west is madan (redone)

madan = west (Lhaesine pronunciation = MAH-dahn) (noun, adjective, adverb) (direction) (some things Google found for "madan": a common term; a last name and a first name that can be from India; The Madan or Marsh Arabs are a people from southern Iraq; Sudalai Madan is an ancient non-Vedic Tamil male deity of South India; Madan Plantation grows Arabica coffee in New Guinea; means "mine (excavation)" in Indonesian; means "mineral" in Urdu (transliterated); name of cities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Armenia, Yemen, Cuba, Burma, and Bulgaria)

My previous Lhaesine word for "west" was "maigor". My new word is simpilier and goes better with my other cardinal compass point words.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "west" is now "haidon". This posting is no longer current.

wood is helar (revisited)

helar = wood (Lhaesine pronunciation = HEH-lahr) (noun, adjective) (material) (some things Google found for "helar": an uncommon term; verb meaning "to freeze" in Spanish; Helar Ltd Scandinavian furniture of the UK; a last name which can be English and Belgian; user names and gaming character names; Helar Marketing And Consultant Pvt Ltd of India is in the rubber industry; HELAR s.r.o. of Czech Republic produces motorcycle and bicycle helmets; a place in Iran)

My previous Lhaesine word for "wood" was "halh", which was an atypical word that even I wanted to mispronounce. I'm modifying this word because I'd like common words in this conlang to be (or at least look) pronounceable.

gate is barul (redone)

barul = gate (Lhaesine pronunciation = BAH-ruhl) (noun) (some things Google found for "barul": an uncommon term; a last name, notably French football player Patrick Barul; Barul-Mare and Barul Mic are cities in Romania)

My previous Lhaesine word for "gate" was "bahit", which was rather atypical looking. The new word "barul" rhymes with my word for "cold" which is "marul".

seed is girna

girna = seed (Lhaesine pronunciation = GIHRN-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "girna": an uncommon term; a stone shelter found in the Maltese countryside; a river in Maharashtra state of southern India; a first name; means something in Greek - "Girna Ksana" is a song title by Antique which is a Greek pop/dance music duo orginating from Sweden, "Girna Se Mena" is an Greek album by Panos Kiamos, "Girna" is a song title by a Cypriot-Greek singer Anna Vissi; means "grindstone, millstone" in Lithuanian)

today is nalha (revisited)

nalha = today (Lhaesine pronunciation = NAH-lhuh) (adverb and noun) (some things Google found for "nalha": an uncommon term; NALHA stands for Northern Alberta Ladies Hockey Association; user names; a last name which can be Portuguese; name of an Arabian horse; Sand Nalha river in India; gaming character name)

My previous Lhaesine word for "today" was "nalra". I'm modifying this word because I don't think I'll be allowing the consonant combination of "lr".

silk is pache (revisited)

pache = silk (Lhaesine pronunciation = PAYCH, not pronounced like "apache") (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "pache": an uncommon term; a last name which can be Swiss, notably photographer Philippe Pache and French Revolution era politician Jean-Nicolas Pache; Pache Management Company of Ohio manages the properties; PACHE is a charitable trust working with drop-outs and illiterate children in southern India; means "flowers" in Ayapathu which is an Australian Aboriginal language; means "her, his" in Chewa (or Chichewa) which is a language south-central Africa; means exists in Marathi (Transliterated) which is a language of India; name of cities in Guatemala, Afghanistan, and Guinea-Bissau)

My previous Lhaesine word for "silk" was "pisach".

linen is alira

alira = linen (Lhaesine pronunciation = ah-LIH-ruh) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "alira": an uncommon term; Alira stainless steel kitchen faucets; Accueil Alira of France offers technical engineering education packs; user names; first name of a female fantasy character; a last name that can be Spanish; name of cities in Uganda and Iran)

This word was originally intended to be the word for linen in Miresua, my other conlang, but as I do so often in Lhaesine, I changed my mind. Miresua is an eclectic alphabetic combination of Basque and Finnish and follows a different set of rules. Not all words intended for Miresua can be used in Lhaesine. For instance, the word I ended up using for linen in Miresua, avari, would not be allowed in Lhaesine because it contains a "v" and ends in "i".

oak is nere

nere = oak (Lhaesine pronunciation = NEER) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "nere": a common term; can mean "black" in Italian but "nera" or "nero" are the more common words; 16th century Italian condittiero Giovanni delle Bande Nere; Aubigny-sur-Nere in France; Terre Nere Italian wine; at the University of California NERE stands for Network for Experimental Research on Evolution; Nere Ekialdean is a Basque folk music CD by Benito Lertxundi; a last name; a Basque feminine first meaning "mine"; user name; NERE stands for North East Region; Renaissance English spelling of "near"; means "were not" in poetic or archaic English; means "below, down, down in the dumps, downstairs, low, under, underneath" in Swedish; means "where" in Turkish; name of places in Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mali, France, and Chad)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "oak" is now "nelh". This posting is no longer current.

stag is fald

fald = stag (Lhaesine pronunciation = FAHLD) (noun) (animal) (some things Google found for "fald": a very common term; Kongens Fald (1900-1901) (The Fall of the King) is a critically acclaimed Danish novel by Johannes V. Jensen; in the Church of England a fald-stool is a small desk at which the litany is read, originally a folding stool or portable seat; a last name; FALD stands for Federal Assistance Law Division; "Fald Min Engel" is a song title by Danish rock band TV-2; "Dit fald" is a song by Danish band Englerøst; Trojan.Fald computer spyware; means "fall" in Danish; means "fold" in Czech and Romanian; means "hem" in Norwegian; means "wrinkle" in Polish; a place in Norway)

raccoon is dulehar

dulehar = raccoon (Lhaesine pronunciation = duh-LEH-hahr) (noun) (animal) (some things Google found for "dulehar": a rare term; name of a village in the Himachal Pradesh region of India)

This word was inspired by the raccoon I encountered in the garden.

crop is ege

ege = crop (Lhaesine pronunciation = EEG) (noun) (harvest) (some things Google found for "ege": a very common term; Ege University is a public university in Turkey; a last name; a first name; airport code for Eagle County Airport in Colorado; Ege Seramik America sells Turkish-manufactured ceramic and porcelain tile materials; EGE stands for European Group on Ethics; EGE-Elektronik Spezial Sensoren GmbH of Germany sells sensors; Ege Bamyasi is the title of a 1972 CD by prog-rock group Can; ege carpets limited of the UK; EGE TV and Radio of Turkey; eans "extremely" in Esperanto; places in Nigeria, Romania, Indiana, and Indonesia)

paper is erest (redone)

erest = paper (Lhaesine pronunciation = EH-rehst) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "erest": an uncommon term; ERest can stand for rest mass energy in Einsteinian relativity; EREST Sports Club in Japan; user name; a mistakenly splintered part of word "interest"; a last name which can be German)

My previous Lhaesine word for "paper" was "higast". As I kept only the last two letters this change is more than merely revisiting the word. It's hard to say exactly why I think my new word is better, more "papery". The new word "erest" is less harsh sounding.

pink is besre (revisited)

besre = pink (Lhaesine pronunciation = BEESR) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "besre": an uncommon term; a last name, notably French Canadian actor Jean Besré; air navigation waypoint BESRE in North Carolina; may mean something in Kurdish; a place in Mauritania)

My previous word for "pink" was "dusre". I liked the spelling, but didn't particularily like how it was pronounced (DYOOSR). I think my new word is easier and nicer to pronounce.

