Uma sicabangela isigaba esilandelayo esikhuluma ngama-laptop, kungani ama-laptop ebizwa ngokuthi "ama-laptop"?
Context:Amagama athi "laptop" nelithi "notebook" abhekisela eqinisweni lokuthi ikhompyutha ingabekwa cishe (noma ngaphezulu) kwamadolo omsebenzisi futhi ingasetshenziswa ngendlela efanayo ne-notebook. Kusukela ngo-2022, ngesiNgisi saseMelika, amagama athi "laptop" nelithi "notebook" asetshenziswa ngokungafani; kwezinye izilimi zesiNgisi, enye noma enye ingathandwa. Nakuba igama elithi "notebook" ekuqaleni lalibhekisela kusayizi othile wekhompyutha ephathekayo (ekuqaleni yayincane futhi ilula kunama-laptops ajwayelekile angaleso sikhathi), leli gama selivele lisho into efanayo futhi alisasho usayizi othile.
Ama-laptop abizwa ngokuthi "i-laptop" ngoba ikhompyutha ingabekwa cishe esifubeni somsebenzisi.