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How is 'Sininen' pronounced?

Honestly? I have no clue. ^^; It's Finnish. ^__^

Fair enough. :P

lol. I have a stuffed rabbit from my childhood called bluebaby.

Hm, I like Laine of the three. Vesi is okay, but Sininen seems too close to cinnamon. Though, Sini is cute.

Good luck! *snugs*

Heh. I like Sininen, followed by Vesi.

I can see a theme, I think. =D

(Sorry, what/who are you naming? I guess I should have been following you more closely... ;__;)

Can I add you more pondering: Meri (sea, like Atlantic, Pasific and such), Ulappa (the middle of the lake) and Aalto (same as Laine)?

Oh hey, someone other than Lin who speaks Finnish? Awesome. ^__^

I am naming a doll... and you're not on the doll filter, which means you haven't seen him and missed the "I need to name this guy (http://www.darkkingdom.com/bjd/blue01.jpg)" post. ^^; Heh. Whoops.

I saw Meri, but M has a character named Meriweather so I elected not to consider that one. ^^ Didn't see Ulappa. Hmm. Did see Aalto, but I was having a hard time telling which of the words that came up for 'wave' meant the water one or the hand one. x.@;;

Both Aalto and Laine refer to 'water' waves. Laine is a small wave or a bit more than a ripple of water. Aalto is used in reference to the middling and big waves.

o.o You have different words for different size waves? ... that reminds me of that old saying about Eskimos and words for 'snow'. ^.^;;

This comes a bit late and everything, but... Are his eyes supposed to be like that? You know, soulless?

If so, just name him Hauta. -.- Comes from Mariaanien hauta (The Mariana Trench, hauta is the trench part :D), but means "grave" in everyday usage. The word is also very close to (and likely derived from) "haudata", a verb meaning "to bury".

If not, then... you can continue considering what was already suggested. Or get more words: Koski (a rapid), Joki (a river), Lampi (a pond), Sade (rain), Luode (means both the low tide and northwest), Pisara (a drop; sadepisara = rain drop, kastepisare = dew drop), Kaste (dew on grass and flowers or an initiation rite like being baptized; tulikaste = baptism by fire, a chance to prove your worth; upotuskaste = immersion; aamukaste = the dew on grass and ground and such in the morning), Aarnihauta (a place where treasure is buried, can be marked by a heap of stones, can be guarded by blue or green will-o-the-wisps or aarni (=a kind of elf), can only be retrieved from the ground by doing certain things like throwing an iron horseshoe on it or unburying it with the same hand that buried it depending on the place/story, quite archaic word from folklore; can also mean the treasure but another word for a treasure buried in aarnihauta is aarnio which is even more archaic), Kimmellys or Kimallus (both mean glitter, shimmer etc.), Kiille (mica or dental enamel :/, very close to verb kiiltää (=to shine), can be thought to mean "that which shines"), Loiste (glow, shine, sheen), Loisto (glow or one of diamond's features: the way it reflects light; can also mean great or wonderful in colloquial use)...

Sorry for bothering you again and good luck with naming the doll!

Ahaha, no, that was a problem with photography and the fact that Tian's 18mm eyes didn't fit his 16mm head. I have since corrected the problem with 16mm rainbow eyes, but I have yet to get an updated picture. ^^;;

Oooh, more words. *_* Man, I know who to go pester the next time I need to name random characters. <3 The folklore lesson was fun too. ^__^ Whee.

Aah, sorry about the comment on the eyes! I don't really know anything about dolls so I wasn't sure whether the eyes were like that on purpose.

Pester all you want. I love coming up words for foreigners. It makes me appreciate Finnish like nothing else. ^___^

I was a tad afraid you might fall asleep during the folklore part. Can I add that the hand doesn't need to be connected to the body of the original burier...? xD

None of those three are normal Finnish first names but only sininen would sound weird to my ears. Then again, I've never been good at figuring out how the English speaking people actually pronounce names >.>

Sininen is spaced like 'si-ni-nen'. And pronounced like you would if those were in Japanese. Well, at least that's as close to the real pronunciation than I can explain. I've always been bad at all things pertaining to language, no matter the language. I'd like to mention that Sini is a female name in Finnish, as is Meri even though that one is much rarer and usually hyphenated. And yes, Finnish is my first language ^_^

Oh hey, two Finnish people! How cool. *_*

Figures that the one I liked the best would be the one that sounds strangest to a native speaker. Heh. Maybe I should just call him Sini... >.> Although, then I'd have two dolls with four letter names... ^^;;

I agree with Krimie. ^^

Tuuli is also a Finnish name for a female. It means a wind.