This word has been revised again. The word for "pink" is now "beshe". This posting is no longer current.

dragon is asourha (revisited)

asourha = dragon (Lhaesine pronunciation = ah-SOOR-uh) (noun) (mythical creature) (some things Google found for "asourha": a unique term: did not match any documents)

My previous Lhaesine word for "dragon" was "asoihul". When I made this word, I wasn't intending to modify the word for "dragon". But when I saw where it fell in the Lhaesine-English dictionary, I decided to make this the new word for "dragon".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "dragon" is now "asurha". This posting is no longer current.

foot is ild (redone)

ild = foot (Lhaesine pronunciation = IHLD) (noun) (some things Google found for "ild": a very common term; ILD Teleservices provides business process outsourcing solutions; ILD stands for Interstitial Lung Disease; ILD stands for Internet Listing Display which is a set of rules put forth by Realtors for selling via the Web; ILD stands for The Institute for Learning and Development; ILD stands for Institute for Liberty and Democracy of Peru; ILD stands for Inter-Layer Dielectric in semiconductors; means "fire, passion, glow" in Danish; means "fire" in Norwegian)

My previous word for "foot was "ruisa". My new word is simplier.

key is nolhe (revisited)

nolhe = key (Lhaesine pronunciation = NOHLH) (noun) (some things Google found for "nolhe": a rare term; a misspelling of the Spanish word "noche" which means "night"; user names; name of a fantasy art character; appears on various gobbledygook webpages)

I'm revisiting my most recently posted Lhaesine word. This is a small change to make the spelling of the word more unusual, more eccentric.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "key" is now "nolde". This posting is no longer current.

key is nole (redone)

nole = key (Lhaesine pronunciation = NOHL) (noun) (some things Google found for "nole": a very common term; a last name, notably pianist Chris Nole; "nole" is a sports team nickname for the Florida State Seminoles; Nole Plastique is a band from Russia; Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole is a Sega game; Nole and Nolé are first names; "nole me tangere" means "do not touch me" in Latin; Black Berry Nole is a log cabin rental property in Georgia; means "hazelnut" in Furlan (or Friulian) which is a language spoken in northeastern Italy; cities in Italy, Ethiopia, Liberia, and Angola)

My previous Lhaesine word for "key" was "uleur", which was an interesting word but it was not that easy to pronounce.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "key" is now "nolde". This posting is no longer current.

pearl is lhelha (revisited)

lhelha = pearl (Lhaesine pronunciation = LHEH-lhuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "lhelha": a very rare term; user names; may be a song or band from Brazil)

This is a gentle sounding, sing-songy word. I think it's fitting for a beautiful gem. The "h"s make the pronunciation softer.

My previous Lhaesine word for pearl was lhenda.

sparrow is modre

modre = sparrow (Lhaesine pronunciation = MOHDR) (noun) (bird) (some things Google found for "modre": an uncommon term; "modré" means blue in Czech and Slovak; to the Army National Guard MODRE stands for Mobilization Deployment Readiness Exercise; Steinbruchunternehmen Modre GmbH of Austria offers quarry products; user names; a last name that can be German; "modre" means "decay" in German; means "mother" in Middle English circa 1400; "mødre" means "mothers" in Norwegian)

My meaning for this Lhaesine word was inspired by the Hungarian word for "bird" which is "madár".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "sparrow" is now "modren". This posting is no longer current.

fast is dase (redone)

dase = fast (Lhaesine pronunciation = DAYCE) (adjective)(some things Google found for "dase": an uncommon term; a last name, notably Zacharias Dase a 19th century German mental calculator; DASE stands for Digital Television Application Software Environment; DASE stands for Design and Analysis and Simulation Environment; DASE stands for Distributed Application Support Environment in computing; DASE stands for Department of Analysis & Surveillance of Environment of France; means "mat, woven mat used for sleeping" in Pampangan (or Kapampangan) which is a language of the Philippines; a place in Ethiopia)

My previous Lhaesine word for "fast" was "dije", which was an atypical word for Lhaesine. I think my new word is easier to pronounce.

raven is togul

togul = raven (Lhaesine pronunciation = TOH-guhl) (noun) (bird) (some things Google found for "togul": a uncommon term; places in Tajikistan and Russia; user names; Gwangcheon Togul Salted Shrimp from Korea; a last name which can be Turkish; Togul Barok is a villian character in a heroic fantasy book from Spain)

As a side note, the Lhaesine word for "crow" is "sceta".

false is cinag (redone)

cinag = false (Lhaesine pronunciation = KIH-nahg) (adjective) (some things Google found for "cinag": an uncommon to rare term; CINAG is a downloadable UCI computer chess engine; user names; CINAG stands for ČESKOU INOVAČNÍ AGENTURU (CZECH INNOVATION AGENCY); CINAG is the identifier for a civil general aviation navigation fix in Texas; CINAG AB is a company involved with video and film in Sweden; Cinag compagnie industrielle et agricole (industrial and agricultural) in France)

My previous Lhaesine word for "false" was "hinar", which never quite seemed to be the right word.  By the way, the word for "true" is "cexe".  

lord is mor

mor = lord (Lhaesine pronunciation = MOR) (noun) (some things Google found for "mor": a very common term; Mor Furniture For Less in Western USA; MOR stands for Middle of the road; Mor Cosmetics Pty Ltd of Australia; a first name that can be masculine or feminine; Torii Mor winery in Oregon; Eilean Mòr, Fonn Mór, and MacTalla Mór are Celtic bands; Glann ar Mor Distillery in Brittany; Oran Mor Pipe Band; a last name that can be Dutch; Dough Mor Lodge Guest House and Carraig Mor are Bed and Breakfast accomodations in Ireland; Aonach Mor is a mountain in Scotland; "Eat Mor Chikin" is a Chick-Fil-A marketing slogan; means "sea" in Breton, Cornish, and Welsh; means "plague" in Czech and Slovak; means "mother" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish; means "turbidity" in Icelandic; means "signature" in Kurdish (Transliterated); means "major" in Portuguese; means "purple, violet" in Turkish; places in Spain, Russian Federation, Pakistan, India, and Hungary)

chair is rahan (revisited)

rahan = chair (Lhaesine pronunciation = RAH-hahn) (noun) (some things Google found for "rahan": a common term; Rahan is a blond, loincloth-clad caveman character in a French comic series of the same name; Rahan is a parrish in County Offaly Ireland that has a complex of ancient church ruins; Rahan Lodge Country Retreat B&B, dating from 1740, in Ireland; Rahan Guitars; Rahan Meristem is an Israeli Biotechnology company; Rahan Garmnets of Bangladesh; user names; place in Iran "Sar Takht-e Do Rahan"; means "coin" in Finnish; means "mercy" in Indonesian; means "pawn" in Maltese)

My previous Lhaesine word for chair was "nahar". For this new word, I swapped two letters around. This is my third attempt at a word for "chair", hopefully this one will stick.

rumor is husra

husra = rumor (Lhaesine pronunciation = HUH-sruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "husra": an uncommon term; In Singapore HUSRA stands for Home United Sports and Recreation Association; "húsra" means something in Hungarian which I can't seem to translate; Husra is a feminine Turkish first name)

brave is forhas

forhas = brave (Lhaesine pronunciation = FOHR-ahs) (adjective) (some things Google found for "forhas": an uncommon to rare term; user names; Runemaster character name on The Camelot Herald; typing mistake that joins words "for" and "has" together; misspelling of Portuguese word "forças" which means "forces" as in "armed forces")

token is jix

jix = token (Lhaesine pronunciation = JIHKS) (noun) (some things Google found for "jix": an uncommon term; Jix Hobbies shop of South Africa; JiX is a Java jigsaw puzzle shareware game; In the Star Wars universe Wrenga Jixton better known as Jix was a male Imperial agent working directly for Darth Vader; JiX Konnection is a hip-hop artist; user names; Backdoor.Win32.Jix.a is a Trojan computer virus; JIX motorcycle helmet made in China; JIX technologies is a website design company; Jix is a female character name in time-travel romance book Highland Dream)

By the way, in Lhaesine the "tokens" would be "jixur".

