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HelpRe: Caia
in reply to a message by Chococat
It's a fem form of Caius all right, but I'm not sure why you would emphasise the second syllable. KYE-ah would have been more intuitive as well as more Latin.
In southern Africa, people are familiar with Kaia or Kaya (usual spellings) meaning a house in the Nguni languages. This, in the form of "picannini Kaya", came to mean an outhouse (= outdoor toilet), so people used to ask, when visiting friends for the first time, "Where's the PK?" This habit is fading, but it would still surprise me to meet a Kaia or a Caia.
That said, Makaya Ntini is a national sporting hero in South Africa and was named "Houses" presumably from the suggestion of prosperity and stability. A very different message.
In southern Africa, people are familiar with Kaia or Kaya (usual spellings) meaning a house in the Nguni languages. This, in the form of "picannini Kaya", came to mean an outhouse (= outdoor toilet), so people used to ask, when visiting friends for the first time, "Where's the PK?" This habit is fading, but it would still surprise me to meet a Kaia or a Caia.
That said, Makaya Ntini is a national sporting hero in South Africa and was named "Houses" presumably from the suggestion of prosperity and stability. A very different message.
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