[Koha] [ByWater Partners] [Koha North America] Your suggestions for a new name of Koha NA

Chris Cormack chrisc at catalyst.net.nz
Wed Dec 23 08:12:12 NZDT 2015


* Lee Jamison (ldjamison at maryu.marywood.edu) wrote:
> Hello everyone (I'm representing a newly-partnered institution),
> 
> I've been reading the dialog between everyone and it made me ask myself
> "Why not bring the name back to Koha's original Māori roots?"
> 
> So I thought of *KohaMerica *(could perhaps even be called KM for short) as
> Merica is the Māori word for America.
> 
> It seems to roll off the tongue while still being unique and easy to
> identify.

Kia Lee mō tōu whakaaro

Engari kaore he kupu Merica kei roto i te reo Māori. 
Ko te kupa māori mō America, he Amerika

Ko ngā kupu mō United States of America, Te Honongoa o Amerika

Hi Lee, thanks for the thought

But there is no c in the māori language, the word for America
(generic) is Amerika, for the USA it is Te Honongoa o Amerika 

For South America = Amerika ki te tonga (America to the south)

Here ends a little te reo Māori lesson :)

Naku noa
Nā Chris

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Chris Cormack
Catalyst IT Ltd.
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