shirt is raifa

raifa = shirt (Lhaesine pronunciation = RAY-fuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "raifa": an uncommon term; RAIFA stands for Rockford (or Rochester or Rogue (Oregon)) Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors; Raifa Virgin Monastery (founded 1613) in the Tatar republic in Russia; a first name which is usually feminine; a user name; a place in the Russian Federation)

sound is aendin

aendin = sound (Lhaesine pronunciation = AWND-ihn) (noun) (auditory effect, something heard) (some things Google found for "aendin": a rare term; a user name; name of a World of Warcraft rogue character)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "sound" is now "andin". This posting is no longer current.

ribbon is haeril

haeril = ribbon (Lhaesine pronunciation = HAW-rihl) (noun) (some things Google found for "haeril": a rare term; an Indonesian first name that is likely masculine; a last name that also seems to be Indonesian; a female character mentioned on Barrow-Downs LOTR RPG related forum)

This is a new Lhaesine word. It's my first posting in about two months that isn't a revision.

ocean is cerhis (revisited)

cerhis = ocean (Lhaesine pronunciation = KER-ihs) (noun) (some things Google found for "cerhis": a rare term; In France (Université de Rouen) CERHIS or C.E.R.H.I.S. stands for Centre d'étude et de recherche d'histoire des idées et de la sensibilité; user names; a human warrior character on World of Warcraft; may or may not mean something in Latin)

My previous Lhaesine word for "ocean" was "ceris". The added "h" isn't for looks, it indicates that the word should be pronounced KER-ihs instead of KEH-ris.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "ocean" is now "celis". This posting is no longer current.

Lhaesine dictionary project marks two years

Back in September 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit faraway New Orleans, I decided to do something creative but admittedly frivolous -- to create words.

For years, I had been fooling with guidelines for spelling words phonetically, so that if you could spell a word you could pronounce it, and visa versa. This was never intended to be a way to standardize English spelling; this was always a framework for a fantasy language.

So two years ago I started to build words in this fantasy language, I began practicing J.R.R. Tolkien's not-so-secret vice. I thought that I knew enough to define a language, but I merely had a starting point. I hadn't truly considered the various consonant combinations, let alone the complexities of grammar.

With Lhaesine, I'm attempting to rename the world with words that resonate with me. The look of the word is every bit as important as the pronunciation. To say that I'm seeking the true names of things sounds really weird, but that's sort of what I'm trying to do. If a word doesn't feel right, I revise it or redo it, which may help to explain my numerous changes.

This month will be adding some new words to Lhaesine once again, as well as doing more revisions. I'm still crafting Lhaesine.

wall is morha (revisited)

morha = wall (Lhaesine pronunciation = MOR-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "morha": an uncommon to rare term; MORHA stands for Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Associations; MoRHA stands for Missouri Ranch Horse Association; user name used by people from Croatia and Russia; Morha is the first part of names of various villages in India; a last name that can be from Romania; female character name in movie America 3000 (1986); part of species name for Atlantic cod fish; a morha (or morah) is a drum-shaped stool from India)

My previous Lhaesine word for "wall" was "morh". Although that word had an interesting look, I've decided to not end words in "rh".

day is uin (revisited)

uin = day (Lhaesine pronunciation = YOON) (noun) (some things Google found for "uin": a very common term; UIN stands for Unique Identification Number; UIN stands for Universal Internet Number; UIN stands for University ID Number; UIN is the airport code for Quincy, Illinois; UIN stands for Union Ideas Network in the UK; UIN stands for Universitas Islam Negeri (State Islamic University) in Indonesia; means "than" in Finnish; means "oven" in Scottish; means "from the" in Sindarin; a place in Ethiopia)

My previous Lhaesine word for "day" was "yune". This is a change in spelling but not in pronunciation. This word could have (and perhaps should have) been spelled "une", but I much prefer "uin". For three-letter words, I'm going to rethink my "silent final e" spelling rule.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "day" is now "iun". This posting is no longer current.

creek is gousa (revisited)

gousa = creek (Lhaesine pronunciation = GOO-suh) (noun) (some things Google found for "gousa": an uncommon term; Go USA is an overwhelming result (which can be a card for discounts to various attractions, a company offering a variety of consumer products, supporters of USA sports teams, or a patriotic American sentiment); a user name; a last name which can be Spanish; a place in the Central African Republic)

My previous Lhaesine word for "creek" was "guisa". This is another change in spelling but not in pronunciation.

This word has been redone. The Lhaesine word for "creek" is now "saesal". This posting is no longer current.

orange is racoul (revisited)

racoul = orange (Lhaesine pronunciation = RAH-kool) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "racoul": a rare term; "raçoul" seems to mean envoy or messenger to Moslems who speak French; likely an Arabic or Berber term that is transliterated into French; a user name; misspelling of the name Raoul)

My previous word for "orange" was "rancul". I've decided to not use the "nc" consonant combination in Lhaesine.  This was the only word that used it.  The second vowel was modified to use my newly defined diphthong "ou".

This word has been revised again. The word for "orange" is now "hoanar". This posting is no longer current.

snake is woura (revisited)

woura = snake (Lhaesine pronunciation = WOO-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "woura": an uncommon to rare term; a place in Mali; an African music song title by Baba Salah; there's a Woura Park in Torrens Creek and a Woura county in Queensland, Australia; an uncommon last name; user names)

My previous word for "snake" was "wuira". The pronunciation of this word remains the same, but my spelling of it has changed.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "snake" is now "vade". This posting is no longer current.

dagger is teifa (revisited)

teifa = dagger (Lhaesine pronunciation = TEE-fuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "teifa": an uncommon to rare term: user name; misspelling of Tiefa which is a place in China north of Beijing where they have coal mines and steam trains; Teifa Net Gate was an Arab web portal site)

My previous word for "dagger" was "teilfa". I've decided not to use the "lf" consonant combination in Lhaesine. This is the only word affected by this change.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "dagger" is now "tefe". This posting is no longer current.

soft is poum (revisited)

poum = soft (Lhaesine pronunciation = POOM) (adjective) (some things Google found for "poum": an uncommon term: POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista) was The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, a Spanish Trotskyite political party around the time of the Spanish Civil War; user name; Poum Tchack is a gipsy swing band from Marseille; According to the POUM "Prospect Of Upward Mobility" hypothesis individuals who are currently poor may oppose income redistribution because they hope to become rich in the future; Portrait of Mlle. Poum Rachou is an art deco painting by Tamara De Lempicka; places in New Caledonia, Chad, and Macedonia)

This modification is due to my U-related vowel sound change. To retain the same pronunciation, I needed to change the spelling of this Lhaesine word from "pume" to "poum".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "soft" is now "pon". This posting is no longer current.

rabbit is parowe (revisited)

parowe = rabbit (Lhaesine pronunciation = PAH-rohw) (noun) (some things Google found for "parowe": an uncommon term: means "steam" in Polish which is an overwhelming result)

This is a minor spelling change. My previous word for "rabbit" was "parow". I'm adding a silent, final "e" so that this word follows my spelling conventions.

menhir is becwur (revisited)

becwur = menhir (or standing stone) (Lhaesine pronunciation = BEH-kwuhr) (noun) (some things Google found for "becwur": an unique term; no standard web pages containing "becwur" were found)

My previous word for "menhir" was "beqwur". I think this word is the last revision needed to remove the letter "Q" from Lhaesine.

brooch is feicwa (revisited)

feicwa = brooch (Lhaesine pronunciation = FEE-kwa) (noun) (some things Google found for "feicwa": an unique term; no standard web pages containing "feicwa" were found)

My previous word for "brooch" was "feiqwa".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "brooch" is now "feawa". This posting is no longer current.

backward is icwara (revisited)

icwara = backward or behind (Lhaesine pronunciation = ih-KWAH-ruh) (adverb) (some things Google found for "icwara": a rare to very rare term; a last name that can be Indonesian)

My previous word for "backward" was "iqwara".

shrine is nicwen (revisited)

nicwen = shrine (Lhaesine pronunciation = NIH-kwen) (noun) (some things Google found for "nicwen": a rare term; a user name used by people in Germany, China, and Malaysia; appears on numerous Chinese language web pages)

My previous word for "shrine" was "niqwen". This is another alteration due to my removal of the letter "Q". I like the look of this new word.

scar is cware (revisited)

cware = scar (Lhaesine pronunciation = KWAYR) (noun) (some things Google found for "cware": an uncommon term; a user name; Cware for networked video management such as CCTV; cWare Custom Software Development Service; Cware is an integrated digital base-band physical layer and software GSM/GPRS solution; Cware Pantgwyn Quarry Ltd in Wales)

My previous word for "scar" was "qwire". I'm removing the "Q" plus changing a vowel.

