otumari = lobster (noun) (some things Google found for "otumari": a rare term; user names; similar Otomari Honey is a mature Japanese manga; similar Ōtomari is a Kiev based fuzz pop band; similar Otumara is the name of places in Nigeria; similar Ōtomari is the name of places in Japan)
Word derivation for "lobster"
Basque = otarrain, Finnish = hummeri
Miresua = otumari
Chapter 10 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is The Lobster Quadrille. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon tell Alice about this dance with lobsters, and sing a song.
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.
30 August 2013
26 August 2013
lizard is lisker
lisker = lizard (noun) (some things Google found for "lisker": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; Leigh Lisker was an American linguist and phonetician; Bruce Lisker is a California man whose conviction for murder was overturned; a Zoanoid character in science fiction movie The Guyver (1991); name of a Basque progressive rock or folk rock band of the 70s; Lisker Congregation is a NYC Jewish Orthodox synagogue; Lisker's sign is tenderness to percussion of the medial surface of the tibia which suggests deep venous thrombosis)
Word derivation for "lizard"
Basque = musker, Finnish = lisko
Miresua = lisker
Another Finnish word for lizard is sisilisko.
Bill the Lizard is a character appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "lizard"
Basque = musker, Finnish = lisko
Miresua = lisker
Another Finnish word for lizard is sisilisko.
Bill the Lizard is a character appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
22 August 2013
parrot is papakai
papakai = parrot (noun) (some things Google found for "papakai": an unusual term; Papa Kai makes alaia surfboards for ocean use and home decoration in Hawaii and in San Diego; similarly named Papakea Resort on Maui; a very rare last name;
Papakai Marae is the (Maori) name of a place in New Zealand; name of a mountain in New Zealand)
Word derivation for "parrot"
Basque = papagai, Finnish = papukaija
Miresua = papakai
The Lory is a character in the Caucus-Race in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lories are small to medium-sized Australasian parrots.
The words for parrot are similar in many European languages.
Word derivation for "parrot"
Basque = papagai, Finnish = papukaija
Miresua = papakai
The Lory is a character in the Caucus-Race in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lories are small to medium-sized Australasian parrots.
The words for parrot are similar in many European languages.
18 August 2013
mad (crazy) is eulo
eulo = mad (crazy) (adjective) (some things Google found for "eulo": an uncommon term; name of a small opal-mining town in Queensland, Australia; an unusual last name; a rare first name; user names; EULO Grey Water Recycling Kitchen Sink; name of a place in Germany)
Word derivation for "mad (crazy)"
Basque = ero, Finnish = hullu
Miresua = eulo
The adjective mad definitely occurs in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. There's the Mad Tea-Party. The Hatter and the March Hare are both mad. The Cheshire Cat tells Alice "We're all mad here."
Word derivation for "mad (crazy)"
Basque = ero, Finnish = hullu
Miresua = eulo
The adjective mad definitely occurs in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. There's the Mad Tea-Party. The Hatter and the March Hare are both mad. The Cheshire Cat tells Alice "We're all mad here."
14 August 2013
hedgehog is sirti
sirti = hedgehog (noun) (some things Google found for "sirti": an uncommon term; Sirti SpA is an Italian civil engineering and network technology company; SIRTI was the acronym for Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology
Institute which is now Innovate Washington; a rare last name; Biçak sirti is a Turkish TV series drama; similar Sirt'i is the name of a place in Ethiopia)
Word derivation for "hedgehog"
Basque = triku, Finnish = siili
Miresua = sirti
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, hedgehogs are used as balls at the Queen's croquet ground.
Word derivation for "hedgehog"
Basque = triku, Finnish = siili
Miresua = sirti
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, hedgehogs are used as balls at the Queen's croquet ground.
10 August 2013
frog is samagel
samagel = frog (noun) (some things Google found for "samagel": a rare to unusual term; Samagel Manutenção Industrial Ltda ME (Industrial Maintenance) of Mogi Guaçu, Brazil; Samagel Santo André Máquinas e Geladeiras Ltda (Machines and Refrigerators) of Santo André, Brazil; a very rare last name; a very rare first name; user names; Samagel brand fresh oriental vegetables from DetPon Corporation of Guatemala; similar Samage is the name of a place in Papua New Guinea)
Word derivation for "frog"
Basque = igel, Finnish = sammakko
Miresua = samagel
As I've been making words for various creatures lately, there is a Frog-Footman in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "frog"
Basque = igel, Finnish = sammakko
Miresua = samagel
As I've been making words for various creatures lately, there is a Frog-Footman in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
06 August 2013
dormouse is ukixar
ukixar = dormouse (noun) (some things Google found for "ukixar": a rare term; bad OCR of old texts; appears on gobbledygook pages; similar Ukixa Corporation (UKX) is an oil and gas corporation in the Republic of Shaelia on the fictional world of Atoria)
Word derivation for "dormouse"
Basque = muxar, Finnish = unikeko
Miresua = ukixar
In Finnish, another word for dormouse (specifically the Hazel dormouse) is pähkinähiiri, where hiiri means mouse.
