese religious leader; Kosa Minore Creative of NYC does interactive design and development; KöSa GmbH Weißenfels of Germany; similar kòsa means hair in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian; kosa means scythe in Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Serbian, and Slovak)

Word derivation for "rope":
Basque = soka, Finnish = köysi
Miresua = kösa

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

linen is avari

avari = linen (noun) (some things Google found for "avari": an uncommon term; Avari Hotels International in Pakistan and Dubai; a wild forest-dwelling Elven folk in the fictional works of J.R.R. Tolkien; a last name, notably British-Indian actor Erick Avari; Avari Press is a publishing company specializing in fantasy literature; Avari Skin Therapy products of Australia; AVARI stands for Association for Voluntary Action Research in Ireland; Avari bottle opener or shopping-trolley token or key ring from Finland; Avari and Associates Tax Investigation Consultants of the UK; a feminine first name; Avari Deli and Bistro near Cincinnati; means "brokedown, failure, fault, hitch" in Albanian; similar word "avarus" means "greedy, avaricious" in Latin; a place in Cuba)

Word derivation for "linen" (flax):
Basque = hari, Finnish = pellava
Miresua = avari

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "linen" is now "pelari".

silk is ziska

ziska = silk (noun) (some things Google found for "ziska": a very common term; a last name, notably 15th century Czech general and Hussite leader John Ziska or Jan Žižka; title of a 1897 book by Marie Corelli which is subtitled The Problem of a Wicked Soul; user name; Ziska Architects & Associates of Ohio; Ziska Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Bangladesh)

Word derivation for "silk":
Basque = zeta, Finnish = silkki
Miresua = ziska

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

suffix -sne in Miresua

The suffix -sne forms adjectives and expresses abundance in Miresua. This grammatical suffix was first mentioned in my posting for "wooly". Below are a some more examples of using this suffix to build adjectives in Miresua.

rain = dure
rainy = duresne

rust = reislo
rusty = reislosne

snow = irul
snowy = irulsne

stone = kari
stony = karisne

sun = zureni
sunny = zurenisne

wind = zuati
windy = zuatisne

suffix -ze in Miresua

The suffix -ze means "is composed of, or mostly of, a material" in Miresua. This grammatical suffix was first mentioned in my posting for "woolen". Below are listed some more examples of using this suffix to build adjectives in Miresua.

kure = gold
kureze = golden

lyrun = lead
lyrunze = leaden

pur = wood
purze = wooden

halra = leather
halraze = leather (made of, or mostly of, leather)

seiba = glass
seibaze = glassy (made of, or mostly of, glass)