lapis lazuli

Online Etymology Dictionary:
azure c.1325, from O.Fr. azur, false separation of Arabic lazaward "lapis lazuli," as though the -l- were the French article l'. The Arabic name is from Pers. lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by Marco Polo, where the stone was collected.

Yes! Yes to all!

English: lapizure
French: lapissouré
Spanish: lapis azules
Italian: la pizzoli
German: das lupingöethas
Chinese: laiping xuliang
Pig Latin: pislay zuray
Redneck: that thar blue thang

Two Chinamen, behind them a third,
Are carved in lapis lazuli,
Over them flies a long-legged bird,
A symbol of longevity;
The third, doubtless a serving-man,
Carries a musical instrument.

from the poem lapis lazuli by W.B. Yeats.

personally, I like lapis lazuli as is. Maybe it's an Irish thing. yer mamma eats fauxtatoes, uselessness! :-}

No thanks. It sounds like...well it sounds...never mind. I'll stick with lapis.

How about lapissouré?

Wait, we could still salvage lapizure! Call it...let's see...the sound a dog makes while drinking water! Yeah, that's it. Lapizure.

Hmm, come to think of it, it is a little too close phonetically to seizure, isn't it? Back to the drawing board.

Lapis azure, yes. Lapizure makes *me* heave.

How did you know my last name? Stalker!! Betcha don't know what the F. stands for. Wait, don't answer that. ;-)

reesetee: I do like azure. That helps. Can't we just call this lapis azure? Or maybe lapizure?

Oh no! One of those ubiquitous spam names! I have quite a collection of them, if I may say so.

u, does it help to know that lazuli (don't heave!) comes from the same root as azure? *That's* a nice word....

I don't know. I kind of like the juxtaposition. I guess you could just call it lapis for short. Like a nickname. You don't call your friends by their full names all the time, do you? uselessness F. Corroborate?

I am modestly bugged by this. Lapis is one of the most beautiful words I know, but lazuli makes me heave. How does one reconcile the two?