September 3, 2023

soft is pima

soft = pima (Lhaesin pronunciation = PIHM-AH, not PEE-MUH) (adjective) (a few things Google found for "pima": an indigenous people of Arizona and northwestern Mexico, AKA the Akimel O'odham; a species of cotton with unusually long fibers; Pima Medical Institute is a multi-campus, medical trade school and college; Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona; a genus of snout moths; an unusual last name; a rare to unusual first name that can be feminine; a town and a county in Arizona; places in Mexico, Angola, and Taiwan)

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September 1, 2023

hard is rade

hard = rade (Lhaesin pronunciation = RAYD or raid) (adjective) (a few things Google found for "rade": an unusual first name which is usually masculine; a unusual last name; Rade or Rhade are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic minority group of the Central Highlands of Vietnam; an obsolete spelling of road; RADE is an acronym for Rapid Application Development Environment; name of places in Germany, Nigeria, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Indonesia, Mozambique, and Serbia; similar Råde is the name of a place in Norway) 

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This word is for the definition of hard meaning not easy to bend, cut, or break.

June 3, 2023

nickel is valge

nickel = valge (Lhaesin pronunciation = VAYLG) (noun) (a few things Google found for "valge": means "white" in Estonian; a transliteration of Kannada word meaning "a leather strap attached to each end of the bit of a bridle, reins"; Viru Valge Vodka from Estonia; a rare last name; similar valgus means "bow-legged" in Latin)

new word

May 31, 2023

pewter is cedgin

pewter = cedgin (Lhaesin pronunciation = KEHJ-IHN) (noun) (a few things Google found for "cedgin": usernames; Cedgin Bluff by Keystone Lake in Oklahoma)

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Pewter is a metal alloy composed primarily of tin (85–99%) with varying quantities of hardening agents such as antimony, copper, bismuth, and lead.

Pewters containing lead are no longer used in items that will come in contact with the human body (such as cups, plates, or jewelry) due to the toxicity of lead. Although pewters containing lead are still being produced for other purposes.

May 29, 2023

tumbaga is esshan

tumbaga = esshan (Lhaesin pronunciation = EHS-SHAHN) (noun) (a few things Google found for "esshan": a rare to unusual Sikh / Indian masculine first name; similar Eshaan is a somewhat more popular than Esshan masculine first name)

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Tumbaga is a metal alloy composed mostly of gold and copper and sometimes silver. It was widely used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central and South America to make religious objects. Ancient Romans used tumbaga for jewelry and for decorative purposes. 

The specific proportions of metals in tumbaga can vary widely. In Lhaesin, this word will generally refer to an alloy of somewhere around 50% gold and 35% copper and 15% silver.

May 27, 2023

sun is zorn

sun = zorn (Lhaesin pronunciation = ZOHRN, rhymes with horn) (noun) (a few things Google found for "zorn": an uncommon last name, notably Swedish painter Anders Zorn; a rare first name; name of a river in eastern France; Son of Zorn is a 2016-2017 USA animated / live action sitcom; means "(somewhat formal) anger, wrath" in German; name of a town in Germany; name of a town in Guadalupe County, Texas)

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May 25, 2023

moon is isa

moon = isa (Lhaesin pronunciation = IH-SAH) (noun) (a few things Google found for "isa": in the UK an acronym for Individual Savings Account; in computing an acronym for Industry Standard Architecture; in Biblical references an abbreviation for Isiah; an uncommon first name than can be either masculine or feminine; romanization of the Arabic name used for Jesus in the Quran; an unusual last name; means "father" in Estonian; similar isä means "father" in Finnish; means "one" in Tagalog; name of a city in Kagoshima, Japan; name of a town in Okinawa, Japan; Isa Town in Bahrain; name of places in Nigeria; Mount Isa is a place in Queensland, Australia)

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May 23, 2023

star is avel

star = avel (Lhaesin pronunciation = AH-VEHL) (noun) (a few things Google found for "avel": an uncommon masculine first name; an unusual last name; an obsolete English word meaning "to pull away"; means "wind" in Breton; means "to come" in Romani; means "selective breeding (of animals)" in Swedish; a transliteration of Armenian word meaning "broom"; name of a place in Nigeria)

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May 21, 2023

platinum is ziyra

platinum = ziyra (Lhaesin pronunciation = ZEYE-RAH, first syllable vowel is long i) (noun) (adjective) (a few things Google found for "ziyra": a rare feminine first name; usernames, similar Zyra is a rare to unusual feminine first name)

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May 19, 2023

zinc is nimif

zinc = nimif (Lhaesin pronunciation = NIHM-IHF) (noun) (a few things Google found for "nimif": a song title by Marlon Dejadina who is a musical artist probably from the Philippines; NIMIF Tattoo in Prague, Czech Republic; an Indian brand of painkiller tablets containing nimesulide; an acronym for Noisy Image Multi-focus Image Fusion)

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May 17, 2023

electrum is goloren

electrum = goloren (Lhaesin pronunciation = GOH-LOH-REHN) (noun) (a few things Google found for "goloren": Goloren or similar Gölören is the name, or an also known by name, of a couple of places in Turkey; usernames; a rare last name)

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Electrum is a naturally occurring metal alloy of primarily gold and silver, containing between 20-80% silver. It can contain trace amounts of copper and other metals. In the ancient world, electrum was used for currency, to make jewelry and ornaments, for drinking vessels, and as an exterior coating for pyramids and obelisks.

In Lhaesin, this word will generally refer to an alloy of 50% gold and 50% silver, which would make it a 12K pale yellow gold with a greenish tinge.

May 15, 2023

plain is wesan

plain = wesan (Lhaesin pronunciation = WEHS-AHN) (noun) (a few things Google found for "wesan": means "to be" in Old English; a brand of colorful blankets; a rare first name; a rare last name; WESAN model Diehl water meters; Wesan Medical Equipment Co. in Michigan; means "sand" in Tok Pisin; similar wésan means "to soak, to steep" in Old English)

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May 5, 2023

mountain is riydas

 mountain = riydas (Lhaesin pronunciation = REYE-DAHS, first syllable vowel is long i) (noun) (a few things Google found for "riydas": internet usernames; a very rare name; somewhat similar Riydama is a town in Estonia)

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May 3, 2023

valley is fira

valley = fira (Lhaesin pronunciation = FIRR-AH) (noun) (a few things Google found for "fira": Fira (aka Firá) is the capital city of the Greek island of Santorini; an unusual feminine first name; Fira Sans is a sans-serif font; in Final Fantasy VIII, Fira is a second level fire-elemental attack magic spell; means "fair (community gathering)" in Catalan; means "celebrate" in Swedish)

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May 1, 2023

dust is nume

dust = nume (Lhaesin pronunciation = NOOM, rhymes with noon) (noun) (a few things Google found for "nume": NuMe hair styling tools and products; in literature, a god, particularly of Greco-Roman mythology; means "name" in Romanian; a Greek Rapper; an unusual last name; an Oceanic language with less than 1000 native speakers in Vanuatu; name of places in Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Estonia)

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