[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries

[Josh Badgley]

vuQ...De'vamvaD qatlho'.  
'ach DaH Sepvetlh pong 'oH nu'SIylan'e' 'ej vIparHa'.  Sachmo' tlhIngan Hol jIQuch.  De' jengva'vam 'oHlaw' bI'reS'e'.  jISeyqu'.  
-- jhb

 > From: philip.newton at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:35:40 +0200
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries
> 
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 19:06, Josh Badgley <joshbadgley at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > The New Zealand thing throws me not because they didn't use the Maori name,
> > but because "New" does not translate to "nu"...I get the "SIylan" part
> > though..
> 
> In Tongan, it's Nu‘u Sila (Nu'u Sila); in Niuean, it's Niu Silani.
> 
> Both those Polynesian languages (many of whose speakers live in NZ)
> transcribed, rather than translated, the "New" bit.
> 
> Struck me as odd when I learned about that, but that's the way it is. *shrug*
> 
> Cheers,
> Philip
> -- 
> Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>
> 
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