Lhaesine dictionary project progress

Currently there are approximately 425 words in Lhaesine. All of them are made-up words. And, yes, there is indeed a dictionary.
Lhaesine-English
English-Lhaesine

My Lhaesine dictionary is a work in progress. It contains some words I plan to revise. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some wrong pronunciations and some words that don't fit in the language, but I hope that I've fixed all my errors in alphabetization.

Over the next month or so, I'll be revisiting and revising various Lhaesine words. The changes will be mostly minor, small tweaks. I'll be removing use of the letter "Q", changing some vowels and diphthongs, and some other things. Probably won't be that many brand new words posted to this blog for a while, but hopefully I'll get this conlang closer to what I think I want.

book is tocwa (revisited)

tocwa = book (Lhaesine pronunciation = TAW-kwuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "tocwa": a rare term; user name; FPV/TOCWA is a Ford car club where TOCWA stands for Tickford Owners Club of Western Australia; tocwa means "corn drink" in Wari' which is a rare language of Brazilian-Bolivian border region of the Amazon; first name of an African-American man)

My previous word for "book" was "toqwa". This is another change due to my removal of the letter "Q" from Lhaesine. I think this is an odd word, but I haven't decided to redo it.

sword is acwin (revisited)

acwin = sword (Lhaesine pronunciation = AH-kwin) (noun) (some things Google found for "acwin": an uncommon to rare term; AC-Win MQ telephony or call center product; AcWin project of three-dimensional graphic work; user name; last name or perhaps a word which may be Indonesian; Saint Thomas Aquinas is called Sant Tomos o Acwin in Welsh; Acwin is a variant of Germanic name Agiwin)

My previous word for "sword" was "aqwin". The new word retains the same pronunciation, but with an altered spelling due to my removal from Lhaesine of the letter "Q".

ring is noula (revisited)

noula = ring (Lhaesine pronunciation = NOO-luh) (noun) (some things Google found for "noula": an uncommon term; Noula Apartments and Noula Studios are places to holiday in Greece; The Noula Express was a steel ship sunk near Fort Lauderdale in an artificial reef program; user name; a feminine name which can be Hebrew or Greek; a masculine first name which can be Syrian or Haitian; a last name which is likely from Greece)

My previous word for "ring" was "nuila". This new word is pronounced the same as the old word, I'm just changing the spelling. The new "ou" vowel combination will be pronounced as "oo" in "moon". The old "ui" vowel combination will be changing to the "yoo" sound, like the "u" in "cute". Expect more word revisions due to this rule change of mine.

squirrel is caxan

caxan = squirrel (Lhaesine pronunciation = KAHKS-ahn) (noun) (animal) (some things Google found for "caxan": an uncommon to rare term; a traditional nahuatl disease of Mexico affecting women after childbirth; similar word "kaxan" means "to look for something" in Mayan; may mean something in a dialect of Spanish spoken in Chile)

down is suril

suril = down (Lhaesine pronunciation = suh-RIHL) (adjective) (some things Google found for "suril": an uncommon term; a masculine first name from India; user name; SuriL (sur-re-al) is a hip-hop musical artist; a last name in the Philippines; possibly a name on several Arabic pages; a feminine Jewish name in list of Holocaust martyrs from Poland; a last name from India; "súril" likely means something in Slovak)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "down" is now "surd". This posting is no longer current.

sigil is cwed (revisited)

cwed = sigil (Lhaesine pronunciation = KWED) (some things Google found for "cwed": an uncommon term: CWED stands for Central Wholesale Electrical Distributors Inc.; CWED stands for Center for Women the Earth and the Divine; CWED stands for Center for Workforce and Economic Development; CWED stands for Community Workshop on Economic Development in Chicago; CWED stands for Contrast Weighted Edge Density; CWED stands for Correlation-based Watermarking Error Diffusion; similar word "cwede" means "a saying" in Anglo-Saxon)

A sigil can be a seal stamp or signature mark. It also can be a non-alphabetic symbol for a specific magical purpose, which can be part of a glyph.

My previous word for "sigil" was "qwed". I've decided to not use the letter "Q" in Lhaesine after all.

tunic is mihra (revisited)

mihra = tunic (Lhaesine pronunciation = MIH-hruh) (some things Google found for "mihra": an uncommon term: MIHRA stands for Music Industry Human Rights Association; a first name which can be either male or female; a user name; character on The Camelot Herald; a last name that can be from India)

My previous word for "tunic" was "minha". I liked the look of the old word, but "nh" isn't a consonant combination that I'm allowing in Lhaesine.

sour is cota

cota = sour (Lhaesine pronunciation = KAW-tuh) (some things Google found for "cota": a very common term: COTA is an acronym for Central Ohio Transit Authority; COTA stands for Children's Organ Transplant Association; COTA is an acronym for Connecting Over 50s Throughout Australia, and Council On The Ageing in Australia; COTA stands for Central Oregon Trail Alliance; COTA is an acronym for Church Of The Apostles; Cota & Cota is a Vermont business providing heating fuels and services; a last name, notably baseball player Humberto Cota; COTA stands for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant; means "baton" in Malay; means "dues, subscription" in Portuguese; means "quota" in Romanian; means "altitude, bench mark, elevation" in Spanish; places in Mozambique, Colombia, Peru, Boliva, Portugal, Yemen, Philippines, Spain, and Bosnia Hercegovina)

language is hacaraen (revisited)

hacaraen = language (Lhaesine pronunciation = hah-KAH-rawn) (some things Google found for "hacaraen": a unique term, did not match any documents)

This is a minor change to adjust the spelling to fit my pronunciation. My previous word for "language" was "hacaron".

warm is seba (revisited)

seba = warm (Lhaesine pronunciation = SEH-buh) (adjective) (some things Google found for "seba": a very common term; SEBA stands for SouthEastern Bluegrass Association; SEBA Hydrometrie GmbH of Germany; a last name; SEBA stands for Sussex Education Business Alliance in UK; SEBA stands for South East Basketball Association Inc. of Australia; Associació de Seveis Energétics Básics Autónoms of Spain which installs renewable energy systems; Seba Developments Ltd. heating equipment of UK; Seba Cooperative Health Society Ltd. of India; SEBA stands for Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association; more companies and associations in various countries; a first name; means "apple" in Hindi (Transliterated); means "myself, themselves, yourself" in Slovak; means "quarterdeck" in Spanish; places in Congo, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, India, Cote d'Ivoire, and Ethiopia)

My previous Lhaesine word for "warm" was "sebha". I've decided to not use the "bh" consonant combination.

