17 April 2012

valley is fira (revisited)

fira = valley (Lhaesine pronunciation = FIH-ruh) (noun) (some things Google found for "fira": a very common term; Fira (or Firá) aka Thira is a city on the Greek island Santorini; FIRA is an acronym for Furniture Industry Research Association of the UK; FIRA is an acronym for Federation of International Robot-soccer Association; Ikea Fira wooden box drawer storage; an unusual last name; an unusual feminine first name; Fira is the name of a Disney fairy; means "to celebrate, to observe (a holiday)" in Swedish)

My previous Lhaesine word for "valley" was "firule". I simplified this word.

13 April 2012

bowl is gatha (revisited)

gatha = bowl (Lhaesine pronunciation = GAHTH-uh) (noun) (some things Google found for "gatha": a common term; a type of poetic verse in the ancient Indian languages of Prakrit and Sanskrit; one of 17 Zoroastrian hymns believed to have been composed by Zarathusthra (Zoroaster) himself; in Buddhist literature a versified portion of the sutras; an unusual feminine first name; an unusual last name; Gatha Falls is a waterfall in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh)

My previous Lhaesine word for "bowl" was "gieda". I decide to change this word to look less like my word for cup.

09 April 2012

candle is micla (revisited)

micla = candle (Lhaesine pronunciation = MIH-kluh) (noun) (some things Google found for "micla": an uncommon term; an unusual last name; MiCLa photography of NYC; MiCla Multimedia software of Italy; a rare feminine first name; MICLA is an acronym for Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles; MICLA is an acronym for Movimiento por la Independencia Cultural de Latino América)

My previous Lhaesine word for "candle" was "micaln".

05 April 2012

bright is jiema (revisited)

jiema = bright (Lhaesine pronunciation = JIGH-muh) (adjective) (some things Google found for "jiema": an uncommon term; Jie Ma is the first and last name of a number of people who are usually Chinese; Haining Jiema Hi-Tech Coated Fabrics Co Ltd. of China; Jinan Jiema Water Treatment Science & Technology Co Ltd of China; Yangzhou Jiema Auto Parts Co Ltd of China; name of a places in Liberia)

My previous Lhaesine word for "bright" was "jeima". This is a minor spelling revision.

29 March 2012

moss is nael

nael = moss (Lhaesine pronunciation = NAAWL) (Some things Google found for "nael: a common term; NAEL is an acronym for The Norton Anthology of English Literature; a last name; illustrator and painter Marta Nael; an unusual masculine first name which can be Arabic; Pacific voyage of the sailboat Nael; NAeL São Paulo is a Clemenceau class aircraft carrier of the Brazilian Navy; a game player; Old French "nael" is from Latin "natalis" which means "of birth"; means "nail" in Afrikaans and Estonian; means "navel" in Scottish)

This is another re-purposed, redefined word. Some time ago, not recently, "nael" meant "the (plural)" in Lhaesine.

25 March 2012

skin is mina

mina = skin (Lhaesine pronunciation = MIH-nuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "mina": a very common term; Mina is an Italian pop singer; Mina is a last name; Mina is a female fictional cleric character in the Dragonlance universe; Mina is a feminine first name that can be Japanese, Korean, Indian or Turkish in origin; "Mina" can be short for German feminine name Wilhelmina; Mina Harker is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula; Mina are a tribe and caste in northern India; an ancient Greek unit of weight or denomination of money; "mina" means "I" in Estonian: similar "minä" means "I" and "me" in Finnish; "mina" means "mine" (as in mining) in Portuguese and Spanish; "mina" means "mine" (as in landmine) in Croatian, Czech, and Swedish; Mina is the name of numerous cities in countries such as the Philippines, Pakistan, Guatemala, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Gambia)

This is a re-purposed, redefined word. This word previously meant "nothing" in Lhaesine.

21 March 2012

brooch is feawa (revisited)

feawa = brooch (Lhaesine pronunciation = FEE-wuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "feawa": an uncommon term; means "few" in Old English; user names; SRC-FEAWA Cup for Cricket in India where FEAWA is an acronym for Faridabad Estate Agents Welfare Association; a rare last name; FEAWA is an acronym for Federation of Employers' Association of West Africa; maybe an old name of place in Sudan)

My previous Lhaesine word for "brooch" was "feicwa". I simplified this word somewhat.

17 March 2012

mountain is rihas (revisited)

rihas = mountain (Lhaesine pronunciation = RIH-hahss) (noun) (some things Google found for "rihas": an uncommon term; user names; Rihas (or Rihaz) is a rare masculine first name that can be Arabic in origin; a rare last name; Rihas Restaurant at Redstones Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland; Rihas Auto Sales in Vining, Iowa; character name in a piece of artwork; traditional breast cloth garments worn by women in Assam, India)

My previous Lhaesine word for "mountain" was "reihas". I dropped a letter.

13 March 2012

thin is rieca (revisited)

rieca = thin (Lhaesine pronunciation = RIGH-kuh) (adjective) (some things Google found for "rieca": an uncommon term; a ususual feminine first name; user names; Xiamen RieCa Metal Works Co., Ltd of China; a rare last name)

My previous Lhaesine word for "thin" was "reica". I flipped the vowels around and changed the pronunciation.

09 March 2012

sister is leaya (revisited)

leaya = sister (Lhaesine pronunciation = LEE-yuh) (noun) (some things Google found for "leaya": an uncommon term; a rare feminine first name; a rare last name; user names; similar word leya seems to mean something in Arabic when transliterated; Leaya car air freshener)

My previous Lhaesine word for "sister" was "leiwa".

05 March 2012

sand is beda (revisited)

beda = sand (Lhaesine pronunciation = BEH-duh) (noun) (some things Google found for "beda": a very common term; a last name; an unusual first name that can be masucline or feminine; San Beda College in the Philippines; BEDA is an acronym for Binge Eating Disorder Association; user names; Beda Fomm is a town in Libya known mainly for being the site of a WWII battle; Beda Fell is a fell or mountain in the English Lake District; means "difference, remainder" in Indonesia; means "begin, start out" in Maltese; name of places in Chad, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Alabama and Kentuky)

My previous Lhaesine word for "sand" was "beida".

01 March 2012

bachelorette is chisa (revisited)

chisa = bachelorette (Lhaesine pronunciation = CHIH-suh) (noun) (some things Google found for "chisa": a common term; a uncommon feminine first name, notably Japanese voice actress and singer Chisa Yokoyama; an unusual last name; user names; Cold Steel Chisa Katana is a Samurai Sword; Chisa Records was a US record label; Chisa x Pon is a mature manga; CHISA is a conference for the International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering; means "squirrel" in Isthmus Zapotec; similar word "chiesa" means "church" in Italian; name of a place on the French island of Corsica; name of places in South Korea and Malawi)

My previous Lhaesine word for "bachelorette" was "chiisa".

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