Re: On Translating geographical names

[danilo gnome org (Danilo Åegan)]

Today at 17:12, Raphael Higino wrote:

>> > "tonic"?
>>
>> I believe it means "voiced", "pronounced" or "loud".  I.e. you can
>> hear it being said.  (I don't know if it's Latin or something, but it
>> certainly sounds familiar to me; OTOH, I may be talking utter crap ;-)
>
> I didn't know what word should be used to show the idea. I mean the 'y' is
> the stronger syllable in the word (please tell me how I say this in
> English).

If we're talking about the same thing, I believe it should be "voiced"
(my dictionary says that's what's used in linguistics).

> The name of the city doesn't come from Latin.

I was talking about the word "tonic", not the city name ;-)

Cheers,
Danilo