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Helpit's better than being named after tuna ...
in reply to a message by Pickles
But shouting for your son Ahi in a crowded-with-Maori-speakers theater might present its own problems ...
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I don’t see what wrong with it. It’s not like you’re shouting inappropriate? It’s a Maori name.
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But is it a Maori *name* as opposed to a word? "Fire" is an English *word* but not a *name*. I'm guessing all or most cultures make at least some distinction between words and names. If Maoris regularly do use their word for fire as a name, then I guess, no there isn't much of a problem. But if they don't, aside from one or two painfully eccentric ones, then yes, they probably would, as a group, not think calling out their word for fire was a great idea; upon hearing it shouted, they might well react like an English speaker would upon hearing "fire" shouted.
Again, I don't know if Ahi is actually used by Maoris as a name.
Again, I don't know if Ahi is actually used by Maoris as a name.
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Well I’d assume it’s more of a word than a name, but apparently there was a Māori Tribe with this name, and a man named Mohi Te Ahi a Te Ngu. I don’t know if this if this is a title or not. So I’d assume it’s used as a name or something, just very obscure or something.
https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?&keywords=ahi
https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?&keywords=ahi
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I don't think it's too out there. I've never heard it before but it's not too fat off Archie which is ridiculously popular.
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Not if it's a name that is often used in Maori culture. I have no idea if it is or not, but if it is, there is nothing wrong with it.
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