For some reason when I am supposed to remember names nothing comes into my mind... :D

*huugs*

What about, say, 'gift' or 'treasure' or 'sparkle'? Any of those sound nice in Finnish?

Er, and it doesn't have to be female. ^^; Technically the doll is male, he just happens to look like a girl. :)

Gift = Lahja
Treasure = Aarre (actually a male's name)
Sparkle = Kipinä (in Finnish this word is a verb, not reallly a noun... that was the closest I could come. Krimie, any ideas? ^^)

I kind of guessed your doll would be a male. :D I'm sure most people won't know if the name is meant for female or male so it's okay. Right? *giggles*

Where do you buy your dolls? They are awesome.

Tian is a B&G doll that I got off ebay because B&G's website is so awful. The one I'm trying to name now is a Bobobie doll, which was ordered from the company via a group order to save on shipping. :) There's a forum (Den of Angels (http://www.denofangels.com/forums/index.php)) that has aalllll sorts of information on this type of doll. ^__^ I frequent it constantly.

Oh, those are rather nice words too. I like both Lahja and Kipina... and Rapple typoed Sininen as Sinnien, which is pretty too... @.@

Thank you for the information! :D Let's see what happens when I start to explore...

Naming things is really difficult. I am really bad at it... which is why my sister usually ends up doing it. If I ever have children... I wish I could just name them "Child number 1" and so on. That would be so evil. Poor kids.

Careful! It's a very addictive hobby. ^^;

I can usually make up names from random letters, but that ability failed me for little blue doll. x.x; So I resort to naming method #2, which is pretty words in foreign languages. :)

Lahja is actually used as a female name. How do I know this? It's my grandmothers middle name ^^

Sparkle = Loiste (sparkle in reference to snow, or other shiny surfaces, kipinä = a spark from a fire)

Heh, glad to know the problem with naming is pretty much universal. It sucks not to be gifted with any kind of imagination. I so envy you people that manage any kind of creativity.

Oh pooh, Kipina wouldn't work then if it's a fire spark. :/

Names are forever my worst bane. But as long as I don't repeat the Hawaiian Names Incident, I shall be fine. ^^;

Oooh, Laine sounds nice. Still a bit feminine, though.

... You know? What about just calling him Blue? Simple, yet effective :P

That was my first thought, but I have an old character named Blue (http://www.darkkingdom.com/temp/blue.jpg) and... I think that would confuse me. >.> Not to mention be entirely uncreative. ^^; Though at the rate I'm going, he may wind up being called Blue regardless and I'll just have to deal. *sheepish*

Though at the rate I'm going

There are at least two posts about the name of this poor dude. And we all started, like you, with Blue Pretty/Baby/Whatever-y. It muste be a sign :P

Or maybe a sign, like you said, that we're entirely devoid of creativity x.x

I re-read Azure Seas and the Dragon Isles ebook a few days ago: have I mentioned how awesome you are? Because you are. Also, Trouble is <3.

^____^ Yes, yes he is. He so totally lives up to his name. He's going to be a real terror when he grows up. ^.^

Heh, sorry to come out of lurking and not comment on your stories first, but I just couldn't help myself. I'm finnish too ^-^
I suck with names, but if you need help with finnish and all your other very capable resources are busy, you can bug me ;D

The names you already have in mind sound wonderful, I hope you can pick one out that you find the most pleasing ^-^

And I swear, once I get myself straightened out, I'll be nice and drop a line in all your sparkly and lovely stories :)

Heehee. Hello other Finnish person! I am totally amused by the number of Finnish people. I think you are rivaling the Malaysians now. ^___^