06 February 2006

three is leuc (revisited)

leuc = three (Lhaesine pronunciation = LUUC) (adjective)(number) (some things Google found for "leuc": an uncommon term; prefix leuc- is a variant of leuko- which means "white, colorless", from the Greek word "leukos"; village in Aude region of southern France, Carnaval de Leuc; nucleotide sequence of leuC; Santa Maria Di Leuc, Italy; character name)

Shortened this word down to one syllable.

This word has been revised. But now it has been reinstated.

seven is tewil

tewil = seven (Lhaesine pronunciation = TEH-wihl) (adjective, noun) (number) (some things Google found for "tewil": an uncommon to rare term; a first name, notably Algerian musician Tewil Kemel; something on German web pages that I couldn't translate; a last name from Eritrea and Ethiopia; name of a game character; a masculine Yiddish or Jewish first name; Tewil Well Ave. and Rd. in Harrogate, UK)

This word has been revised. The word for "seven" is now "teful". This posting is no longer current.

05 February 2006

six is jome

jome = six (Lhaesine pronunciation = JOHM) (number) (some things
Google found for "jome": an uncommon term; JOME is Java OpenMath Editor; a Belgian last name; common name in Marshall Islands for fish species Mulloidichthys flavolineatus or Yellowstripe goatfish; a user name; Chao Jome Restaurant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; an Iranian last name; means something in Farsi, Sarbaz-haye jome (2004) is a movie from Iran in Farsi; Jome Mosque, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; places or geographic features in Indonesia and Sudan; "Sincha Jome" in Guinea-Bissau)

This word has been completely redone. The new Lhaesine word for "six" is "iler". As you can see, I make changes to this conlang. This posting is no longer current.

stupid is tirch

tirch = stupid (Lhaeine pronunciation = TIHRCH) (some things Google found for "tirch": an uncommon term; a last name, perhaps German; a British blogger humorously mentions coining this word as a mix of the words "tart" and "bitch"; user name; "Tirchhi Topiwale" (1998) is a Bollywood Indian movie; a misspelling of torch; a variation of Carpatho-Rusyn surname Tircz)

Apologies to anyone who is named Tirch, it's nothing personal.

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 This posting is no longer current.

04 February 2006

four is srihe (revisited)

srihe = four (number) (Lhaesine pronunciation = SRIGHH) (some things Google found for "srihe": a rare term; a user name of someone in Finland; on pages of what looks like gobbledygook; on webpage put through The Scramblizer, it came from "shire" ; last name of a character in an anime related fan fiction story; mentioned on The Library of Babel; a rare last name; on Suck on this, spam bots)

This word has been revised. The new word for "four" is "srin". This posting is no longer current.

finger is hesc, fingers is hescur

hesc = finger (HEHSK) (uncommon term in Google; hESC stands for Human Embryonic Stem Cell; in New York state, HESC is Higher Education Services Corporation; in Europe, HESC is Higher Education Short Cycle; At The University of Melbourne in Australia, HESC is Human Ethics Sub-Committee; At University of Arkansas, HESC is Human Environmental Sciences; At Carleton University in Canada, HESC is Honours Economics Society of Carleton; HESC is Higher Education Software Consortium; HESC is abbreviation for Health Sciences courses; HESC is High-Early Strength Concrete; in computer hardware, HESC power supply products; in Italy, HeSc does Urban and Regional Planning and Geospatial Information Systems; ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) code for Mt. Sinae airport in Santa Katarina (or St Catherine), Egypt)

And as a bonus, here's the plural of this Lhaesine word:

hescur = fingers (HEHSK-uhr) (nearly unique term in Google; appears on a Irish webpage of The Annals of Connacht A.D. 1224-1554, I didn't find word in modern Irish Gaelic dictionary)

03 February 2006

flower is talice

talice = flower (Lhaesine pronunciation = TAH-like) (some things Google found for "talice": an uncommon term; user name; a last name, likely Italian; Talice Radicati Hotel and Residence in Acqui Terme, Italy is a 15th century house; character name; a feminine first name)

This word has been revised. The new word for "flower" is "talis". This posting is no longer current.

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)

02 February 2006

woman is caen (revisited)

caen = woman (Lhaesine pronunciation = KAWN) (some things Google found for "caen": a very common term; Caen is a city in northwestern France, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) région, and is is known for historical buildings built in the time of William the Conqueror, who was buried here, and for the hammering it took during the WWII Battle of Normandy in 1944; CAEN, CAEN S.p.A. Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari, of Italy is a technology firm that sells tools for nuclear physics, aerospace, and microelectronics; a last name, notably columnist Herb Caen; Camp CAEN, University of Michigan Computer Camp, and CAEN stands for Computer Aided Engineering Network; Caen Hill Locks, flight of 16 locks on Kennet & Avon Canal in Devizes, Wiltshire, England; Caen Engineering, Inc. of California manufactures peripheral storage enclosures; means "ten" in Sindarin; means "coating, peel, surface" in Welsh; also a place or geographic feature in Spain)

Simplified this word to one syllable. My previous word for woman was "cina"

sorcery is soixha

soixha = sorcery (Lhaesine pronunciation = SOYKS-huh) (unique term in Google)

I considered using "soixa", which is a rare term in Google, but search found for it multiple instances of "soixante", which means "sixty" in French.

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

01 February 2006

it (inanimate, subject) is wa

wa = it (inanimate) (Lhaesine pronunciation = WUH) (pronoun) (personal subject pronoun) (some things Google found for "wa": a very common term; WA stands for Washington State; WA stands for Western Australia; part of a Korean name; means "and, from" in Ainu; means "dig" in Chinese (Transliterated); means "king" in Creole; means "which, who, that" in Frisian; means "those" in Kurdish (Transliterated); means "be, become" in Swahili; means "fox, vixen" in Tibetan (Transliterated); means "unlocked" in Urdu (Transliterated); means "of" in Zulu; means various things in numerous less common languages)

This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "it (inanimate)" is now "ob". This posting is no longer current.

purple is toisa (revisited)

toisa = purple (Lhaesine pronunciation = TOY-suh) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "toisa": an uncommon term; a type of TESSA (Tax Exempt Special Savings Account) in UK, TOISA is a TESSA only ISA (Individual Savings Account); Toisa is first part of name of various offshore support or supply vessels; user name; Toisa Limited is a Bermuda shipping corporation; Toisa - Sealion Shipping in UK; a place or geographic feature in Papua New Guinea)

Changed the first letter on this word, and dropped a letter. Previous word for purple was "soisha".

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