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Our pojata has a name From the very beginning, even when our pojata (cottage) was in the building stage, I wanted to name her. Well, more a nickname than a name, a colorful name through which looks and character are all expressed by one word. On the top of that, in spite of naming something in Croatia: no special Croatian characters (č, ć, đ, š, ž) and no Croatian language specialties, like the words involving ‘r’ as a vowel. And on the top of that: to be dulcet, to be tuneful. So, can I find a name lake that? One of the eye catching features of our pojata is her reddish looks. I know that Latin adjective (feminine) minata is used in botanical names with the meaning of ‘vermilion-colored’. Nowadays vermilion, sometimes spelled vermillion, is a rather bright red color (RGB: 227, 66, 52; hex#: E344234) while our pojata appears close to the color of tennis clay court. However, vermilion is also the name of the natural ground pigment, an opaque orangish red pigment, used since antiquity, originally derived from the powdered mineral cinnabar; chemically, the pigment is mercuric sulfide, HgS. There is evidence of the use of cinnabar pigment in India and China since prehistory. It was known to the Romans as minium and was their most valuable pigment, being used to color the faces of triumphant generals in imitation of the Jupiter’s visage. Otherwise, more importantly, minata satisfies my above mentioned criteria. So, let it be: MINATA ! |
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