orange is henoul (revisited)

henoul = orange (Lhaesine pronunciation = HEH-nool) (adjective) (color) (some things Google found for "henoul": a rare term; a last name which can be Belgian)

My previous Lhaesine word for "orange" was "racoul". Maybe this new word seems more fitting to me because it resembles the word henna, which is a plant used to make a reddish-orange dye.

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 This posting is no longer current.

green is vaela (revisited)

vaela = green (Lhaesine pronunciation = VAAW-luh) (adjective) (some things Google found for "vaela": an uncommon term; a last name; user names; Vaela Pallas Cultural Resort and Spa in Greece; Vaela Traxis is a game character in Vanguard Saga of Heroes; name of cities in Estonia and Mozambique)

I'm continuing to rethink and modify my words for colors. My previous word for green was "wale".

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 This posting is no longer current.

yellow is jonde (redone)

jonde = yellow (Lhaesine pronunciation = JOAND) (adjective) (some things Google found for "jonde": an uncommon term; JONDE is an acronym for Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (National Youth Orchestra of Spain); Jonde Lane Farm Bed & Breakfast in Pennsylvania; a first name, notably artist Jonde Northcutt; a last name; user names; Jonde is a Finnish Electronic HipHop musical artist)

My previous word for "yellow" was "juila". It made me think of the feminine name Julia. I realize that "jonde" resembles the French word for "yellow" which is "jaune".

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 This posting is no longer current.

black is ferac (revisited)

ferac = black (Lhaesine pronunciation = FEH-rack) (adjective) (some things Google found for "ferac": an uncommon to rare term; FERAC is an acronym for Fisheries, Ecology and Recreation Advisory Committee in Wales; user names; a US aviation navigation waypoint; a last name; gaming character name; FERAC Builders and Development of the Philippines; Latin language stem or base of words meaning fertile; name of a place in Turkey)

Orginally my word for "black" was "ferag". Then, for pronunciation reasons, I changed the word to "ferhag". Now I'm changing it again.

blue is rima (redone)

rima = blue (Lhaesine pronunciation = RIH-muh) (some things Google found for "rima": a very common term; a feminine first name that can be Arabic in origin; Rima a.k.a Rima the Jungle Girl is a Victorian-novel heroine adapted for comic books; Rima Mashiro is a female supporting character in anime and manga series Shugo Chara; a crack or fissure on the moon; RIMA Manufacturing Company; a last name; means "rhyme" in Croatian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish; means "five" in Maori; name of cities in China, Italy, Burkina Faso, Honduras, and United Arab Emirates)

I'm redoing this conlang word again. My previous Lhaesine word for "blue" was "sris", which was a good word but somehow not quite right.

By the way, my word for "blue" in Miresua, my Basque-Finnish inspired conlang, is "usin". In Illunse, Kate's constructed language, "blue" is "suthe".

white is sare (revisited)

sare = white (Lhaesine pronunciation = SAYR) (adjective) (some things Google found for "sare": an uncommon term; SARE is an acronym for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education; a last name; Sare is a Basque village in the Aquitaine region of France near the Spanish border; seems to be a variation of the feminine first name Sarah; Sare Plastics is a company in Ohio; means "net" in Basque; means "salt" in Romanian; name of cities in Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, Burkino Faso, East Timor, Pakistan, Estonia)

My previous word for white was "sahre". After much consideration, I decided to drop the "h" from this word. This makes the word less cryptic looking, and only changes the pronunciation somewhat. In Lhaesine "hr" is pronounced as a "rolled r".

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

lamp is mirade (reinstated)

mirade = lamp (Lhaesine pronunciation = MIH-raid) (noun) (some things Google found for "mirade": an uncommon term; a last name, notably Dan Mirade who writes about wrestling; Mirade Studios of the UK is a video production service; user names; a masculine first name that may be Kurdish or Zambian; name of a city in Iraq)

Way back in 2005, I defined the Lhaesine word for "lamp" to be "mirade", then soon after modified it to "mrade". I'm not sure why I decided to use that strange "mr" consonant combination. As an experiment perhaps? Anyway, I'm changing this word back to what it orginally was.

Lhaesine dictionary project marks three years

I started the Lhaesine Dictionary Project exactly three years ago today. This is the 690th post to the blog. Given my multitude of revisions as I figure the rules and the look of this fantasy language, that works out to be about 450 made-up words in Lhaesine, and that's a considerable number of words.

Although this conlang language project is important to me, starting today I'm going to scale back my frequency of updates to this blog. I've considered cutting back for some time. There are other things in my life I need to get doing. I'll still be adding words here in Lhaesine, just not as often. All of you who have stopped by over the past three years, from throughout the world, thank you for visiting my eccentric project. There will be more words to come.

pain is nazaln (revisited)

nazuln = pain (Lhaesine pronunciation = NAH-zuhln) (noun) (some things Google found for "nazuln": a nearly unique term; appears on two pages containing many gobbledygook combinations of letters)

My previous Lhaeine word for "pain" was "nazan". As commenter to this blog named Nazan kindly pointed out to me, Nazan is a feminine Turkish first name. I don't want to cause anyone pain with my defintions. This is made-up language, and my words can be easily changed. So, in respect for her, and all other women named Nazan, I've changed my word for "pain" to something more unusual.

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

twenty is calt

calt = twenty (Lhaesine pronunciation = CAHLT) (adjective) (number) (some things Google found for "calt": an uncommon term; a last name, notably author Stephen Calt; CALT is an acronym for The Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies in France; CALT stands for China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Aerospace; CALT is an acronym for Computerized Achievement Levels Tests; Calt Silicone Rubber Products (Nanjing) Co., Ltd of China; CALT stands for Conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue; CALT stands for Computer Assisted Language Testing (or Teaching))

Twenty is where my counting numbers upwards ends, at least for now. I'm thinking that the number system will be base twenty, instead of our familiar base ten. Apparently this means that in the land of Lhae you count on your fingers and your toes.

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

nineteen is gelhe

gelhe = nineteen (Lhaesine pronunciation = GEELH) (adjective) (number) (some things Google found for "gelhe": an uncommon to rare term; means "population" in Kurdish; a last name; user names; a misspelling or bad OCR scan of "gelbe" which can mean "yellow" in German; Dol Gelhe is a place in the former county of Merionethshire in Wales)

Upward again, here's my conlang word for "ninteen". It bears some resemblance to my word for "nine" which is "gaez".

This word has been redone. The Lhaesine word for "nineteen" is now "udar".

This word has been revised again. The Lhaesine word for "nineteen" is now "zumar". This posting is no longer current.

eighteen is rois

rois = eighteen (Lhaesine pronunciation = ROYCE) (adjective) (number) (some things Google found for "rois": a very common term; means "kings" in French (rois is pronounced RWA in French); Galette des Rois is a cake made to celebrate Epiphany in France; ROIs stands for Regions of Interest; a last name; an Irish feminine first name; name of a city in Spain)

Continuing upward with numbers to eighteen. This word features the vowel combination "oi" which I seldom seem to use. It's like I forget that I can use it. Take note that my word for "eight" in Lhaesine is "ruxe".

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