Friday, April 11, 2008

tin

tugovo : tin

The Tarijan word for tin (metal) is tugovo.

International locations:
Tugovo is the name of a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

How I came up with this word:
Tugovo is a mixture of the transliterated word for tin in Mongolian which is tugalga or tsagaan tugalga (цагаан тугалга), and the transliterated word for tin in Russian which is olovo (олово).

Saturday, February 9, 2008

copper

mesi : copper

The Tarijan word for copper (metal) is mesi.

Mesi is last name that can be Italian in origin.

In other languages:
In Estonian "mesi" means "honey". In Finnish "mesi" means "nectar in flowers". In Italian "mesi" means "months".

International locations:
Mesi is the name of places in Papua New Guinea.

How I came up with this word:
Mesi is a mixture of the transliterated word for copper in Russian which is med' (медь), and the transliterated word for copper in Mongolian which is zes (зэс).

Friday, January 4, 2008

iron

jemör : iron

The Tarijan word for iron (metal) is jemör.

Jemor is an uncommon last name.

How I came up with this word:
Jemör is a mixture of the transliterated word for tin in Russian which is zhelezo
(железo)(I modify the zh to j), and the transliterated word for tin in Mongolian which is tömör or temür (төмөр).

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

silver

sergö : silver

The Tarijan word for silver is sergö.

Sergo is a uncommon last name. Sergo is a uncommon masculine first name that can be Georgian.

How I came up with this word:
Sergö is a mixture of the transliterated word for silver in Russian which is serebro (серебрo), and the transliterated word for silver in Mongolian which is möngö (мөнгө).

Thursday, December 6, 2007

gold

zalto : gold

The Tarijan word for gold is zalto.

Zalto DENK'ART wine glasses and stemware of Austria. Zalto can be a last name.

How I came up with this word:
Zalto is a mixture of the transliterated word for gold in Russian which is zoloto (золото), and the transliterated word for gold in Mongolian which is alt (алт) or altan (алтан).

Monday, November 26, 2007

gray

seryal : gray

The Tarijan word for the color gray is seryal.

Seryal is a first name.

International locations:
Seryal is the name of a town in Iran.

How I came up with this word:
Seryal is a mixture of the transliterated word for gray in Russian which is seryi or syerih (серый), and the transliterated word for gray in Mongolian which is saaral (саарал).

Saturday, October 27, 2007

green

zegoon : green

The Tarijan word for the color green is zegoon.

In other languages:
Zegoon possibly means something in Basque.

How I came up with this word:
Zegoon is a mixture of the transliterated word for green in Russian which is zelenyi or zilyonih (зеленый), and the transliterated word for green in Mongolian which is nogoon (ногоон).