Showing posts with label creatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creatures. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

mouse is géri

géri = mouse
alternate spelling: gehri

Some things Google found for "geri":
Geri is an uncommon feminine first name which can be short for Geraldine. Geri is an unusual last name. In Turkish geri means back, rear, reverse. In Portuguese a form of the verb to manage, to administer. Geri is the name of places in Turkey, Sudan, Georgia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia.

Word derivation for "mouse" :
Hungarian = egér
Finnish = hiiri (which I transliterate to híri)
Samgur = géri

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

bear is madu

madu = bear
alternate spelling: maduh

Some things Google found for "madu":
Madu is an unusual to uncommon last name. Madu is an unusual masculine first name. In Indonesian madu means honey. In Estonian madu means snake. Madu Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3 in South Korea. Madu is the name of places in China, Indonesia, South Korea, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone.

Word derivation for "bear" :
Hungarian = medve
Finnish = karhu
Samgur = madu

This Samgur word takes consonants from the Hungarian word, and vowels from the Finnish word.

Monday, March 11, 2013

crow is varsú

varsú = crow (birds)
alternate spelling: varsu

Some things Google found for "varsu":
Varsu is a rare last name. Similar Värssu a the name of a place in Estonia.

Word derivation for "crow" :
Hungarian = varjú (which I transliterate to varyú)
Finnish = varis
Samgur = varsú

Note the similarity of the Hungarian and Finnish words.

Friday, March 1, 2013

snake is kädye

kädye = snake (reptiles)
alternate spelling: kaedye

Some things Google found for "kädye":
Similar Kadye is a rare feminine first name. Similar Kadye is a rare last name that can be Zimbabwean.

My word definition should not be seen as a comment about people named Kadye. I have nothing against anyone named Kadye. This is merely a word in my made-up, conlang language. Kädye is a mix of letters from the Hungarian and Finnish words. Besides, my word has an "ä" in it and is pronounced like "KAH-djeh".

Word derivation for "snake" :
Hungarian = kígyó (which I transliterate to kídyó)
Finnish = käärme
Samgur = kädye

Thursday, February 21, 2013

deer is sharvi

sharvi = deer (animals)

Some things Google found for "sharvi":
Sharvi is an unusual feminine first name that can be Hindu, from India. Sharvi (aka Branichevo) is the name of a place in Bulgaria.

Word derivation for "deer" :
Hungarian = szarvas (which I transliterate to sarvash)
Finnish = hirvi
Samgur = sharvi

Monday, February 11, 2013

pig is serké

serké = pig (animals)
alternate spelling: serkeh

Some things Google found for "serké" and "serke":
Serke is an unusual last name. In Hungarian similarly spelled serke means "nit, egg of a louse". In Persian (transliterated) serke means vinegar. Serké Haoussa and Serké Ariwa are places in Niger.

Word derivation for "pig" :
Hungarian = sertés (which I transliterate to shertésh)
Finnish = sika
Samgur = serké

Friday, February 1, 2013

horse is lóvo

lóvo = horse (animals)
alternate spelling: lohvo

Some things Google found for "lovo":
A Fijian Lovo is a feast cooked in a earth oven. Lovo is an uncommon last name. Lovo is a rare first name. In Romani lovo means coin. Lovo is the name of places in the Dem. Republic of the Congo. Lovo (or Lövö) is the name of places in Finland and Sweden. Lovo (or Lövő) is the name of a place in Hungary.

Word derivation for "horse" :
Hungarian = ló
Finnish = hevonen
Samgur = lóvo

Monday, January 21, 2013

bird is lidár

lidár = bird (creatures)
alternate spelling: lidahr

Some things Google found for "lidar":
Lidar or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is the optical analogue of radar which uses laser light. Lidar is a rare last name. Lidar is a rare first name. In Portuguese lidar means to deal.

Word derivation for "bird" :
Hungarian = madár
Finnish = lintu
Samgur = lidár

Friday, January 11, 2013

squirrel is orush

orush = squirrel (animals)
alternate spelling: oruhsh

Some things Google found for "orush":
Orush and O'Rush is a rare last name. Orush is the name of a World of Warcraft character.


Word derivation for "squirrel" :
Hungarian = mókus (which I transliterate to mókush)
Finnish = orava
Samgur = orush

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

wolf is faski

faski = wolf (animals)

Some things Google found for "faski":
Faski is a rare last name. Faski is the name of a place in Nigeria.


Word derivation for "wolf" :
Hungarian = farkas (which I transliterate to farkash)
Finnish = susi
Samgur = faski

Friday, December 21, 2012

rabbit is nyik

nyik = rabbit (animals)

Some things Google found for "nyik":
Nyik is a rare first name. Nyik is a very rare last name. Similar Nyika is the name of a place in Hungary. In Swahili similar nyika means bush or hinterland, there's Nyika National Park in Malawi.

Word derivation for "rabbit" :
Hungarian = nyúl
Finnish = kani or kaniini (which I transliterate to kaníni)
Samgur = nyik

This word has been redone. Previously, my Samgur word for rabbit was kiny. I swapped the letters around. Note - pronounce ny as in Hungarian, like ny in canyon.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

fox is retkä

retkä = fox (animals)
alternate spelling: retkae

Some things Google found for "retka":
Retka is an unusual last name. Retka is a rare first name. In Croatian retka means rows, line. Retka is the name of a place in Poland.

Word derivation for "fox" :
Hungarian = róka
Finnish = kettu
Samgur = retkä

This word has been redone. My previous Samgur word for fox was word kóru. The final A was changed to Ä for vowel harmony.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

cow is lehän

lehän = cow (animals)
alternate spelling: lehaen

Some things Google found for "lehän" or "lehan":
Lehan is an uncommon last name. Lehan is a unusual first name that can be masculine or feminine. Lehan Drugs of DeKalb, Illinois.

Word derivation for "cow" :
Hungarian = tehén
Finnish = lehmä
Samgur = lehän

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

dog is kotra

kotra = dog (animals)

Some things Google found for "kotra":
KOTRA is the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. Kotra is an Ukrainian experimental electronic music producer. Kotra is an unusual last name which can be from India. Kotra River in Belarus and Lithuania. Kotra is the name of a places in India, Pakistan and Belarus.

Word derivation for "dog" :
Hungarian = kutya
Finnish = koira
Samgur = kotra

Sunday, November 11, 2012

cat is miska

miska = cat (animals)

Some things Google found for "miska":
Miska is a uncommon last name. Miska is an unusual first name which can be masculine and Finnish. In Czech and Polish miska means small bowl. Miska is the name of a place in Iran. Miska was a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Word derivation for "cat" :
Hungarian = macska (which I transliterate to machka)
Finnish = kissa
Samgur = miska