[Assam] Elephant Baby Name

[Ram Sarangapani]

That was a great choice C'da.
We were just discussing and names like Majoni also came up. But in the end
we also liked Aajoli for all the reasons you gave.

Houston is also expecting one on Labor Day.

--Ram


On 8/5/06, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> A baby was born to Ellie and Raja, a pair of Asian elephants at the
> St. Louis Zoo. There is a naming contest afoot.
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> >This is what I posted at :
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> http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/news-talk-of-the-day/2006/08/its-a-girl-elephant-what-would-you-name-her/comment-page-53/#comments
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> >Mine was post # 264
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> >I propose Aajoli.
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> >"Aajoli" means 'simple, harmless, innocent, childlike etc.' in the
> >Assamese language.
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> >I was told that Ellie, the mother, came from Assam state, from
> >India's north-eastern frontier. Assam is home to a large remaining
> >contingent of Asian elephants. It is also home to many endangered
> >species, like the one horned Asian rhino. So I thought an Assamese
> >name, easy on the American tongue, will do justice to the elephant
> >calf, obviously a darling to us St. Louisans.
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> >Furthermore, the Aajoli name sounds intuitively related to both Raja
> >( the daddy) and Ellie ( the mom).
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> >Of course the fact that I too am a native of Assam and the Assamese
> >language is my mother-tongue, has absolutely nothing to do with my
> >choice :-).
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