Thread: So what does "Kaolla" mean anyway?

BS, put whip cream on top of that

well, cream is a wonderful accompaniment to any hot dessert dish, so I can't argue with that one

Goooood mooorning Molmol!!!

*the guest looks around to spot any armed bodyguards or martial arts schoolgirls*

Originally Posted by Mr.Anderson

Actually, 'Suu' (すう) means 'To inhale' or 'to breathe'.
But it kind of depends on with which characters you write it.
吸う (kanji suck/imbible/inhale/sip + u) means to smoke/to breathe in/to suck.
喫う (kanji consume/eat/drink/smoke/receive (a blow) + u) means to smoke.
You could also write it as this; 数 (kanji number/strength/fate/law/figures) which make the meaning figure or number.
And last 芻 which make it either grass cutting or hay (also the meaning of the kanji).

Going from what the first name was 'Aroma' I think the last name means 'To inhale' or 'To breathe in'. What seems to fit best would be 'To inhale aroma'.

So we're talking about smoking some hay and receiving a blow from the aroma? Sounds undoubtedly very Amallan Kaollan.

It would be interesting - and challenging - to check out some resources of Hawaiian or other Polynesian languages to find out whether Akamatsu-sensei used them as inspiration for the Molmol names (their forms, meanings, latin spellings). Another valid direction for research would be India; but to me, the names just feel like they hint towards the Pacific.

Does anyone know if the latin spellings were ever decided before "Love Hina" was translated into English? After all, there is some confusion in different media between Kaolla Su and Kaora Suu, Lamba Lu and Ramba Ru.

By the way, what is the correct adjective for Molmol? Molmolese, Molmolian, Molmolan (cf. Moroccan), Molmoli (cf. Israeli)? Molmolsh (cf. Welsh)?

Molmolrish (irish ) if Kaolla was to be any other national, it would be irish...

I think it would be Molmolian though

everywhere I've seen it referred to it's been as MolMolian.

MolMolish doesn't really work... most of the other ones sound strange when voiced out loud, but then it's a weird language

I'd say that either Molmolese or MolMolian was acceptable, but prefer MolMolian.

I've not found a definitive answer though

One fanfic I read - MediaMiner: Chapter 1 - goes further into some perhaps non-canon descriptions of old MolMol history and languages recommended read, even if only for Mary Su

Originally Posted by hinarei

I'd say that either Molmolese or MolMolian was acceptable, but prefer MolMolian.

One fanfic I read - MediaMiner: Chapter 1 - goes further into some perhaps non-canon descriptions of old MolMol history and languages recommended read, even if only for Mary Su

Wow, thanks Rei.

One further question: How many Molmolian words do we know from the LH canon? The names that I remember give this brief list:

Amalla
Kaolla
Lamba
Lu
Molmol
Su

Any further?

NANA'

'nana was one o_O

I recall Todai too that was a city name

Todai is Tokyo U, no?

and the Ancient ruins of Todai!!

Yah funny coincidence there, in't it? That people were striving to get to Todai in MolMol as well as Hinatasou

Almost horribly contrived to the point of being made up!

Oh, right...

you don't say??

It's just one of the amazing coincidences languages throw up. Countries in such proximity to each other are bound to have influences on each other's speech and perhaps customs too

Just for reference, Kaolla Su is written like this カオラ・スゥ

(I have yet to find a good meaning for it, if you read my other post, which is accurate, you'll notice that the characters are different though)

Originally Posted by Mr.Anderson

Just for reference, Kaolla Su is written like this カオラ・スゥ

I am not fluent with kana. Could someone please break this down for me?

I thought ka-o-ra su-[vowel extender] (katakana) or ka-o-ra su-u (hiragana) would make it five symbols total, not six.

Originally Posted by hinarei

you don't say??

It's just one of the amazing coincidences languages throw up. Countries in such proximity to each other are bound to have influences on each other's speech and perhaps customs too

Especially considering the amount of places Japan invaded in the past.

Originally Posted by Khamůl

I am not fluent with kana. Could someone please break this down for me?

I thought ka-o-ra su-[vowel extender] (katakana) or ka-o-ra su-u (hiragana) would make it five symbols total, not six.

I'm no expert or anything but that [vowel extender] What do you think that is?
Usually her last name is shown like this Sū, which seems the correct way to write Suu (the second u being a vowel extender). Just like in Keitarō as opposed to Keitarou which I always do.

If you have an u at the end is cases like su-u and ro-u then the u is the vowel extender which is still written.

(pretty much just using logic here, I've had no lessons in any form of character writing)

the six symbols Kata's talking about might refer to the dot/spacer character, which might be confusing?

カオラ・スゥ

the vowel extender is the small symbol ゥ after ス, yes? I've seen this written as ス-- as well.

Ow yeah, the little dot. I think they use it to separate first and last name.

To Hinaright: Thanks! That was new to me.

To Mr. Anderson: The names with ou (pronounced as ō) are an exception. For the rest of the cases, let me cite The Magnificent Encyclopedia by Humankind:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Katakana spelling differs slightly from hiragana. While hiragana spells long vowels with the addition of a second vowel kana, katakana usually uses a vowel extender mark called a chōon. This is a short line following the direction of the text, horizontal for yokogaki (horizontal text), and vertical for tategaki (vertical text). It is generally used in foreign loanwords; long vowels in katakana words of Japanese origin are usually spelt as they would be in hiragana. There are exceptions such as ローソク(蝋燭 rōsoku "candle") or ケータイ(携帯 kētai "mobile phone").

Katakana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia