Shikona that have meanings in other languages

[Kintamayama 45,527]

I love the shikona stuff. So now we have a rikishi names Rikishin. We had a a Nishi- that was fun. My all-time favorite is of course Sentoryuu- derived from St. Louis, Henry's shusshin.

Some shikona have meaning in Hebrew. The new shikona Daiamami sounds normal to me because in Hebrew, Daiamami means "pretty much down-to-earth". It just doesn't get cooler than that. Kise in Hebrew is chair. You can imagine what I imagine when I hear Kisenosato (a chair no one sat on?). Ishiura means "private he's bad".

[Senkoho 552]

Kozakura is "goat hen" in Polish

[Stelios 30]

Ura means urine in Greek!

[robnplunder 976]

I went through all the Makuuchi & Juryo shikona, one kanji letter at a time.  Ura and I share a common kanji letter, 宇.  

Goshi = Gosh!

Edited December 1, 2016 by robnplunder

[Raishu 208]

Amakaze almost sounds like "arme Katze" (poor cat) in German. And to round it up, the shikona of Kise beya's Shiba reminds of "Sheba" (popular cat food in Germany). I hope both will meet on the dohyo some day. Watching the poor cat chasing the cat food should be a lot of fun.

Aside from that:

Jk9 Wada = World Anti-Doping Agency

Jk6 Fubu = baggy clothing brand

[Mihasan 13]

1 hour ago, Senkoho said:

Kozakura is "goat hen" in Polish

It's the same in Slovene ;)
 

[Mihasan 13]

1 hour ago, Stelios said:

Ura means urine in Greek!

In Slovene it means clock.
 

[Asashosakari 19,655]

Relevant:

Sadly, the links are all broken because the DB has changed location.

[Asashosakari 19,655]

By the way, I've been meaning to ask for a long time: Does Seiro sound like zéro to French native speakers? It's not quite the same initial sound, of course.

In German, Abi is short for a high school degree (Abitur). And in certain dialects, Kenshin arguably sounds like a pot of coffee.

Edited December 1, 2016 by Asashosakari

[Raishu 208]

47 minutes ago, Asashosakari said:

[...] And in certain dialects, Kenshin arguably sounds like a pot of coffee.

That applies for the region where I come from. Nice one!

 

And Hollywood couldn't make a better story than what happened on Day 6 during Aki Basho 2015.

We saw Suga (sugar, German: Zucker) facing Kenshin (pot of coffee, German: Kännchen).

http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi_opp.aspx?r=12196&r2=12209

The winner does not come as a surprise!

[kuroimori 1,634]

Ryuden sounds quite close to "male dogs" in German (Rüden, plural)

[Atenzan 1,084]

4 hours ago, Stelios said:

Ura means urine in Greek!

It also used to mean "hurray", which led to the unfortunate headline: Τα ούρα για τον Δομάζο κατέκλυσαν το γήπεδο (The chants of hurrah/the urine for Domazos overflowed the stadium- Domazos being a popular Panathinaikos footballer of old) 

[Naganoyama 5,948]

2 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Relevant:

Sadly, the links are all broken because the DB has changed location.

 

On 8/12/2009 at 16:09, Randomitsuki said:

Here are 17 bouts between rikishi that I would have loved to see if they had ever come to pass:

1) A really musical conflict between this guy and that guy

2) A bout for bird lovers between this guy and that guy.

3) A bout for those who speak English between this guy and that guy.

4) Another bout for English speakers between this guy and that guy.

5) And another bout for English speakers between this guy (he has a nice second name as well) and that guy.

6) Martial Arts at its best between this guy and that guy.

7) Boy meets girl (look for initial shikona)

8) It must have been a dirty bout between this guy and that guy.

9) A bout of rank-and-filers between this guy and that guy.

10) "Say hi!" vs. "Say ho!"

11) A really playful bout between this guy and that guy.

12) An African bout between this guy and that guy.

13) A bout of regions between this guy and that guy.

14) A bout of charisma between this guy and that guy.

15) A somewhat bizarre bout between this guy and that guy.

16) A bout that is only interesting on second sight between this guy and that acronym

17) And a bout with Forum implications between this nice person and that nice person (look at the second shikona in the shikona list).

 

On 8/12/2009 at 17:25, Randomitsuki said:

And, of course there is the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.

 

Becomes (with the updated DB location):

1) A really musical conflict between this guy and that guy

2) A bout for bird lovers between this guy and that guy.

3) A bout for those who speak English between this guy and that guy.

4) Another bout for English speakers between this guy and that guy.

5) And another bout for English speakers between this guy (he has a nice second name as well) and that guy.

6) Martial Arts at its best between this guy and that guy.

7) Boy meets girl (look for initial shikona)

8) It must have been a dirty bout between this guy and that guy.

9) A bout of rank-and-filers between this guy and that guy.

10) "Say hi!" vs. "Say ho!"

11) A really playful bout between this guy and that guy.

12) An African bout between this guy and that guy.

13) A bout of regions between this guy and that guy.

14) A bout of charisma between this guy and that guy.

15) A somewhat bizarre bout between this guy and that guy.

16) A bout that is only interesting on second sight between this guy and that acronym

17) And a bout with Forum implications between this nice person and that nice that nice person (look at the second shikona in the shikona list).

And, of course there is the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.

[Kintamayama 45,527]

Ura in Hebrew means "Wake up!!".

[shumitto 418]

3 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

By the way, I've been meaning to ask for a long time: Does Seiro sound like zéro to French native speakers? It's not quite the same initial sound, of course.

I am not the native speaker you are looking for, but I am afraid not. But the Spanish equivalent "cero", specially in some Latin American pronunciations, sounds closer to Seiro.

http://es.forvo.com/word/cero/#es

After hearing it again, I think not. Anyway, I have just remembered that in Hungarian mythology Hadak Ura means Warlord. I think Ura is lord, but you better check it.

Edited December 1, 2016 by shumitto
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[Sakura 1,495]

In English there is always Bushi.

[Benihana 1,937]

I think the marines like Ura, too. OORAH!

Afaik Endo is a greek word, or part of a word. Heard that somewhere.

I don't know if Gagamaru has any meaning in another language, but i associate maru with ships. And gaga means crazy. So when i hear Gagamaru, i see a disney-style picture of a ship with Pinky's face. *NARF*

[just_some_guy 284]

"Gaga" brings to mind Lady Gaga, which leads me to picture her face on Gagamaru's body, which resulting image is the stuff of nightmares.

[Rocks 1,809]

Please, Gagamaru's face is bad enough.

[Benevolance 2,511]

Gaga has in fact commented on that before, pointing out that he was Gaga before she was Gaga.

[Bumpkin 438]

1 hour ago, just_some_guy said:

"Gaga" brings to mind Lady Gaga, which leads me to picture her face on Gagamaru's body, which resulting image is the stuff of nightmares.

Imagine Gagamaru's face on Lady Gaga's body!

[HYI 8]

Kidai in Russian means "throw", Ura→«hooray»

And Nogami "Legs"

(By Google translate)

[Benevolance 2,511]

Homarenishiki means Homarefuji in Canadian, so you can all surely understand why that one is so confusing. 

[Atenzan 1,084]

On 12/1/2016 at 20:59, Benihana said:

Endo is a greek word, or part of a word

It's the prefix inter-, "within".

[Benihana 1,937]

3 hours ago, McBugger said:

It's the prefix inter-, "within".

Sometimes i feel stupid. Endothermic reaction...'nuff said. Now they need a rikishi called Exo