Igama elithi "Arkansas" libonisa kokubili amafa ethu aseFrance naseMelika aseMelika. I-Kansas ne-Arkansas zivela emagameni afanayo okuyizimpande (kká: ze) eyayiyigama lesiSiouan elibhekisela kumalungu egatsha laseDhegiha lomndeni waseSiouan. Kwakusetshenziselwa ukuchaza isizwe seKhansa esifundazweni esasizoba iKansas. Kuthiwa kuthiwa "abantu bomoya waseningizimu."
Abanye babahlali bethu bokuqala babeyiFulentshi. Abahlali baseFrance bazwa iQuapaw ibiza abantu baseArkansa.
Ngakho-ke, amaFulentshi ayeqala ukubhekisela e-Arkansas ngokubhala ngokuthi "i-Arkansaes" ne-"Arkancas." Isipelingi sesiFulentshi kaningi sinezela S ngokuthula ekupheleni kwamagama. I-Arkansas Gazette ibeka phambili ukupelisa i-Arkansas ngokuphrinta.
Ngakho-ke, kungani singasho i-ar-KAN-zuhss ngaleso sikhathi? Uma liyizwi elifanayo, akufanele yini libizwe elifanayo? Ngokusho kwezazi-mlando, yi-Kansas okungalungile ekulimeni, hhayi kithi. Izazi-mlando zithi "KAN-zuhss" ngokusobala indlela yeNgisi yokumemezela nokupela igama, kuyilapho sikhuluma ngokulungile, yize sibheka indlela yesiFulentshi.
Abalando-mlando bahle kakhulu ngalokhu. Kunomqulu wamakhasi angu-30 obika umhlangano womlando womlando wesifunda sase-Arkansas, nomphakathi we-Eclectic, we-Little Rock, i-Ark. Ngo-1881 ngalolu daba.
Ngakho-ke, kusobala ukuthi igama elithi Kansas lifakwe ngesiNgisi, kanti igama elithi Arkansas liyizinhlamvu zesiFulentshi, nokuthi amagama amabili akufanele abizwe ngokufanayo ...
Isipelingi samanje sikhombisa ngokucacile ubuzwe bezintatheli ezaqala ukuhlakulela ukuhlola leli zwe elikhulu. Imodi yesichazamazwi samanje yokumemezela ukuthi leli gama lenzani ubudlova eqinisweni lokuqala lomlando, futhi ukulahla lokhu bese ushintsha isipelingi kungenza ubudlova kuqinisile iqiniso lesibili. Womabili amaqiniso afanelekele ukulondolozwa.
Ngakho-ke, ukuthi i-Ar-KAN-zuhss yenza ubudlova kumaqiniso omlando. Unayo leyo, ngaphandle kwabaningi? I-Arkansas General Assembly empeleni yayibizwa ukuba ilawulwe ngokubiza igama lezwe, ngosizo lwe-Historical Society.
Ngakho-ke kufanele kube nokuxazululwa yiZindlu zombili ze-General Assembly, Ukuthi ukubizwa okuyiqiniso kuphela kwegama likaHulumeni, ngokwemibono yalo mzimba, yilokho okwamukelwe igama lesiFulentshi elimele umsindo; nokuthi kufanele kukhulunywe ngamagama amathathu, kanti "ukuthula" kokugcina kuyathula. I "a" ku-syllable ngayinye ngomsindo we-Italian, futhi isichazamazwi esilayiselini sokuqala nesokugcina, kube yilokho okushiwo ngokusemthethweni emhlabeni jikelele futhi manje okwamanje kuvame ukusetshenziswa kakhulu; nokuthi ukubiza ngezwi elisemthethweni wesigcawu sesibili, ngokuzwakala kwe "a" kumuntu, nokuzwakala kwe-terminal "sindlela entsha yokudangala.
Leli gama lingatholakala ngempela e-Arkansas Code. Kuyinto Isihloko 1, Isahluko 4, Isigaba 105, Ukubizwa ngegama likahulumeni. Singomunye wabambalwa abasho ukuthi ngempela banomthetho mayelana nokubiza kwethu.
Okuletha iphuzu elilandelayo. Kube khona amahemuhemu ku-intanethi kusukela kube ne-intanethi ukuthi akungekho emthethweni ukungahambisani negama le-Arkansas futhi ungabhekana nezinhlawulo ezincane (abanye baze bathi isikhathi sejele). Njengoba i-General Assembly kwadingeka ihlangane ukuze ikwazi ukuyiqonda, ngicabanga ukuthi kungase kube yinkinga ejele abampofu abampofu abavakashela eKansas bese beza lapha. Ukusesha ikhodi, abukho ubufakazi bokuthi akungekho emthethweni ukungahambisani negama. Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi amahemuhemu avela eqinisweni lokuthi sinegama "lokubiza" ekhodi yethu, futhi amagama athi: "ukuzwakala kwe-terminal" kuyindlela entsha yokudangala. "
Kudikibala, kodwa cishe ngeke uye ejele. Singase sikuhlekehle kancane.
Igama le-Little Rock lincane kakhulu. I-Little Rock empeleni yayibizwa ngegama elincane. Abahamba ngezinyawo zakuqala basebenzisa ukukhishwa ngamatshe ebhange loMfula i-Arkansas njengendlela ephawulekayo. "I- La Petite Roche " ibonise ukuguqulwa ukusuka esifundeni saseNorth Mississippi eNtshonalanga kuya emagqumeni ase-Ouachita Mountain.
Abagibeli babezobhekisela kule ndawo ngokuthi "idwala elincane" futhi igama linamathele.
I-Arkansas yiyona "isimo esingokwemvelo" futhi isiqubulo sethu sezwe "i-regnat populus" (isiLatini esithi "abantu babusa").