What's in a name?

[Enn49]

I have just ordered a Cyriopagopus sp. Hati hati, been wanting one for sooo long, and have been searching for care out of interest and came across this caresheet http://www.spiderloverpetshop.com/news--caresheet/cyriopagopus-sp-hati-hati-caresheet. Now I had already read that Hati means “heart” in Indonesian and that Hati Hati means “watch the heart”. I used Google Translate to read that caresheet and it made me chuckle because from Sudanese it translates as “be careful”

 

[kormath]

that's interesting

 

[Chingz]

Hello.. Hope I can put my two cents here.
I am from Indonesia, and allow me to tell you what 'hati-hati' means. XD
It actually means BE CAREFUL.
Like: be careful its hot,
Be careful its dangerous,
Be careful the knife is sharp,
Be careful the animal bites,
Be careful, words can hurt....

HATI means HEART, yes. But Hati-hati doesn't have anything to do with heart.
Was it confusing? Hahahahha.. Lots of Asian words are like that (example: in chinese, 'xie xie' means thankyou, but 'xie' alone will means differently).

Sudanese (Africans) or Sundanese? Because Sundanese is a part of Melayunese race spread in Indonesia's Java island.

Hope I didn't throw anything out of the table here..

 

[Enn49]

Hello.. Hope I can put my two cents here.
I am from Indonesia, and allow me to tell you what 'hati-hati' means. XD
It actually means BE CAREFUL.
Like: be careful its hot,
Be careful its dangerous,
Be careful the knife is sharp,
Be careful the animal bites,
Be careful, words can hurt....

HATI means HEART, yes. But Hati-hati doesn't have anything to do with heart.
Was it confusing? Hahahahha.. Lots of Asian words are like that (example: in chinese, 'xie xie' means thankyou, but 'xie' alone will means differently).

Sudanese (Africans) or Sundanese? Because Sundanese is a part of Melayunese race spread in Indonesia's Java island.

Hope I didn't throw anything out of the table here..

Thank you for clarifying things. It's great to have someone who knows the language explain the true meaning.

I have already picked Java as its name when it comes so that ties in nicely too

 

[Chingz]

Hahaha.. No biggie. I believe you would do the same thing too..
The hatihati came from Celebes (Sulawesi) island. That's the big letter 'K' island in Indonesia.
So for me (really subjective), it will be really entertaining to see a Sulawesinese called 'Java'. But if you like it, then go with it... I do believe in personal taste.
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

And the word hatihati was used nationaly (also with Malaysian) not just in one island or region. Its the national language (not regional dialect).

Uhh.. Sorry, didnt mean to instruct / drove you to any direction.

 

[Enn49]

Hahaha.. No biggie. I believe you would do the same thing too..
The hatihati came from Celebes (Sulawesi) island. That's the big letter 'K' island in Indonesia.
So for me (really subjective), it will be really entertaining to see a Sulawesinese called 'Java'. But if you like it, then go with it... I do believe in personal taste.
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

And the word hatihati was used nationaly (also with Malaysian) not just in one island or region. Its the national language (not regional dialect).

Uhh.. Sorry, didnt mean to instruct / drove you to any direction.

I have done some research on Sulawesi and come up with a better and more appropriate name, I like to pick names connected with the country of origin if I can so now it will be called Sempu after the Sulawesi volcano.

Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction and unknowingly giving me a geography lesson

 

[kormath]

Hahaha.. No biggie. I believe you would do the same thing too..
The hatihati came from Celebes (Sulawesi) island. That's the big letter 'K' island in Indonesia.
So for me (really subjective), it will be really entertaining to see a Sulawesinese called 'Java'. But if you like it, then go with it... I do believe in personal taste.
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

And the word hatihati was used nationaly (also with Malaysian) not just in one island or region. Its the national language (not regional dialect).

Uhh.. Sorry, didnt mean to instruct / drove you to any direction.

Don't be sorry input like this is awesome!

 

[Enn49]

I've just had the email to say Sempu and co are on their way so I'm hoping they'll be here by the end of the week

 

[Chingz]

Volcano. Wow, thats a good idea!!!!!
I will do that to my spidey too as I haven't decided on the name yet.
Good starting point.
XD XD XD