She was particularly impressed to learn the meaning of Ami names: Someone named Banay, for instance, may well have the same name as their paternal grandmother. A mother who is good at dancing or hopes her daughter will be may name her Nalowan. And someone named Potal may well have been born during the harvest season or on the grain drying ground.
特別是名字的典故，像取名「巴耐」的人很可能跟祖母同名；取名「娜魯灣」很可能是母親愛跳舞，或是期望女兒舞跳得很好；取名「帕踏」很可能在收穫季節或是曬穀場生產的，凡此種種，很令她印象深刻。