The Dormouse is a character at the Mad Tea-Party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. At the end of the scene, the March Hare and the Hatter try to put the Dormouse into a teapot.
Word derivation for "dormouse"
Basque = muxar, Finnish = unikeko
Miresua = ukixar
In Finnish, another word for dormouse (specifically the Hazel dormouse) is pähkinähiiri, where hiiri means mouse.
The Dormouse is a character at the Mad Tea-Party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. At the end of the scene, the March Hare and the Hatter try to put the Dormouse into a teapot.
02 August 2013
hare is järbi
järbi = hare (noun) (some things Google found for "jarbi": an uncommon term; a rare masculine first name; Belizean pro soccer player Jarbi Álvarez; a rare last name; JARBI is an acronym for Journal of Applied Research for Business Instruction; Hasy Jarbi (aka Hassi Jerbi) is the name of a place in Tunisia)
Word derivation for "hare"
Basque = erbi, Finnish = jänis
Miresua = järbi
The March Hare appears in the tea party scene of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By the way, I don't have a word yet for March.
Apologies for my lack of anything resembling grammar lately. This summer has been very busy for me.
Word derivation for "hare"
Basque = erbi, Finnish = jänis
Miresua = järbi
The March Hare appears in the tea party scene of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By the way, I don't have a word yet for March.
Apologies for my lack of anything resembling grammar lately. This summer has been very busy for me.
30 July 2013
turtle is dirkona
dirkona = turtle (noun) (some things Google found for "dirkona": a rare term; similar Dirkon (sometimes referred to in Czech and in Polish as Dirkona) is paper pinhole camera that was first published as a kit in a 1979 Czechoslovakian magazine; a very rare last name; similar Dhirkona is a village in West Bengal, India)
Word derivation for "turtle"
Basque = dortoka, Finnish = kilpikonna
Miresua = dirkona
The Mock Turtle is a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "turtle"
Basque = dortoka, Finnish = kilpikonna
Miresua = dirkona
The Mock Turtle is a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
26 July 2013
child is hapi
hapi = child (noun) (some things Google found for "hapi": a common term; Hapi Mari (aka Happy Martiage!?) is a Japanese manga series; HAPI drums; Hapi brand Asian snacks; HAPI is an Egyptian river god and an Egyptian funerary deity; a brand of Chinese beer from Harbin Brewery; HAPI is an acronym for Hispanic American Periodicals Index; an unusual last name; a rare first name; similar happi is a loose, informal Japanese coat; in Finnish similar happi means oxygen; Hapi Bolaghi is the name of a place in Iran)
Word derivation for "child"
Basque = haur, Finnish = lapsi
Miresua = hapi
Another Basque word for child (or offspring) is ume, which is also used for young animals.
The words child and children can be found in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "child"
Basque = haur, Finnish = lapsi
Miresua = hapi
Another Basque word for child (or offspring) is ume, which is also used for young animals.
The words child and children can be found in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
22 July 2013
butterfly is pehinexa
pehinexa = butterfly (noun) (some things Google found for "pehinexa": an unique term; similar pexinxa occurs on a number of Brazilian bargain websites and may be a form of the Portuguese word pechincha which means bargain)
Word derivation for "butterfly"
Basque = tximeleta AND pinpilinpauxa
Finnish = perhonen
Miresua = pehinexa
Basque has multiple words for butterfly, perhaps they are from different dialects. I choose the two that seemed most common.
The word butterfly occurs just once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice tells the Caterpillar that some day he'll change into a butterfly.
Word derivation for "butterfly"
Basque = tximeleta AND pinpilinpauxa
Finnish = perhonen
Miresua = pehinexa
Basque has multiple words for butterfly, perhaps they are from different dialects. I choose the two that seemed most common.
The word butterfly occurs just once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice tells the Caterpillar that some day he'll change into a butterfly.
18 July 2013
caterpillar is tolkar
tolkar = caterpillar (noun) (some things Google found for "tolkar": a common term; Tolkar Makina A. S. of Turkey sells commercial laundry machines; Tolkar Turismo (travel agency) of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina; an unusual last name;
user names; present tense of the verb meaning to interpret in Swedish)
Word derivation for "caterpillar"
Basque = beldar, Finnish = toukka
Miresua = tolkar
In Finnish toukka means caterpillar and also larva. Another word for caterpillar is perhosentoukka, where perhosen means butterfly or moth.
The Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar is a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Word derivation for "caterpillar"
Basque = beldar, Finnish = toukka
Miresua = tolkar
In Finnish toukka means caterpillar and also larva. Another word for caterpillar is perhosentoukka, where perhosen means butterfly or moth.
The Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar is a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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