Lhaesine is a conlang, an artificial or constructed language. This is a project to invent a lexicon of new "words" in an imaginary language. Postings shows English to Lhaesine, my approximate Lhaesine word pronunciation, and what Google search found for my made-up word.
Showing posts with label metals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metals. Show all posts
17 April 2011
metal is ruvas
ruvas = metal (Lhaesine pronunciation = RUH-vahs) (noun, adjective) (some things Google found for "ruvas": an uncommon term; Ruvas Forest in Nintendo DS game Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia; Ruvas solar system in multiplayer game EVE Online; conjugations of the Swedish verb ruva which means "to brood (to keep an egg warm)"; an unusual last name, similar last name Rouvas; user names; As Ruvas beach on A Illa de Arousa in northwest Spain)
13 February 2011
lead is burc (revisited)
burc = lead (Lhaesine pronunciation = BURK) (metal) (Some things Google found for "burc": a common term; a first name that can be masculine and Turkish; Burc Beach near Istanbul; BURC is an acronym for Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre; Burç FM radio of Turkey; an unusual last name; Burc College in Australia; means "town, city" in Anglo-Norman; similar word burç means "zodiac, horoscope; tower" in Turkish; similar Burç is the name of cities in Turkey)
I majorly changed this word. My previous word for "lead" was "rudas".
I majorly changed this word. My previous word for "lead" was "rudas".
09 February 2011
brass is tayen (revisited)
tayen = brass (Lhaesine pronunciation = TAH-yehn) (metal alloy) (Some things Google found for "tayen": an uncommon term; a Native Ameican feminine first name which means new moon; an uncommon last name; user names; TAYEN is an acronum for Tanzania Youth Environmental Network; Tayen Park Healing Retreat, Clare, South Australia)
My previous Lhaesine word for "brass" was "taiya".
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. It is often used as decoration and for coins. In antiquity, polished brass was often used as a mirror.
My previous Lhaesine word for "brass" was "taiya".
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. It is often used as decoration and for coins. In antiquity, polished brass was often used as a mirror.
05 February 2011
silver is tirsa (revisited)
tirsa = silver (Lhaesine pronunciation = TIHRS-uh) (metal) (Some things Google found for "tirsa": an uncommon term; a feminine Icelandic first name; similar Tirzah is a Biblical feminine first name derived from the Hebrew meaning "pleasant"; TIRSA is an acronym for Title Insurance Rate Service Association of the State of New York; a genus of moths of the Crambidae family; an unusual last name; in the Star Wars universe a planet and system of the Outer Rim Territories; stipa tirsa is a species of perennial grass native to Europe and temperate Asia; name of cities in Egypt, Nigeria, and Romania)
My previous Lhaesine word for "silver" was "tirsar". A small change.
My previous Lhaesine word for "silver" was "tirsar". A small change.
01 February 2011
iron is hiud (revisited)
hiud = iron (Lhaesine pronunciation = HYOOD) (metal) (Some things Google found for "hiud": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; user names; a misspelling of HUD as in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
My previous Lhaesine word for "iron" was "hiun".
My previous Lhaesine word for "iron" was "hiun".
25 December 2010
zinc is linel (revisited)
linel = zinc (Lhaesine pronunciation = LIH-nehl) (noun) (metal) (some things Google found for "linel": an uncommon term; LINEL Architectural Glass & Metal solutions, LinEl Signature skylights; Linel Design Studios of Florida for graphics design; an uncommon last name; user names; Watex Linel Inc. of Texas for mechanical instrument repair; an unusual feminine first name; an unusual masculine first name which may be a misspelling of Lionel)
My previous Lhaesine word for "zinc" was "ninel", a word which seemed too much like nickel, another metal.
My previous Lhaesine word for "zinc" was "ninel", a word which seemed too much like nickel, another metal.