In addition, "seba" was the former word for "eye" in Miresua, my other conlang. Words from Miresua are frequently not usable in Lhaesine, and visa versa, due to the differing rules for constructing words each language.

prayer is onatha

onatha = prayer (Lhaesine pronunciation = oh-NAHTH-uh)(noun) (some things Google found for "onatha"; an uncommon to rare term; Onatha is the Iroquois spirit (or goddess) of wheat and of harvest; name of an 1966 episode of TV series "Daniel Boone" in which Daniel and Mingo save a small black girl from drowning but then clash with two slave hunters who claim ownership of her; user name; an undead rogue character in World of Warcraft; a feminine first name; one of the four Bio Laboratories on Amerish in Planetside Syndicate)

ear is cose (redone)

cose = ear (Lhaesine pronunciation = KOHS) (noun) (some things Google found for "cose": a very common term; COSE stands for Council of Smaller Enterprises which is the small business division of the Greater Cleveland Partnership; means "things" in Italian; a last name, notably journalist Ellis Cose; COSE stands for Common Open Software Environment; COSE is an acronym for Compilation of atmospheric Observations in support of Satellite measurements over Europe; C.O.S.E. stands for College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University; COSE stands for Council of State Employees in North Dakota; COSE stands for Creation of Study Environments; means "barter, exchange" in Scottish; means "sews" in Spanish; places in Peru, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Serbia and Montenegro)

My previous Lhaesine word for "ear" was "chole".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "ear" is now "dobe". This posting is no longer current.

pig is luda (revisited)

luda = pig (Lhaesine pronunciation = LUH-duh) (noun) (animal) (some things Google found for "luda": a common term; short nickname for rapper Ludacris who appeared on The Simpsons as "Luda Crest"; a feminine first name which can be a Russian name short for Ludmila; LUDA stands for Large Unit District Association in Illinois K-12 schools; China's People's Liberation Army Navy Luda class destroyer; European Commission LUDA project to improve quality in Large Urban Distressed Areas; WM97/Luda-A is a computer virus; means "imbecile" in Croatian; means "recreational" in Esperanto; means "fool, imbecile, insane, sill" in Serbian (Latin script); places in Morocco, Burkina Faso, China, and Russian Federation)

Another small change. My previous Lhaesine word for "pig" was "lueda".

red is chur (revisited)

chur = red (Lhaesine pronunciation = CHUR) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "chur": a very common term; Chur is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the oldest city in Switzerland; CHUR-FM is a Canadian adult contemporary radio station in Ontario; a last name; means "put" in Irish and in Manx; places in Sudan, Nigeria, Germany, Russian Federation, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan)

This is a small change. My previous word for the color "red" was "chuer".

always is raiya (revisited)

raiya = always (Lhaesine pronunciation = RAY-yuh) (adverb) (some things Google found for "raiya": an uncommon term; a feminine first name, notably actress Raiya Corsiglia; a Ram Raiya is a member of a group of dissenters within Sikhism; Raiya is a Malaysian brand of toothpaste; RAIYA is an acronym for Recording Arts Industry Yukon Association; a last name; a user name; a road name in Rajkot India; seems to mean something in Kurdish (transliterated); name of places in Bahrain and Syria; an area in Kenya)

My previous word for "always" was "greya". I think "raiya" is easier to pronounce.

name is oras

oras = name (Lhaesine pronunciation = OHR-ahs) (noun) (some things Google found for "oras": a very common term; Oras is a Finnish company that sells faucets and shower fixtures; 24 Oras (Twenty-four hours) is a primetime news broadcast in the Philippines; ORAS MO NA! (Your Time Is Up!) is a 1984 crime/noir comic from the Philippines; Oras designer wall mobiles; ORAS stands for Oil Region Astronomical Society of Northwest Pennsylvania; a masculine first name that can be Finnish; a last name that can be Estonian; ORAS stands for Optical Radar System; means "sprout, shoot" in Finnish; means "air" in Lithuanian; means "city" in Romanian; means "hour, time" in Tagalog; "órás" means horologist, someone who makes or repairs watches, in Hungarian; name of places in the Philippines and Sweden)

tear is rera

rera = tear (Lhaesine pronunciation = REH-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "rera": an uncommon term; RERA stands for Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa; RERA is an acronym for Redwood Empire Remodelers Association; RERA stands for Rural Environment Research Association of Japan; RERA is a Georgian Folk Song and Dance Company (Georgia as in former USSR); Rera Teu lyrics by Catalan band Gossos; means "wind" in Ainu; RERA stands for Research Enterprise and Regional Affairs office at The University of Greenwich in the UK; a last name; RERA stands for Regional Emergency Response Advisor in Florida; RERA is the Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia in Czech Republic; Rera Design Inc.; RERA stands for Respiratory Effort-Related Arousal; means "leather, strap" in Maori; name of a place in Brazil)

neck is sarde

sarde = neck (Lhaesine pronunciation = SAYRD) (noun) (some things Google found for "sarde": a common term; a last name, notably French film producer Alain Sarde and his brother composer Philippe Sarde; means "sardine" in Sicilian dish Pasta con le Sarde; means "Sardinian", a language of Sardinia, in French and German; Rocce Sarde Hotel in San Pantaleo Sardinia; means "pitchfork" in Basque; places in Afghanistan and Estonia)

prince is treun

treun = prince (Lhaesine pronunciation = TREEOON) (noun) (some things Google for "treun": an uncommon to rare term; a last name which can be German; Treun Boats of Nova Scotia Canada; means "brave, valiant" in Gaelic and Scottish; Star Wars Galaxies character Treun Lorn was a human lunatic scientist)

This word has been slightly revised. The word for "prince" is now "truen". This posting is no longer current.

scary is faecha

faecha = scary (Lhaesine pronunciation = FAW-chuh) (adjective) (some things Google found for "faecha": a rare term; user names; the Faecha Uplands are a place in a fan fiction Final Fantasy XII story; a misspelling of "fecha" which means "date" in Spanish; an EverQuest character name; a product ID code)

east is seidor (redone)

seidor = east (Lhaesine pronunciation = SEE-dor) (adjective, adverb, noun) (some things Google found for "seidor": an uncommon term; Grupo Seidor is an IT consulting company in Spain - an overwhelming result; a last name)

This word has been revised. My new word for "east" is "seadon". This posting is no longer current.

message is ebrelan

ebrelan = message (Lhaesine pronunciation = eh-BREH-lahn) (noun) (some things Google found for "ebrelan": a very rare term; a suggested pet name; a user name)

window is decaera (revisited)

decaera = window (Lhaesine pronunciation = deh-CAW-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "decaera": an uncommon term; "decaerá" means "it will decay" in Spanish, which is an overwhelming search result)

My previous word for "window" was "decaba", which always seemed an odd, not quite right, word.

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "window" is now "desca". This posting is no longer current.

whisper is mazude

mazude = whisper (Lhaesine pronunciation = MAH-zyood) (noun) (some things Google found for "mazude": a rare term; a last name which is possibly Japanese and possibly Portuguese; an uncommon first name)

leg is ziha

ziha = leg (Lhaesine pronunciation = ZIH-huh) (noun) (anatomy) (some things Google found for "ziha": an uncommon term; in the Bible (books of Ezra and Nehemiah) Ziha is the name of a family of Nethinim; a last name that can be Hungarian; user name; a feminine Biblical first name meaning "brightness, whiteness, drought"; means "dry" in Kurdish (Transliterated); means "drawer" in Sutsilvan which is a Romansh dialect of Switzerland)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "leg" is now "zida". This posting is no longer current.

glass is aneira (revisited)

aneira = glass (Lhaesine pronunciation = ah-NEE-ruh) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "aneira": an uncommon to rare term; Aneira is a Welsh name that is the feminine form of Aneurin; Lady Aneira Gwilt is a the name of a SCA persona (SCA is a medieval "recreation" organization); user name; Aneira is a realm of the Forelands in the books of fantasy author David B. Coe; AD&D character name)

This is a small change. My previous word for "glass" was "anira".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "glass" is now "anere". This posting is no longer current.

