Semiotics

Wanaka and Nakand and WAND – What’s in a Name?

Let’s start with the center and work outward

WANAKA (WA-Naka) n 1. Sacred knowledge relationship —from New Zealand’s southern isle to Washington, North Dakota, and all places in between.1

• Experience Wanaka to reveal wonders in mind and with the World.

Etymology for Wanaka

WA: Washington State

NA: Not applicable- the notion that fruit wines are inappropriate for reviewer and journal considerations.

KA: in ancient Egyptian religion, a principal aspect of the soul of a human being. An attendant vital force or a protecting divine spirit dwelling in a person.2

Naka (Japanese: 中, なか) n 1. Inside, 2. Middle, 3. Among, 4. 仲, (good) relation, relationship3,4.

Wanaka /ˈwɒnəkə/ (Māori: Wānaka) n 1. Wānaka is the New Zealand, South Island Maori dialect pronunciation of wānanga, which means sacred knowledge or a place of learning.5

In what is perhaps a surprising globe-bridging coincidence, the word is phonetically similar and fundamentally related to Wakan Tanka, a Native American phrase. Wakan Tanka of the northern plains Dakota/Lakota/Nakota Sioux Nation tribes signifies the sacred or divine and, in many instances, translates as the “Great Spirit.”6 Lakota/Nakota/Dakota dialects belong to the same Siouan language7–10 and mean “friend” and “ally.” 11
The dual W’s in the Wanaka Winery logo are like crisscrossing overlays of red and white (golden) grape trellis rows. The W in WANAKA is an inverted outline of the two A’s in parent Alert Aesthetics. WANAKA contains three A’s but ten in shape, thirteen if crossing the delta in the A’s once, but tr-infinite possibility.

A crown is related to the wearer, adorning the head, a place of learning and sacred knowledge. NAKAND (Naka-ND) n 1.

Etymology for Nakand

NA: Not applicable- the notion that fruit wines are inappropriate for reviewer and journal considerations.

KA: In ancient Egyptian religion, a principal aspect of the soul of a human being. An attendant vital force or a protecting divine spirit dwelling in a person.2

Naka (Japanese: 中, なか) n 1. Inside, 2. Middle, 3. Among, 4. 仲, (good) relation, relationship3,4.

Nakand n 1. Coming from sacred knowledge and learning to the infinite skies of North Dakota.

ND: North Dakota

WAND /wŏnd n 1.

Etymology for WAND

WA: Washington State

ND: North Dakota

Wand n 1. a special thin stick waved by a person who is performing magic tricks

References
(1) Trela, B. Definition of Wanaka; Fargo, ND, 2022.
(2) ka | Egyptian religion | Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/ka-Egyptian-religion (accessed 2022-11-30).
(3) Japanese dictionary – Definition of 仲 “naka.” https://www.japandict.com/%E4%BB%B2 (accessed 2021-01-26).
(4) 仲 “naka” definition in the Japanese-English Dictionary. Cambridge Dictionary. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/japanese-english/%E4%BB%B2 (accessed 2021-01-26).
(5) Wanaka. New Zealand history online. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/wanaka (accessed 2021-01-26).
(6) Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit of the Sioux (Wakantanka, Wakataka). http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/wakan-tanka.htm (accessed 2022-04-13).
(7) Van Rooy, R. Language or Dialect?: The History of a Conceptual Pair; Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198845713.001.0001.
(8) Haugen, E. Dialect, Language, Nation1. American Anthropologist 1966, 68 (4), 922–935. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00040.
(9) Cumberland, L. A. A Grammar of Assiniboine : A Siouan Language of the Northern Plains. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, Department of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006.
(10) Parks, D. R.; DeMallie, R. J. Sioux, Assiniboine, and Stoney Dialects: A Classification. Anthropological Linguistics 1992, 34 (1/4), 233–255.
(11) Dakota-Lakota Language and the Sioux Indian Tribes (Lakhota, Dakhota, Yankton, Yanktonai). http://www.native-languages.org/dakota.htm (accessed 2022-04-13).