Help!!!

[VelvetSky]

I need help thinking of Japanese names for two animals. One animal is an albino white faced cockatiel(male) and a 7 foot burmese python also a male. My sister is looking for exotic names and something that would describe the animals. They are both very sweet temperaments and love to cuddle. If you have any ideas please feel free to help.

[Nattybumppo]

Originally Posted by VelvetSky

I need help thinking of Japanese names for two animals. One animal is an albino white faced cockatiel(male) and a 7 foot burmese python also a male. My sister is looking for exotic names and something that would describe the animals. They are both very sweet temperaments and love to cuddle. If you have any ideas please feel free to help.

How about for the cockatiel, シロ (Shiro)? It means "white" and sounds like a good pet name. My host family in Japan had a white cockatiel named Shiro, actually.

And for the snake, how about ナガ (Naga)? It recollects back to the Japanese word for "long" (nagai), and it's also a mythological reference- the naga are a supernatural race of snake-like beings in Indian mythology.

[MMM]

Are you sure you don't live in Japan, Natty?

[MarkDuff]

Originally Posted by MMM

Are you sure you don't live in Japan, Natty?

You don't have to live in Jpan to know the langue and about the mytholagy.

[Nattybumppo]

Originally Posted by MMM

Are you sure you don't live in Japan, Natty?

Heh, I'm sure. I used to, though.

Originally Posted by MarkDuff

You don't have to live in Jpan to know the langue and about the mytholagy.

That is some of the worst typing I've ever seen.

[MarkDuff]

Originally Posted by Nattybumppo

Heh, I'm sure. I used to, though.



That is some of the worst typing I've ever seen.

Oh that's my bad I didn't really read it be for I posted it. and I'm not that great of a speller ether..Sorry it my bad..

[MMM]

I think Natty got my point.

I find Nattybumppo's posts to be among the more readable.

[Katchan6]

Originally Posted by MarkDuff

Oh that's my bad I didn't really read it be for I posted it. and I'm not that great of a speller ether..Sorry it my bad..

u mean either
what about choco for the albino white faced cockatiel lol!

[LawrenceT]

Yeah, Shiro is quite a common name for a pet animal in Japan.

As for Naga, well, it is a nice choice, but something is missing. Let me suggest Nagahiko (for a boy) and Nagako (for a girl). Nagahiko can even be a human name. "Hiko" is related to Japanese gods, so it is very exotic.

I am a student and a part-time translator living in Kyoto.