gen = you (singular) (Lhaesine pronunciation = GEN not JEN) (pronoun) (some things Google found for "gen": a very very common term; Gen X (Generation X) is the generation born after the post–World War II baby boom which generally means those born between 1965 and 1980; Gen Con is a gaming convention; GEN is an acronym for Global Ecovillage Network; Gen is an online puzzle & skill game; POWER-GEN International is a conference; Gen is a video game character from the Street Fighter series; Gen (2006) is Turkish horror film; Gen is a last name; gen can be the abbreviation for English words gender, general, generally, generation, genitive and genus; Gen means "gene" in Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Japanese (transliterated), Polish, Spanish and Swedish; "gén" means "still, yet; again further" in Old English; means "smile, laugh" in Old Irish; means "attractive; pleasing; nice; fair" in Old Provençal; means "gender; type, sort" in Romanian; Gen is the name of places in the Dominican Republic and Liberia)
This is a very common word I hadn't yet defined in Lhaesine.
This word has been revised. The Lhaesine word for "you (singular)" is now "ged". This posting is no longer current.
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.
01 October 2011
29 September 2011
flame is hoira
hoira = flame (Lhaesine pronunciation = HOY-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "hoira": an uncommon term; a feminine first name that can be Filipino; user names; a last name; name of a WoW gaming character; Jabal Hoira Hedi is a mountain in Yemen)
This is a new Lhaesine word. I'm reutilizing a former word from my other conlang, Miresua, which previously meant "sand".
This is a new Lhaesine word. I'm reutilizing a former word from my other conlang, Miresua, which previously meant "sand".
25 September 2011
deep is sorne (revisited)
sorne = deep (Lhaesine pronunciation = SOHRN) (adjective) (some things Google found for "sorne": an uncommon term; SORNE is an alternative music project/artist from Austin; Sorne Hill Wind Farm in Ireland; an uncommon last name; user names; Domaine and Golf du Val de Sorne in eastern France; Sorne Co. Ltd of South Korea; a Basque feminine first name; a tributary of the Birs (French: Birse) river in Switzerland; Messia-sur-Sorne is a town in eastern France)
My previous Lhaesine word for "deep" was "soara". This modification is because I'd rather not have a word for deep that looks like the word soar, which means rise or fly upwards.
My previous Lhaesine word for "deep" was "soara". This modification is because I'd rather not have a word for deep that looks like the word soar, which means rise or fly upwards.
21 September 2011
fog is hes (revisited)
hes = fog (Lhaesine pronunciation = HESS) (noun) (some things Google found for "hes": a very common term; a misspelling of "he's"; a last name; NYSE stock symbol for Hess Corporation which is in the Oil & Gas industry; HES stands for Hanchett Entry Systems Inc. which sells integrated access control products; The Heinkel HeS 011 was an advanced World War II jet engine; an alternate spelling for Isis, a goddess in Egyptian mythology; in Dutch "hes" means "a short, protective type of shirt, typically worn by manual laborers")
My previous Lhaesine word for "fog" was "hese". I dropped the final e, which changes the vowel from long to short.
My previous Lhaesine word for "fog" was "hese". I dropped the final e, which changes the vowel from long to short.
17 September 2011
pink is beshe (revisited)
beshe = pink (Lhaesine pronunciation = BEESH) (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "beshe": a common term; Beshe Wigs for ebony hair styles of Moonachie, NJ; user names; an unusual last name; when transliterated a form of the Bulgarian verb to be; Beshe or Beshē is the name of a place in Ethiopia; Beshe or Beshé is the name of a place in New Caledonia)
My previous Lhaesine word for "pink" was "besh". Because I'm no longer using the long e, "ee", sound in my word for yellow, I decided to use it in my word for pink.
My previous Lhaesine word for "pink" was "besh". Because I'm no longer using the long e, "ee", sound in my word for yellow, I decided to use it in my word for pink.
13 September 2011
yellow is pethas (revisited)
pethas = yellow (Lhaesine pronunciation = PETH-ahce) (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "pethas": an uncommon term; plural of petha which is a candied ash gourd candy from North India; user names; a rare last name; Pethas Ltd is a company in Belgium that sells fertilizer for agricultural use; can be phrase "pet has" lacking the space between the words)
My previous Lhaesine word for "yellow" was "pethe", which is pronounced PEETH. Although the word sounds somewhat like peach, I didn't like that it also sounds like pee and peed, informal terms for urination, which is not good for a word for yellow. I'll redefine "pethe" as something else later.