Lhaesine marks one year and seven months

The Lhaesine Dictionary Project began in September 2005, soon after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I'm not sure of the exact number of words I've created so far, since I frequently go back and change words, but I'd estimate there currently slightly over 400 words in Lhaesine.

I had been posting words to Lhaesine blog every other day, which was becoming a difficult to maintain pace. I've decided to cut down on the frequency of postings to half that, every four days. This comes out to be about 7 posted words month. Hopefully this will free up some time so I get various other things done. Perhaps I might even finalize some decisions on the handling of Lhaesine verbs!

As a sidenote: I also work another conlang which is called Miresua. It's a smaller project, with different rules, which is not in any way related to Lhaesine. Miresua has always been on less frequent schedule. Miresua is a Basque / Finnish conlang. To English speakers, Miresua probably looks more foreign than Lhaesine.

above is beln (revisited)

beln = above (Lhaesine pronunciation = BEHLN) (adverb) (some things Google found for "beln": an uncommon term; "beln" seems to be a misspelling of the Spanish word "Belén" which translates to "Bethlehem"; BELN is a code for Dutch-speaking Belgium)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "above" is now "belc". This posting is no longer current.

concrete is piliran

piliran = concrete (Lhaesine pronunciation = pih-LIH-rahn) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "piliran": a rare term; first name of a Armsman character on The Camelot Herald; seems to mean something in Indonesian but I'm unable to translate it; a character on World of Warcraft)

dress is tisele

tisele = dress (Lhaesine pronunciation = tih-SEEL) (noun) (some things Google found for "tisele": a rare term; a feminine first name; means something in Tsonga or Xitsonga which is a language of South Africa; means something in Romanian; means something in Estonian; a last name in Papua New Guinea and Sweden)

card is soret

soret = card (Lhaesine pronunciation = SAW-reht) (noun) (some things Google found for "soret": an uncommon term; a last name notably Swiss chemist Jacques-Louis Soret (1827-1890) and Swiss scholar and Oriental numismatics Frédéric Soret (1795-1865); Soret peak and band within the blue wavelength region in absorption spectroscopy; Soret effect and Soret coefficients in thermal diffusion; name of a place in Romania; "Fosse Soret" is a place in Belgium)

head is trege

trege = head (Lhaesine pronunciation = TREEG) (noun) (some things Google found for "trege": an uncommon term; TreGe-Soft is the developer of NARG single player RPG game; a last name; means something in Norwegian which may or may not be related to "treg" which means "dull, indolent" in Norwegian; "Li trege rai" is a Côte d'Azur sports club or association)

poor is ruel

ruel = poor (Lhaesine pronunciation = RUUL) (adjective) (some things Google found for "ruel": a common term; Ruel.net is a website about PC and Interactive TV; a last name, notably major league baseball catcher and coach Muddy Ruel (1896-1963); a masculine first name; Ruel Foundation of New Zealand for children needing surgery; The Plague Lords of Ruel is a Lone Wolf gamebook; name of a place in Canada)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "poor" is now "reul". This posting is no longer current.

mirror is feruida

feruida = mirror (Lhaesine pronunciation = feh-RYOO-duh) (noun) (some things Google found for "feruida": an uncommon term; a Latin word which seems to be related to "fervidus" which means "glowing, burning, fiery, fervid"; in Medieval Latin may mean "hotly")

butter is rusal (redone)

rusal = butter (Lhaesine pronunciation = ruh-SAHL) (noun) (some things Google found for "rusal": an uncommon term; Rusal (or RusAl) is a major company based in Russia that produces aluminium - an overwhelming result; means "scrape, scratch, search" in Scottish)

egg is olta

olta = egg (Lhaesine pronunciation = AWLT-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "olta": an uncommon term; OLTA stands for Ohio Land Title Association and other such associations in Oklahoma and Oregon; Olta is a band playing traditional celtic music from Chattanooga; OLTA is the acronym for the Oxfordshire Lawn Tennis Association of the UK and the Oak Lawn Tennis Association of the Dallas/Fort Worth area; OLTA or On-Line TA system is MIT's Project Athena's On-Line Consulting system; a feminine first name that can be Albanian; Olta crag in Costa Blanca area of Spain; "olta" seems to mean "school" in Navajo; OLTA stands for Ontario Land Trust Alliance; Olta Aluminium Works of Malta; Kin Dah Lichii Olta' Charter School in Arizona; means "fishing line" in Turkish; name of a place in Argentina)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "egg" is now "olte". This posting is no longer current.

we is som

som = we (Lhaesine pronunciation = SAWM) (pronoun) (personal subject pronoun)(some things Google found for "som": a very common term; SOM is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in architecture; SOM stands for School of Metaphysics; SOM stands for IBM System Object Model in computing; in machine-learning SOM is Self-Organizing Map; a last name; SOM is an acronym for School of Management, School of Medicine, and School of Meteorology; the som is the currency of Kyrgyzstan; means "which, who" in Danish; means "amount, sum" in Dutch; means "like, who" in Norwegian; means "bass, sound, sounding, stereo, tone" in Portuguese; mean "catfish" in Serbo-Croatian; means "as, at, for, like, that, what, when, which, who" in Swedish; means "massive, solid, sterling" in Turkish; name of places in Hungary, Senegal, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Mozambique, and India; means "pure" in many Turkic languages such as "pure gold" )

circle is suwira (revisited)

suwira = circle (Lhaesine pronunciation = suh-WIH-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "suwira": a rare term; a last name that can be Indonesian, Arab, or from Zimbabwe; a first name that is likely Thai; a place in Iraq)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "circle" is now "suval". This posting is no longer current.

thread is shude

shude = thread (Lhaesine pronunciation = SHOOD) (noun) (some things Google found for "shude": an uncommon term; the husks and other refuse of rice mills which is used to adulterate oil cake or linseed cake; Chengdu Shùdé High School in Sichuan Province China; "Shùdé" means "establishing morality" in Chinese; a Chinese last name or first name; Shude Hill in Manchester and Sheffield in the UK; user name; a place in China)

war is bael (revisited)

bael = war (Lhaesine pronunciation = BAAWL) (noun) (some things Google found for "bael": an uncommon term; subtropical bael fruit tree of India and many surrounding south Asian countries; name of a Judeo-Christian demon also spelled Baal; Van Bael & Bellis are a Brussels based law firm; user name; sub-region "Bael Modan" in World of Warcraft; a last name; BAEL design and Handicrafts; means "ox" in Urdu (Transliterated); means "bail" in Welsh; places in Belgium and Denmark; Bael Bael is a place in Victoria, Australia)

peace is tuiar

tuiar = peace (Lhaesine pronunciation = TYOO-ar) (noun) (some things Google found for "tuiar": a rare term; means something in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth - a word in Quenya or Sindarin; appears on Finnish pages but it's not a word in my Finnish dictionary; likely means something in Spanish, or a Spanish dialect, but I can't translate it; means something in Czech; means something in Frisian)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "peace" is now "tiur". This posting is no longer current.

kind is loshe

loshe = kind (Lhaesine pronunciation = LOHSH) (adjective) (considerate) (some things Google found for "loshe": an uncommon to rare term; a last name which may be German in origin, notably Lillie Deming Loshe who wrote The Early American Novel 1789-1830 (1907); Loshe Entertainment is a record label of Buenos Aires Argentina; may mean something in Croatian; "loshe wai wai loshe wai" is a Hindi song sung by Sandhya Mukerjee)

zinc is nines

nines = zinc (Lhaesine pronunciation = NIH-nehs) (noun) (some things Google found for "nines": a very common term; English saying "dress up to the nines" which is defined loosely as "all spiffed up" in formal clothing; To the Nines is the title of a Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich and a nonfiction golfing book by Anthony Pioppi; NINES stands for Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-century Electronic Scholarship; The Nines Restaurant in Ithaca NY; The Nines are a pop band from Canada; The Nines (2007) is a drama movie directed by John August; The Long Nines are a Tokyo-based American rock n' roll band; old Chinese and Taiwanese holiday Elder's Day is called the Double-Nine Festival because it is on the 9th day of 9th lunar month; "casting out nines" is a way to check of arithmetic; The National Nines Golf Classic in Jersey in the UK)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "zinc" is now "linel". This posting is no longer current.

