Well, "O" adds respect to the word... tea is "cha" and a lot of people will say "ocha" instead. As for chuu... well... It's the sound effect of a kiss? Sometimes for a mouse, too? XD I'm honestly not sure what it's supposed to mean. In Zelda I think there's an enemy called a "Chuu," and I know Pokemon's "Pikachuu" has the same thing going. But no, I'm not exactly sure what chuu is supposed to mean in this case. XD (can't you tell Parron has younger siblings from this comment?)
I hope it is not related to kissing. If there is a less kissable monster in the FF universe, I don't want to see it. Well, maybe it's tied with the Marlboro.
The problem with Japanese is that each word can have several meanings, depending on how it's written (the opposite is true, too, sometimes words are read differently in different circumstances, depending on context). Checking my dictionary, "chuu" can be:
"the sound of a kiss" companion comment (like, notes) sake ("for the sake of") air/mid-air resident medium/medicorce loyalty/devotion
...And there are more, almost definetly. Hmm. Now you've got me wondering what it means, too... >__>
XD There's always the possibility that someone sneezed, "a-chuu!" And then they said, hey, that works!
I know that isn't a comprehensive list, though. XD There are probably several more (for some reason, I keep thinking "jelly" can somehow be related to the word, although yeah--not too much plant-relevance there).
All of these are just foolishness. It is a game MC and I sometimes play- making up faux plurals. The 'Ochopi' was a play off one of the odder plurals for 'octopus' (octopodi). Pay no attention to me; sometimes I get terminally silly. ;)
It's not Latin, but then, I'm a classics major who uses "forums". :P
English adds -s. We're so full of borrowings that I don't see much problem with doing that, though, in this case, as it does sound like a rather Japanese word to me, I might slip over and use their method!
I agree, there's nothing wrong with "Ochus", but it does look strange to me. Maybe it's because so few English words that are pluralized end in "u". Hmmm.
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Thanks for the info. :)
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"the sound of a kiss"
companion
comment (like, notes)
sake ("for the sake of")
air/mid-air
resident
medium/medicorce
loyalty/devotion
...And there are more, almost definetly. Hmm. Now you've got me wondering what it means, too... >__>
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But none of those seem to bear much relationship to walking carniverious plants....
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I know that isn't a comprehensive list, though. XD There are probably several more (for some reason, I keep thinking "jelly" can somehow be related to the word, although yeah--not too much plant-relevance there).
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"Ochopi" might work. Does it have eight of anything? Tentacles, maybe?
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You? Never!!
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So, which direction shall we go? Ochus, or is it like moose et. al.?
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One ochu, two ochu, a herd of ochu... shall we invent a collective noun as well?
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A gesundheit of ochu
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English adds -s. We're so full of borrowings that I don't see much problem with doing that, though, in this case, as it does sound like a rather Japanese word to me, I might slip over and use their method!
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I agree, there's nothing wrong with "Ochus", but it does look strange to me. Maybe it's because so few English words that are pluralized end in "u". Hmmm.