LL-L "Language contacts" 2006.05.30 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 30 May 2006 * Volume 02
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From: "Heiko Evermann" <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language contacts" 2006.05.29 (07) [E]

Hi Ron,

> The study of phoneme inventory change by way of lexical loaning is pretty
> interesting.
Yes indeed.

I noticed some name adaptions in New Zealand. In one place there was a plate
at a building stating that Queen Elizabeth II had inaugurated the building.
In Maori she was called "Kuini Erihapeti" (see
http://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erihapeti_II_o_Ingarangi). And there are some
places in NZ named after biblical towns. (Missionaries seemed to like
that...). One town was called Jerusalem
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem,_New_Zealand) and in Maori this
became "Hiruharama".

Once you study the names in detail it makes sense. But to me English and
Maori
are so far apart in these cases that it is almost impossible to see the
relationship at first glance.

Kind regards,

Heiko Evermann

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language contacts

Thanks, Heiko.

It's "worse" in Hawaiian, due to phonemic "impoverishment":

Jerusalem: Ielukalema (~> Ierusalema)
Bethlehem: Pekelehema (~> Betelehema)
Elizabeth: Elikapeka
Andrew: Anakelea
Arthur: Aka
Anthony: Akoni
Alexander: Alekane
Beatrice: Peakalika
Christopher: Kilikikopa
Daniel: Kaniela
Dorothy: Kolokea
Douglas: Koukalaka
Edward: Ekewaka
Ferdinand: Pelekinako
Geoffrey: Keopele
George: Kelala
Justin: Iukekini
Katherine: Kakalina
Mildred: Miikeleka
Oswald: Okewoleka
Peter: Pekelo
Patricia: Pakelekia
Priscilla: Pelekila
Richard: Likele
Rosemary: Lokemele
Rupert: Lupeko
Stanley: Kanale
Steven: Kiwini
Susan: Kukana
Theodore: Keokolo
Thomas: Koma
Theresa: Keleka

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
(Lainahaka/Lona)*

P.S.:
laina: hives; cane trash; < line, verse, stanza
haka: to stare; shelf, (chicken) roost; oracle,
   medium, possessed person; hole, vacancy, vacant;
   < heart(s) (in card game)
lona: straight, direct; useless, vain

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