over is brin

brin = over (Lhaesine pronunciation = BRIN) (adverb) (across) (some things Google found for "brin": a very common term; a last name, notably Russian-American entrepreneur Sergey Brin (President of Technology at Google) and American science fiction author David Brin; BRIN stands for Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks of NIH; BRIN stands for British-Russian Innovation Network; means "a bit, a little, a little bit" in Cajun French; means "strand, sprig, whit, filament, maiden, wire" in French; means "brown" in Romansch which is a language of Switzerland; places in France, Senegal, and the UK)

grief is frege

frege = grief (Lhaesine pronunciation = FREEG) (noun) (some
things Google found for "frege": a common term; a last name, notably German mathematician and logician Gottlob Frege (pronounced FRAY-GUH) (1848-1925) - an overwhelming result; female French singer Elodie Frégé; means "brag, fry, harass, quarrel" in Portuguese)

blue is sris (redone)

sris = blue (Lhaesine pronunciation = SRIS) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "sris": an uncommon term; SRIS P.C. attorneys at law of Virginia; SRIS stands for South River Internet Services; SRIS is Steve Reeves International Society (Steve Reeves was a bodybuilder and played Hercules in film in the 1950s); a first name that is likely masculine and Indian; SRIs are Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; SRIS stands for Síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica in Spanish, which is called SIRS or Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in English; in North Dakota SRIs are State Research Initiatives; SRIs stands for Socially Responsible Investments; SRIS is Student Records Information System at University of Ulster in UK; user names)

Another word for "blue", hopefully this one will stick. I'm making this change to avoid having nearly rhyming words for the colors of blue and red.

Note: "sri" is an Indian title of respect.

This word has been redone, again. The word for "blue" is now "rima". This posting is no longer current.

leaf is rorn (redefined)

rorn = leaf (Lhaesine pronunciation = ROHRN) (noun) (some things Google found for "rorn": a musical artist; Rorn the Wanderer in fantasy campaign world Habisfern; in Thai Food "Yum Mu Rorn" is "Spicy Dried Pork"; RORN is a weather station; "Ka Rorn" is an island village in Southern Thailand; "Rorn M'doi" is a place in Wheel of Time fantasy series; user names; a last name that can be German or Cambodian; RORN is the model name of a 1923 radio; a first name that can be Malaysian; means "destruction, devastation, war" in TSR's AD&D Dwarven language)

Previously, for a short time, "rorn" was the word for "iron". I thought it looked too close to "iron".

chair is nahar (redefined)

nahar = chair (Lhaesine pronunciation = NAH-har) (noun) (some things Google found for "nahar": a common term; An-Nahar is a newspaper from Lebanon; Nahar Group is manufacturer of Punjab, India; Nahar Systems of trucking business software; Nahar Foundations develops and sells properties in Chennai India; a last name; Nahar Cattle Company of Australia; Nahar Tourism Oasis in Ibra operated by Empty Quarter Tours of Oman; Nahar Group of Hotels in India; Nahar is the legendary horse ridden by Oromë in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion; Al-Nahar International Company sells office equipment in Kuwait; a masculine Arabian name meaning "day"; a feminine name in Bangladesh; means "lunch" in Azeri or Azerbaijani language; means "river" in Hebrew (Transliterated); means "to snore" in Maltese; means "food" in Turkmen; places in Israel, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, and India)

Earlier, before I redid the word for "table", "nahar" was Lhaesine for "table". My former word for "chair" was "nihade".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "chair" is now "rahan". This posting is no longer current.

shakudo is lheran

lheran = shakudo (Lhaesine pronunciation = LHEH-rahn) (noun) (metal alloy) (some things Google found for "lheran": a rare term; user names; means "to iron or to press" in the fantasy language of Calyr in the virtual world Faerland; Lheran Elderan is a character mentioned in German language Wiki Aventurica)

Shakudo is a Japanese alloy of copper with a small portion of gold (typically 4% Gold, 96% Copper) that is treated to produce a beautiful dark blue-purple patina. In classical antiquity a similar alloy was called hepatizon or black Corinthian bronze.

sulfur is oparn

oparn = sulfur (Lhaesine pronunciation = OH-pahrn) (noun) (chemical element) (some things Google found for "oparn": a rare term; a masculine character in a fantasy role playing game; a fantasy land location; a feminine name from Nigeria; a user name)

blanket is gisaex

gisaex = blanket (Lhaesine pronunciation = GIH-socks) (noun) (some things Google found for "gisaex": for all purposes an unique term, only occurrence found was in alphanumeric gobbledygook)

This word has been revised. The new word for "blanket" is "guscen". This posting is no longer current.

wide is bras

bras = wide (Lhaesine pronunciation = BRAHS, like English word "brass")(adjective) (some things Google found for "bras": an extremely common term; In English bras are women's lingerie or undergarments - an overwhelming result; a last name; The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought between the Anglo-Dutch and the French armies on 16 June 1815; in automotive accessories there are car bras; means "big" in Breton; means "arm, arms, boom, brace" in French; means "vehement, rash, active, quick, keen, impetuous" in Gaelic; means "brace" in Polish; means "quick" in Scottish; means "heat" in Sindarin; means "brass" in Tagalog; means "fat" in Welsh; places in France, Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro, Russian Federation, and Brazil)

I've been avoiding creating Lhaesine words that were words in English, never mind that they had differing meanings and possibly different pronunciations. In hindsight, this was unrealistic of me and too limiting linguistically.

hope is pasre

pasre = hope (Lhaesine pronunciation = PAYSR) (noun) (some things Google found for "pasre": a rare term; misspelling of "parse" such in parsing errors; PASRE stands for El Programa de Agricultura Sostenible Y Reconversión Productiva in Mexico; pasRE is an abbreviation for insurance industry software product for Property And Causality REinsurance; a name in India; "pasrè" seems to mean something in Walloon)

brooch is feiqwa

feiqwa = brooch (Lhaesine pronunciation = FEE-kwa) (noun) (some things Google found for "feiqwa": an unique term, did not match any documents)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "brooch" is now "feawa". This posting is no longer current.

fire is zem (redone)

zem = fire (Lhaesine pronunciation = ZEHM) (noun) (some things Google found for "zem": a very common term; ZEM is Zero Emission Machines of Switzerland which makes four-wheeled pedal powered cycles; a last name, notably actor Roschdy Zem; a sacred well in Mecca (also called Zem Zem and Zam Zam); ZEM software Ltd of the UK has software and web design for small businesses; ZEM Technology of the Netherlands develops tele-imaging software; Zem Image Replacement software in web software; Zem Soft offers software products; ZEM Model Management of Japan; Kennel ZEM-ZEM of Denmark; Le ZEM Theatre de Lille, France; Zem Books and Zem Publications; Zem Surfboards; Alamein to Zem Zem is a WWII North Africa campaign memoir by Keith Douglas; name of a fictional alien character in the Crash Bandicoot series; ZEM Hearing Protector; user names; means "earth" in Slovak; a place in the Central African Republic)

My previous word for "fire" was "zih".

