Nawuhu/Translated Wuhu Island placenames

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This page stores all the translated names for the various locations in Wii Sports Resort. All US and PAL names are taken from the Wiikipedia page.

Islands

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Wuhu Island Akka Wúhu Land of the Wuhu
Wedge Island Akka Wéiju Land of the Wedge tribe
Akka Koloh (colloquial) Land of Golf
Deserted Island Small Deserted Island Akka Pidago Land of Nobody
Private Island Spacious Deserted Island Akka Minkan (official) Private Island
Akka Ádou (advertising) Land for You
Akka Pouma (colloquial) Land for One Tourist

Natural landmarks

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Barnacle Arch Neptune's Ring Tiukva Monu Stone Worm
Camel Rock Maka’an Two Gods
Duckling Lake Ewa Maka’ai Lake of the Gods
Evergreen Grove Woodland Park Muéida Maka Garden of the Mountain God
Gateway to Wuhu Triton's Ring Tiukva Samuk Sand Worm[1]
Heartbreak Peak Maka Muicinagi Mountain of Contemplation
Hilltop Overlook Gogobá Ovjebe Cocoba Overlook[2]
Lone Cedar Lone Cedar Tree Dunisúlu (See Nawuhu mythology.)
Maka Wuhu Mount Tenganamanga[3] Maka Wúhu God, Mount Wuhu, The Supreme Mountain
Needlepoint Spire Needlepoint Crag Nabuta Di’i Great Spear
Pirate's Eye Lighthouse Ring Oangau Kelapon The Second Eye of the Cyclops
Sea Serpent's Cavern Nójagolókoa The Sea Serpent
Silky Sands Silky Soft Sandpit Samak Melhao Smooth Sand
Starry Beach Stardust Beach I’iki Bédo Star Beach
Stillwater Grotto Twisty Passage Togeka Lhí Tiny Cave
Sugarsand Beach Samakai Di’i,
Samakai		 Great Sands, often shortened to
simply "Sands"
Summerstone Falls Shrieking Falls Mepatetéka (See Nawuhu mythology.)
Konati Takia Lesser Nachi Falls[4]
Sundown Point Paba Tupi’iyáki Sunset Place
Swaying Bridge Komobí Yepíkye Rickety/Unstable Bridge
Talon Rock Icarus Bluff Nabuta Laladaku Laladak's Spear
Wuhu Island River
(Crystal River in Wii Fit)		 Waha The River

Tunnels

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Cedar-Tree Tunnel Tunnel to the Cedar Tree Dunisúlu’u Pwígo’o Tunnel to Dunisúlu
Heart of Maka Wuhu Rocky Tunnel Maka Sulgi Heart of the Mountain [God]
Island Loop Tunnel 1 Maka Pwígo’o 1 Mountain Tunnel 1
Island Loop Tunnel 2 Maka Pwígo’o 2 Mountain Tunnel 2
Lava Tube Pitch-Black Grotto Kaznah Pwígo’o Hell Tunnel
Serpent's Mouth E’ehi Nójagolókoau Mouth of the Sea Serpent

Monuments/Menhirs

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Forest Monument Menhirs of the Forest Muéida Najozai Guardians of the Garden
Lava Monument Menhirs of Ember Kaznah Keyim Gate of Hell
Mountain Monument Menhirs of Dispair Janá Najozan The Two Guardians of Life
Toppled Monument Menhir Fragments Mvla Se’enu Monument of the Dead
Weathered Monument Kejaha The Weight[5]
Nehaubvs "Reclining Buddha",[6]
"Sleeping Buddha"

The Mysterious Ruins

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Entrance to the Mysterious Ruins Kv Alhá Poumu Jidó'opaek Old Town Car Park for tourists
Cliffside Ruins Clifftop Ruins Maju Mikiká The Temple High Above
Mysterious Ruins Mysterious Ancient Ruins Kv Alhá Old Town

Sea spots

Sea spots(Nawuhu: Yalmau Kopíai; lit. Sea's Spots, Sea's Secret Places) are specific places in the surrounding ocean of Wuhu Island that are mythologically or culturally important in Nawuhu mythology and Nawuhu folk religion as a whole. The oldest sea spots are rooted in centuries-old mythology: for example, the area that is currently used for wakeboarding by tourists is known as the Nojagolókopi; the supposed grave of the legendary Sea Serpent, Nojagolókoa.

Man-made landmarks

Name Nawuhu name Translation
US Name PAL Name
Broken Clock Tower Silent Clock Tower Tamurau Toké’e Tamura's Watch[7]
  1. ^ I have never watched or read Dune, shut up.
  2. ^ "Cocoba" in this case refers to the entirety of Wuhu Town.
  3. ^ From Wedge tenganmânga [teŋanˈmaŋa] "volcano people"
  4. ^ During Japanese occupation, Japanese Shinto practitioners used the waterfall to perform misogi(禊) , a traditional Shinto ritual involving a waterfall. Back in Japan, the Nachi Falls are a popular destination to perform misogi due to it being the waterfall with the longest drop in the country. Thus, in honour of Nachi Falls, Shinto monks called the waterfall on Wuhu Island "小那智滝"(Hepburn: Ko-Nachi no Taki), "Lesser Nachi Falls", due to it being smaller than Nachi Falls by about 30 metres. Although this term was primarily used by Japanese Shinto practitioniers who left the island after Allied liberation in 1945, the term remained popular with Japanese Buddhists, who performed sādhanā(Japanese: 修行, Hepburn: shu-gyō) under the waterfall.
  5. ^ In Wuhu mythology, the Kejaha was used to tell the mood of Maka Wuhu. Though many see it as a superstition, it did fairly accurately predict the 1809 eruption of Maka Wuhu.
  6. ^ During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the Kejaha and a reclining Buddha statue, and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, Hepburn: nehanbutsu), which was loaned into Nawuhu as Nehaubvs.
  7. ^ Yukio Tamura(田村雪雄) was the final Japanese colonial administrator of Japanese-occupied Wuhu Island, maintaining his tenure from February 1944 till the end of the war in 1945. According to local folklore, Tamura never wore a wristwatch in public, despite most of his predecessors often boasting expensive wristwatches in public appearances. Thus, many locals joked that Tamura simply used the Clock Tower(ironically built by Tamura's predecessor Saburō Yamaguchi(山口三郎)) to check the time, leading to the clock's naming.
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