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the origin of yoda's name
the origin of yoda's name
doc.jones
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Hi there
I'm new here and the reason I joint up is mainly ( but not only ) this:
The origin of yoda's name has always sounded a little far fech to me.
you know all that about old style names that almost sounds like yoda but not exactly, and means all kind of cool shit.
Then back in 1998 I was traveling in sri lanka and on the way to a wild preserve,
we drive by a big lake and the guide turns to me and point at an big buddistic temple, and say's " that is the biggest dagobar on sri lanka" and I go what?? ( because of the dagobar name, I thought thats funny maybe lucas got the name for yoda's exile planet from these temples.
the guide then continues " yes yes the biggest dagobar are right here at the shores of lake YODA....."
Imagen my surprise.
now my topic for this threat is isn't it more likely that at some point Lucas was there at the shores of lake Yoda by the biggest dagobar in the world and he thought "hey thats a cool name I think I will use that in my sci-fi movie"???
you don't have to take my word for it, just check google maps or earth search lake yoda. :)
RRS-1980
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Emperor's Handhttp://amazinglanka.com/tanks/yoda-mannar/index.php
Don't forget "Minch" :)
How did I accomplish that (considering my age) is my secret...
doc.jones
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amazing and that isn't even the one one I talk't about ( that one is in the south part of sri lanka ) so Yoda is local dialect for giant hmmmm go figure.
Oh yes the Minch variation of the name, but alas no I didn't drive by no lake Minch :D
doc.jones
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I meant this one
DuracellEnergizer
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Ce n'est pas DuracellEnergizerIs it just me, or does Yoda Lake look like a three-toed foot?
God doesn't think in terms of black or white - or even shades of gray - but in big, bright, bold hues of blue and orange.
doc.jones
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Not quite like Yoda's but yes the foot I see.........
(maybe George flew over, look't out the cocpit window and thought "hmmmmm
that look's like the jedi masters foot wonder what that lake is call'd? ")
doc.jones
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so I take it no one disagrees ??????
Cooooool ;)
twister111
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TV's Frink got me into the dark side of the force!doc.jones said:
That image made think of Pikachu for some reason so went image searching.
doc.jones
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I can see why The triangle in the top and the more organic shapes at the bottom is a little like pikachu's tail and body. Jedi Pikachu does he evolve into Sith Pikachu?????
doc.jones
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This is what they write about Yoda's name on wookipidia
The name Yoda may be derived from 'Yoddha', the Sanskrit word for 'warrior.' The name may also be connected to the Hebrew ???(Pronounced: "Yodea"), meaning "He knows" or "One who knows". Additionally some believe the name might also be a reference to the teachings of Yoga, an ancient eastern mind, body and spiritual practice that influenced many vital energy based martial art forms in the far east, such as Tai Chi, and almost certainly inspired many of the concepts and abilities demonstrated by both light and dark side Force users in Star Wars.
what bugs me about this reasoning is none of the sources actually is YODA it's almost and Like and derived from......
so personally I think my source is more likely to be the true one. ( unfortunately it means that yoda's name doesn't have a cool meaning )
Mrebo
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It is awfully striking; hard to believe it could only be a coincidence that Yoda and Dagoba(h/r) are so connected. I've been waiting for those more knowledgeable to chime in! Possible linguistic connections are also interesting to me, though it's too bad "yoda" is not apparently an "ultra-conserved" word.
This is not a lightsaber. Nor a euphemism.
doc.jones
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Maybe it's a Galactic conserved word
you know "once upon a time in a galaxy far far away"
twister111
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TV's Frink got me into the dark side of the force!doc.jones said:
The name may also be connected to the Hebrew ???(Pronounced: "Yodea"), meaning "He knows" or "One who knows".
Well if you want to bring Hebrew into it the female or feminine version of the word "knowing" is pronounced "Yoda'at". The hebrew word for "She" is pronounced like "He". So if you wanted to say that "she knows" you'd say "He Yoda'at". So I suppose it is possible that if you're speaking fast it could sound like "Yoda".
If you want to be really confused read on. In Hebrew who is he, me is who, and he is she. So "Who Yodea" and "He Yoda'at". Never "He Yodea" or "Who Yoda'at". But "Me zah Yoda?" Is okay if you're asking "Who's Yoda?" and "Who Yoda" would an appropriate response to "Me zah Yoda?".
Also I would use the Hebrew characters here to make things a little more clear but I don't think they work on this forum.
doc.jones said:
Jedi Pikachu does he evolve into Sith Pikachu?????
Sith Pikachu would merely need to be a state of mind change for Jedi Pikachu to become. Either that or the temptation of cookies.
the origin of yoda's name