Kei tua atu i ngā Mirumiru: Te hura i ngā Ingoa Maha mō te Kaukau Mirimiri o Waho
Whakaarohia te totohu ki roto i tētahi kaukau mahana, pupuhi i waho i raro i te tuanui o ngā whetū. He tino harikoa. Engari ki te whakaahua koe i tēnei wāhi papai o te kāinga, ka kiia e koe he kaukau wera, he wāhi mirimiri, he jacuzzi, he mea kē atu rānei? Mena kua pōhēhē koe i ngā kupu maha e whakamahia ana mō tētahi kaukau mirimiri o waho, ehara i te mea ko koe anake. Tērā pea kei te rangahau koe i ngā "kaukau mirimiri o waho," "ngā wāhi mirimiri kawe," "ngā kaukau whirlpool" rānei, ā, ka taea e ngā kupu te tino uaua.
Ko te pono, kāore he kupu kotahi e tika ana. Ko te tikanga o te kupu e whakawhirinaki ana ki te wāhi e noho ana koe i te ao, nā wai i hanga te kaukau, me te āhua o tāu whakamahinga. Hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakatere i tēnei papakupu pupuhi me te hoko whai whakaaro, kua whakarārangihia e mātou ngā ingoa tino noa mō ngā kaukau mirimiri o waho i raro nei.
Ko te kaukau wera he kupu whānui mō tētahi kaukau nui, kaukau iti rānei kua whakakiia ki te wai wera e whakamahia ana mō te rumaki, te whakangā, te whakaora wai rānei. I ngā tau o mua, he oko rakau porowhita ēnei i whakamahia i ngā tau 1960 me 1970, he maha ngā wā kāore he hau. I ēnei rā, ko te kupu e pā ana ki tētahi wāhanga motuhake kei runga ake i te whenua me ngā hau ka taea te tāuta ki tō kāinga. I te UK, ko te "kaukau wera" te kupu whānui hei whakaahua i ēnei hua, e whakamahia ana hei karo i te whakapoauau ki ngā pokapū oranga mirimiri.
Nō ngā wā o Rōma te kupu "spa", i ahu mai i te wā i haere ai te tangata ki ngā puna wai māori mō ngā wai whakaora. Heoi, i Amerika Te Raki, ko te "spa" te kupu pai mō te kaukau wera kawe, te kaukau wera kawe rānei—he wāhi motuhake e haere tahi ana me ngā pupuhi kaha hei whakaranu i te hau me te wai mō te mirimiri whakaora. Kāore i rite ki te US, he mea noa te "spa", ka karohia e te UK tēnei kupu, nā te mea ko te "spa" e pā ana ki tētahi hōtēra, ki tētahi wāhi hararei rānei e tuku ana i ngā maimoatanga ataahua, ehara i te taputapu māra.
He ingoa waitohu te Jacuzzi, ehara i te kāwai hua. Nā ngā tuakana Jacuzzi i hanga te jet hydrotherapy tuatahi i raro i te wai i ngā tau 1950, ā, i haere tonu tā rātou kamupene ki te hanga i ngā kaukau me ngā kaukau wera papai. I roto i te wā, ka noho te ingoa waitohu hei kupu whānui, he rite ki te "Kleenex" me te "Hoover" rānei. He maha ngā tāngata e kī ana i tētahi kaukau wera, i tētahi kaukau wera rānei o waho he Jacuzzi, engari ko te tikanga, ko ngā mea anake i hangaia e te waitohu Jacuzzi he Jacuzzi pono.
Ko te kaukau whirlpool he kupu e whakamahia ana mō te kaukau o roto me ngā wai wera ka ringihia e koe, ka whakakīia anō mō ia whakamahinga. He rite tonu te kaukau wera ki te wai wera—e hono ana ki ngā paipa wai o tō whare, ā, he mea hanga mō te tangata kotahi, mō te tokorua rānei. He rerekē ēnei i te kaukau wera, he mea hanga kia noho kī tonu, kia wera hoki mō te wā roa, ā, he maha ngā wā ka taea te whakamahi mō te tokowhā, neke atu rānei ngā tāngata.
Kei te rapu koe i tētahi "whare mirimiri o waho" me tētahi "whare mirimiri kawe"? Ko te kupu "whare mirimiri kawe" e pā ana ki tētahi kaukau wera motuhake e tū ana i runga ake i te whenua, ā, ka taea te neke mēnā e tika ana. Kei roto i te kāpata ngā wāhanga whakamahana, tātari, me te hau katoa, ā, ka whakakīia noa e koe ki tētahi ngongo māra. Ko te whare mirimiri o roto i te whenua, he whakaurunga tūturu kua hangaia ki roto i te whenua, he maha ngā wā ka piri ki tētahi puna kaukau.
He hua ranu te kaukau kaukau. He putanga nui ake o te kaukau wera i hangaia hei whakaputa i te ia kaha, e āhei ai koe ki te kaukau i te wāhi tika ki te aukati i te ia, me te whakarato tonu i ngā jet whakaora wai hei whakangā. He kōwhiringa pai rawa atu tēnei mō ngā kaiwhaiwhai whakapakari tinana e hiahia ana ki te whakakori tinana me te whakaora i roto i te kotahi waeine.
Ka whakamahia e ngā kaukau wera rakau he oumu kua hangaia ki roto hei tahu rakau hei whakamahana i te wai, ā, ka kore e hiahiatia he hiko. Ka tukuna e rātou he wheako taiao, he āhua tuawhenua, e kitea pinepine ana i roto i ngā kāpata kore-aho. I te pito kē atu o te whānuitanga, he utu iti ngā kaukau wera pupuhi, he wāhi kaukau kawe, he mea hanga ki te PVC pakari, i hangaia kia ngāwari te whakatū me te whakaheke mō te whakamahinga rangitahi, mō te whakamahinga wā rānei.
He nui te pānga o te wāhi e noho ana koe ki te ingoa o ēnei hua. I te Hononga o Amerika, ko te kupu "wāhi mirimiri" e whakamahia pinepinetia ana hei kupu whakawhiti me "kaukau wera," e tohu ana i tētahi kaukau me ngā pū mirimiri kaha. I te UK, e pai ake ana te iwi ki te kupu whānui "kaukau wera"mō ō rātou kāinga o muri, nā te mea ko te tikanga o te "spa" he wāhi e haere ai koe ki te mirimiri, ki te whakapai kanohi rānei. I Hapani, ko te kaukau o waho he mea noa iho Rotemburo, he maha ngā wā ka whakamahanatia e ngā puna wera tūturu, e arotahi ana ki te wheako o te kaukau i te taiao, kaua ki ngā pupuhi miihini.