Trekspam: Postscript

[bloodyrosemccoy]

For what it's worth, "nyota" means "star" in Swahili.

Make of that what you will.

Comments

[marag.livejournal.com]

And doesn't Uhura mean "freedom"? I seem to recall both names were picked specifically to mean something.

Awesome competent linguists FTW!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Close--uhuru is freedom. But yeah, I think that was done on purpose.

I just felt smart--I hadn't known her first name and got all excited when I knew what it meant!

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

'Hoshi' is star in Japanese, yeah? :p

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was an easy one. It also means "wish," depending on tonality and context.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

Would you also happen to know what 'Sato' means?

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

Not offhand, except that it's a common boy's name, but my dictionary says "village" or "hometown."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

Thank you for that.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Long i, IIRC.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

aww... did I mention that she's Too Damn Hot, in both her incarnations?