fear is enixa

enixa = fear (Lhaesine pronunciation = eh-NIHKS-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "enixa": an uncommon term; Enixa Media is a French Canadian advertising company; user names; "enixa est puerpera" is the title of a medieval Latin hymn, which can be translated as "the woman in childbed is delivered", and "enixa" can be roughly translated as "gave birth to" in Latin; enixa AB is a Swedish site possibly for web design; an unusual feminine first name; Enixa FrostyKiller is a Norseman character on The Camelot Herald)

table is madec (redone)

madec = table (Lhaesine pronunciation = MAH-dek) (noun) (some things Google found for "madec": an uncommon term; MADEC is a provider of employment, education and training services in Australia; MADEC is The Martial Arts Development Commission in the UK; Madec Computing Ltd is a software development company in Ireland; a last name, notably Rene-Marie Madec, a man who was a 18th century French adventurer in India; Madec Quarry in Brittany, France; user name)

My previous word for table was "nahar". I think that "madec" works better.

hedge is fowan

fowan = hedge (Lhaesine pronunciation = FOH-wahn) (noun) (plants) (some things Google found for "fowan": an uncommon term; A dry, scorching wind of Great Britain and the Isle of Man; a last name which is possibly Irish; there are ancient stone Buddhist sculptures near the town of Fowan in China; a Theurgist gaming character on the Camelot Herald; means "blast, blight, dry period, scorch" in Manx)

ivory is mogethe

mogethe = ivory (Lhaesine pronunciation = MAW-geeth) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "mogethe": a very rare term; name of a world of Warcraft warrior character and a user; a last name similar to Mokgethe which is a name from Botswana)

barley is faenan

faenan = barley (Lhaesine pronunciation = FAW-nahn) (noun) (grain) (some things Google found for "faenan": an uncommon term; present indicative conjugations of Spanish verb "faenar" which means "to labor or toil", an overwhelming result; may mean something in Welsh, possibly a place name)

stupid is tirach (revisited)

tirach = stupid (Lhaesine pronunciation = TIH-rahch) (adjective) (some things Google found for "tirach": an uncommon term; a last name that is likely Catalan in origin, notably a professor Pasqual Tirach; means something in Polish; mountain Tirach Mir (25,426 ft) in Hindu Kush; name of a barbarian ranger character in a Forgotten Realms campaign that died)

My previous word for "stupid" was "tirch". Lhaesine isn't using three consonant combinations such as "rch", so "tirch" was a bad word choice, a somewhat stupid choice actually. Apologies to anyone who is named Tirach, it's nothing personal.

sister is pewan (revisited)

pewan = sister (Lhaesine pronunciation = PEH-wahn) (noun) (some things Google found for "pewan": an uncommon to rare term; user names; a feminine first name, notably choreographer Pewan Chow of Hong Kong; a last name; cleric character on The Camelot Herald; PEWAN stands for Property and Environment Writers Association of Nigeria; appears on a number of Vietnamese pages; Pewan Management BV in the Netherlands; apparently means something in Polish)

My previous word for "sister" was "pirlan". I wanted the word for "sister" to be more similar to the Lhaesine word for "brother", which is "liwin".

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "sister" is now "leaya". This posting is no longer current.

rose is liala

liala = rose (Lhaesine pronunciation = LYAW-luh) (noun) (flower) (some things Google found for "liala": an uncommon term; Liala was the pseudonym of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi (1897-1995) a female Italian writer; user name; Liala Eau de Parfum is an infusion of Norwegian mountain wildflowers and a touch of fruits; a feminine first name; name of a pair of faerie art characters; appears on some Russian webpages; a place in Mozambique)

air is aya (revisited)

aya = air (Lhaesine pronunciation = AH-yuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "aya": a very common term; a Japanese feminine first name, notably actress Aya Ueto and J-pop artist Aya Matsuura; Aya is a Female musical artist with 2004 album titled Strange Flower; AYA stands for Association of Yale Alumni; AYA stands for Academic Year in America which is a foreign exchange student program; an artist of neo-mandalas; AYA is The International Grumman American Pilots Association; aya food bar in Ireland; means "verse (as in the Koran)" in Arabic; AyA Kitchens and Baths of Canada; AYA Educational Institute for children of African descent; Aya Japanese Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia; AYA stands for African Youth Alliance; AYA is Association for Young Astrologers; AYA stands for Asian Youth Ambassadors; Villa Aya luxury villas in Bali, Indonesia; Aya Sofia (also Haghia Sophia) is an ancient Byzantine landmark in Istanbul; AYA is a private ISP in Syria; means "finance, income" in Hindi (Transliterated); means "where, whether" in Kurdish (Transliterated); means "cadaver, corpse" in Quechua; means "governess" in Spanish; means "paragraph" in Swahili; means "ask someone to come" in Tagalog; means "palm" in Turkish; places in Mali, Chad, Central African Republic, Spain, Philippines, Pakistan, Cyprus, Russian Federation, Japan, and Turkey)

My previous word for "air" was "axa". I think "aya" is more gentle sounding, and hence is a better word choice.

forest is lahris (revisited)

lahris = forest (Lhaesine pronunciation = LAH-hris) (noun) (some things Google found for "lahris": a rare term; a last name that may be German in origin; a first name that may be Norwegian; a character name in a German language short story; name of an undead warrior character in World of Warcraft)

Another small change. My previous word for "forest" was "laris".

spider is tiche (revisited)

tiche = spider (Lhaesine pronunciation = TIGHCH) (noun) (some things Google found for "tiche": a common term; TIChe stands for The Thai Institute of Chemical engineering; Audun-le-Tiche is a village in the province of Lorraine in France; Tiche is an Italian Financial Advising company; TICHÌ is a brand of Lithuanian natural mineral water; Tiche Porcelain of Italy; song Tiche by Cesária Évora; Tiche Udoli Hotels and Guest Houses in Czech Republic; Tiche Cannel Coal Company in Pennsylvania; a last name; "tiché" means "quiet, silent" in Slovak; a place in Bulgaria)

This is a small change to alter the pronunciation. My previous word for "spider" was "teche", which I still think is a cool looking word. But I decided that I'd rather not have the word for "spiders" (plural) be pronounced the same as the English word "teacher". Someone may wrongly assume I'm criticizing the teaching profession.

brown is gufan (revisited)

gufan = brown (Lhaesine pronunciation = guh-FAHN) (adjective) (some things Google found for "gufan": an uncommon term; user names; a last name that seems to be Chinese and Russian; Jewish objects that are "gufan kadosh" are inherently holy; means something in Icelandic; a place in Iran)

iron is haen (redone)

haen = iron (Lhaesine pronunciation = HAWN) (noun) (some things Google found for "haen": a common term; a last name; last name "de Haen" is Dutch; "D'haen" can be a Belgian last name; user name; Haen Meat Packing Inc. and Haen Elementary of Kaukauna, Wisconsin; "haén" or "hæn" means something Vietnamese; "Haen Taek" is a place in Thailand; means "had" in Scottish; means "layer, seam, stratum" in Welsh; a place in Sweden)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "iron" is now "hiud". This posting is no longer current.

ugly is yiihal

yiihal = ugly (Lhaesine pronunciation = YIY-hahl) (adjective) (some things Google found for "yiihal": a nearly unique term; only appears in the gobbledygook text of an index item for a Japanese, possibly software, file)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "ugly" is now "yirase". This posting is no longer current.

star is liiha (revisited)

liiha = star (Lhaesine pronunciation = LIGH-huh) (noun) (some things Google found for "liiha": a rare term; user name; appears on several Finnish webpages; seems to mean something in Estonian; a fantasy world mentioned on a Magic the Gathering forum)

This word has been redone. The word for "star" is now "avel". This posting is no longer current.

apple is timage

timage = apple (Lhaesine pronunciation = TIH-mayg) (noun) (fruit) (some things Google found for "timage": an uncommon term; Object-Oriented programming class TImage; TImage graphic programming can produce a web page fade out effect; TIMAGE of Italy offers technical communication support; Timage & Co Ltd of the UK is a supplier of general chandlery and hardware; user names; Timage Quality Haylage of Central Scotland sells hay for horses)