25 June 2010
mercury is rirarta (revisited)
rirarta = mercury (quicksilver) (Lhaesine pronunciation = rih-RAWRT-uh) (noun) (metal) (some things Google found for "rirarta”: a very rare term; may possibly mean something in Brazil; bad OCR of words on several documents)
My previous word for "mercury" was "rirarat". I swapped around the final two letters.
My previous word for "mercury" was "rirarat". I swapped around the final two letters.
17 June 2010
copper is roth (revisited)
roth = copper (Lhaesine pronunciation = roth or rawth) (noun) (metal) (some things Google found for "roth": a very common term; Roth IRA retirement savings accounts in the US; a last name notably of novelist Philip Roth and rock music vocalist David Lee Roth; means "wheel" in Irish and Scottish Gaelic; a district in Bavaria; name of cities in Germany, Belgium and Austria; name of towns in Illinois and North Dakota)
My previous Lhaesine word for "copper" was "reth". I merely changed one letter.
My previous Lhaesine word for "copper" was "reth". I merely changed one letter.
01 November 2009
tin is pexa (revisited)
pexa = tin (Lhaesine pronunciation = PEHKS-uh) (noun) (metal) (some things Google found for "pexa": an uncommon term; Pexa Ltd is a UK high tech materials compnay supplying paints and coatings; a last name; user names; PEX-A or PEXa is a form of polyethylene used for making tubing; Pexa Insurance Agency of Albuquerque; Pexa Art studios)
My previous Lhaesine word for "tin" was "pexat". This is a small change.
My previous Lhaesine word for "tin" was "pexat". This is a small change.
25 November 2008
bronze is srale (revisited)
srale = bronze (Lhaesine pronunciation = SRAIL) (noun and adjective) (metal alloy) (some things Google found for "srale": an uncommon term; user names; a misspelling of sale; a misspelling of scale)
My previous Lhaesine word for "bronze" was "sral", so this is a minor modification. I decided to add an "e" to the end of the word, which changes how the "a" is pronounced. It also changes the look of this conlang word.
Bronze is the term used for alloys of copper and tin.
My previous Lhaesine word for "bronze" was "sral", so this is a minor modification. I decided to add an "e" to the end of the word, which changes how the "a" is pronounced. It also changes the look of this conlang word.
Bronze is the term used for alloys of copper and tin.
17 February 2007
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.
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.
01 August 2006
steel is achane (revisited)
achane = steel (Lhaesine pronunciation = AH-chain) (noun and adjective) (some things Google found for "achane": a rare term; a last name that originated in the Scottish Borderlands; an ancient Persian and Boeotian unit of measure; "Ach'ane" is a place in Ethiopia; a place in Mozambique; user names; Achane Kandu is the title of a poem from India)
Steel (carbon steel) is an alloy of iron with a small percentage of carbon.
Steel (carbon steel) is an alloy of iron with a small percentage of carbon.
03 February 2006
platinum is zenage
zenage = platinum (Lhaesine pronunciation = ZEH-nayg) (metal) (some things Google found for "zenage": a rare term; "Zen Age" sells Zen brand of Italian hiking or walking shoes; Roman city of Sanisera on island of Minorca, Spain, which is modern port city of Sanitja, has also been called Zenage on some maps; a last name; user name)
24 September 2005
gold is aras (revisited)
aras = gold (Lhaesine pronunciation = AH-rahs) (noun, adjective) (metal) (some things Google found for "aras": a very common term; Aras Corp. deals in Product Development Solutions; ARAS is The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism; ARAS Foundation where ARAS is Acceptance, Respect, Affection, Support; ARAS rescue is Animal Rescue and Advisory Service in the UK; Radio ARAS is an Arabic Radio station; ARAS is Astronomical Ring for Access to Spectroscopy; name of an music CD by Curandero; there's an Aras Valley in northern Spain; river on international boundary between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the north and Turkey and Iran on the south; a last name; a first name; means "deer" in Sindarin, one of J.R.R. Tolkien's elven languages)
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