Pehea i lilo ai ka puaa i puaa Guinea

ʻOkoʻa loa nā puaʻa Guinea mai nā puaʻa a mākou i maʻa ai, ʻaʻole lākou he ʻohana. Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau holoholona maikaʻi i ke ʻano o nā rodents. Ma ke ala, ʻaʻohe o lākou pili i ke kai. A inā he puaʻa guinea kāu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻāʻo ma ka ʻauʻau ʻana: e make wale ka holoholona. Pehea i lilo ai ka puaʻa guinea i puaʻa?

No ke aha i kapa ʻia ai nā puaʻa guinea pēlā?

ʻAʻole hiki koke kēia inoa "pili" i nā rodents. Ua kapa ʻia ka poʻe Sepania i noho mua ma ʻAmelika, ʻo ka lapeti holoholona. A laila - aia kekahi mau mana o ka ulu ʻana o nā hanana.

 Wahi a kekahi kuhiakau, Ua kapa ʻia nā holoholona he puaʻa ma muli o ke ʻano o nā leo i hana ʻia e like me ka ʻōhumu.  Manaʻo lua "hewa" i ke ʻano o ke poʻo o nā rodents no nā mea āpau.  ʻO ke kolu koi anaaia ke kumu i ka ʻono o ka ʻiʻo puaʻa, i ʻōlelo ʻia he ʻano like me ka ʻiʻo o ka puaʻa waiu. Ma ke ala, ʻai ʻia kēia mau ʻiole ma Peru. ʻOiai paha, ua kapa ʻia lākou he "puaʻa". No ka prefix "marine", aia wale nō ma ka Lūkini a me ka Kelemānia. Ma Brazil, no ka laʻana, ua kapa ʻia lākou ʻo "Indian Pigs", aʻo ka lehulehu ʻōlelo Pelekania ʻike iā lākou ʻo "Guinean Pigs". ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka prefix "marine" he "stump" o ka huaʻōlelo kumu "ma waho". Ua lawe ʻia nā puaʻa Guinea mai nā ʻāina mamao aku ma luna o nā moku, no laila ua kapa ʻia lākou he mau malihini mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kai.