Showing posts with label classical elements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classical elements. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

fire

gany : fire

The Tarijan word for fire is gany. Gany is an unusual last name. Gany is a rare first name.

International locations:
Gany is the name of a place in eastern Poland.

How I came up with this word:
Gany is a mixture of the transliterated word for fire in Russian which is ogon’ (огонь), and the transliterated word for fire in Mongolian which is gal (гал).

In my other conlangs:
The Miresua word for fire is suli.
The Lhaesine word for fire is zem.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

water

vos : water

The Tarijan word for water is vos. Vos is a last name. VOS is an acronym for verb–object–subject in linguistic typology.

In other languages:
In Dutch vos means fox. In Latin and Interlingua vos means you (plural). In French vos is your (plural). In Spanish in parts of Latin America, vos is an informal form of you (singular).

How I came up with this word:
Vos is a mixture of the transliterated word for water in Russian which is voda (вода), and the transliterated word for water in Mongolian which is us (ус).