Showing posts with label metals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metals. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2012

steel is tsel

tsel = steel (noun) (metal alloy)

Some things Google found for "tsel":
Tsel is a rare last name, Igor Tsel is a Kazakhstani fencer. The Tsel Harim Dead Sea Hotel in Israel. In Hebrew (transliterated) tsel means shadow. Trang Tsel is a Tibetan salad.

Word derivation for "steel" :
Hungarian = acél (which I transliterate to atsél)
Finnish = teräs
Samgur = tsel

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

brass is mesigär

mesigär = brass (noun) (metal alloy)
alternate spelling: mesigaer

Some things Google found for "mesigar":
Mesigar is a rare last name.

Word derivation for "brass" :
Hungarian = sárgaréz (which I transliterate to shárgaréz
Finnish = messinki
Samgur = mesigär

Sunday, July 1, 2012

bronze is bronis

bronis = bronze (noun) (metal alloy)

Some things Google found for "bronis":
Bronis is an unusual last name. Bronis is a rare usually masculine first name, probably a form of Bronislaw. Similar Bronisin is the name of a place in Poland.

Word derivation for "bronze" :
Hungarian = bronz
Finnish = pronssi
Samgur = bronis

Thursday, June 21, 2012

lead is lömü

lömü = lead (noun) (metal)
alternate spelling: leumew

Some things Google found for "lomu":
Lomu is a last name, notably New Zealand rugby union player Jonah Lomu.

Word derivation for "lead" :
Hungarian = ólom
Finnish = lyijy (which I transliterate to lüiyü)
Samgur = lömü

When making this word, I changed the o (or the ó) in the Hungarian word to ö to maintain vowel harmony.

Monday, June 11, 2012

tin is ónti

ónti = tin (noun) (metal)
alternate spelling: ohnti

Some things Google found for "onti":
Onti is a rare last name. Onti is a rare first name which can be feminine. Onti is a measure or weight of silver in the Nephite monetary system in The Book of Mormon.

Word derivation for "tin" :
Hungarian = ón
Finnish = tina
Samgur = ónti

Friday, June 1, 2012

iron is rasht

rasht = iron (noun) (metal)

Some things Google found for "rasht":
Rasht is a city in Iran near the Caspian Sea. Rasht is a rare last name. Rasht Valley in Tajikistan.

Word derivation for "iron" :
Hungarian = vas (which I transliterate to vash)
Finnish = rauta
Samgur = rasht

Monday, May 21, 2012

copper is kuraz

kuraz = copper (noun) (metal)
alternate spelling: kuhraz

Some things Google found for "kuraz":
Kuraz is a woreda (district) in the south of Ethiopia. Kuraz the Light Monarch is a Yu-Gi-Oh! card. Kuraz is an unusual last name.

Word derivation for "copper" :
Hungarian = réz
Finnish = kupari
Samgur = kuraz

Friday, May 11, 2012

silver is hespä

hespä = silver (noun) (metal)
alternate spelling: hespae

Some things Google found for "hespa":
Hespa is an unusual last name. Hespa is user names. In Icelandic hespa means skeins. In astronomy, similar Hesperus can refer to the planet Venus in its appearance as the evening star.

Word derivation for "silver" :
Hungarian = ezüst (which I transliterate to ezüsht)
Finnish = hopea
Samgur = hespä

I considered making this word hestä, but I decided to use the p from the Finnish word. To maintain vocal harmony, I changed the a to ä.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

gold is aralt

aralt = gold (noun) (metal)

Some things Google found for "aralt":
Aralt is an uncommon masculine first name that can be Irish. Aralt is an unusual last name. Arult Inc. is a small business in Carnegie, PA.

Word derivation for "gold" :
Hungarian = arany
Finnish = kulta
Samgur = arult