My previous Lhaesine word for "yellow" was "pethe", which is pronounced PEETH. Although the word sounds somewhat like peach, I didn't like that it also sounds like pee and peed, informal terms for urination, which is not good for a word for yellow. I'll redefine "pethe" as something else later.
09 September 2011
green is daela (revisited)
daela = green (Lhaesine pronunciation = DAAW-luh) (color) (adjective) (some things Google found for "daela": an uncommon term; a rare feminine first name, notably Nevada politician Daela Gibson; name of a angular font design; Children of Daela are a race of Elemental beings in the fiction of self-published novelist Betsy McCall; an ensemble of dance performers from NYC; user names; a rare last name; name of a stream in Cote d'Ivoire).
Yes, I'm changing the word for green again. I do change my mind. Somehow the previous Lhaesine word for "green", which was "daeva", was not quite right.
Yes, I'm changing the word for green again. I do change my mind. Somehow the previous Lhaesine word for "green", which was "daeva", was not quite right.
05 September 2011
white is shaye (revisited)
shaye = white (Lhaesine pronunciation = SHAY'y) (some things Google found for "shaye": an uncommon term; Shaye was a Canadian pop group in the 00's; an uncommon last name; a rare first name of Irish origin that can be feminine or masculine which is a variant of Shea; Shaye' or Shayeh is a place in Iran)
My previous Lhaesine word for "white" was "saye". I added the H.
My previous Lhaesine word for "white" was "saye". I added the H.
01 September 2011
dagger is tefe (revisited)
tefe = dagger (Lhaesine pronunciation = TEEF) (noun) (Some things Google found for "tefe": a common term; Tefé (sometimes Tefe) is a city in the Amazonas state of Brazil; Tefé Holland is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe who is the daughter of Swamp Thing; a rare first name that can be masculine; a rare last name; TEFE is an acronym for Time-Efficient Approach to Feature Extraction in Data Mining)
My previous Lhaesine word for "dagger" was "teifa", pronounced "TEE-fuh". I dropped the final a, making this word one syllable, which is a smaller change than it first appears. Note that "daggers", plural, is "teifur".
My previous Lhaesine word for "dagger" was "teifa", pronounced "TEE-fuh". I dropped the final a, making this word one syllable, which is a smaller change than it first appears. Note that "daggers", plural, is "teifur".
25 August 2011
mark is sita
sita = mark (Lhaesine pronunciation = SIH-tuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "sita: a very common term; Sita is the wife of Rama in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana and a Hindu deity; Sita Sings the Blues is a controversial award winning 2008 animated feature film with events from the Ramayana; SITA is a air transport IT company; SITA World Tours; an uncommon last name; Sita is a Dutch pop singer; means to sit in Faroese; in Italian the feminine form of situated, located; name of cities in Congo, Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, Guinea, Chad and Romania)
This is the word for a visible indication made on a surface, or a distinguishing symbol.
This is the word for a visible indication made on a surface, or a distinguishing symbol.
17 August 2011
vine is rele
rele = vine (Lhaesine pronunciation = REEL) (noun) (some things Google found for "rele": a very common term; an unusual last name; The Rele River is a small river in the Biobío Region of Chile; Relehimana Miya De Lacroa or Princess Rele is a character in Japanese anime Superior Defender Gundam Force; user names; a bad misspelling or slangy misspelling of really; means (electronics) relay in Finnish; conjugations of the verb to reread in Galician; means to be called in Haitian Creole; neuter plural nominative form of rău which means "bad, wrong" in Romanian)
01 August 2011
sheet is fursa
fursa = sheet (Lhaesine pronunciation = FURSS-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "fursa": an uncommon term; Saint Fursa (aka Saint Fursey) was an Irish monk who died in 650 who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles; Fursa Alternative Strategies LLC of New York; Fursa FX is a Islamic Forex trading firm; an unusual last name; user names; means "opportunity, chance for advancement, progress or profit" in Swahili; "fursa saeeda" means "nice to meet you" in Arabic (transliterated); name of a city in Bangladesh)
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