Wednesday, September 23, 2009

big

botoi : big

The Tarijan word for big is botoi.

In other languages:
In Basque botoi translates to button.

International locations:
Botoi is the name of a cities in Romania and Chad.

How I came up with this word:
Botoi is a mixture of the transliterated word for big in Russian which is bol'shoi (большой), and the transliterated word for big in Mongolian which is tom (том).

Botoi will also be the Tarijan word for large.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

autumn

namni : autumn

The Tarijan word for autumn is namni. Namni is an unusual last name. Namni is an unusual, possibly feminine, first name. Zomi Namni (or Zomi Nam Ni) is Zomi National Day of Burma.

International locations:
Namni is the name of a city in South Korea.

How I came up with this word:
Namni is a mixture of the transliterated word for autumn in Mongolian which is namar (намар), and the transliterated word for autumn in Russian which is osen' (осень).