Owner review 19 — rulings (2026-10-13)

Status: Active · Date: 2026-10-13 · Answers:

• "Any Korean words that may sound like latin prefixes with meaning in any relation to group sports gathering or physical activity?"
• "How abour Turma then? Is Turma or 투마 taken?"

Evidence: Turma, Ama, Pando, Mano, Ballo, Hanpan, bilingual roots, plus the lead's own domain and handle checks for Ultari. Companion: review-18 rulings.

Turma and 투마

In Korea, 투마 is free.

• Trademarks: no live mark is titled 투마. There are only compounds: 투마리 (chicken), 투마로 (LG H&H, cosmetics), 투마이니.
• Stores: no app is named 투마.
• Distinctiveness: 투마 means nothing in Korean, so it is arbitrary and strong.

Abroad, Turma is risky:

• The UK: Turma Ltd holds TURMA in classes 9, 35, 41 and 42.
• The EU: an EU-wide TURMA covers class 35, and a Spanish TURMA covers class 41.
• Brazil: the register is saturated with "TURMA DA …" marks (Turma da Mônica among them). In Portuguese the word is generic: it means "the group, the gang, a school class".
• Meaning: in current Spanish (RAE, 2025) turma means "testicle"; Catalan agrees. In Finnish it means "ruin, accident". Spanish-speaking tennis and padel markets matter for a worldwide plan.
• Domains:
  • turma.com was registered in 2002 and does not answer.
  • turma.app, turma.io and getturma.com were all registered between April and June 2026, which suggests another Turma is forming.
  • Free: turma.co, .kr and .co.kr.
• Handles: @turmaapp is free.

Verdict: keep 투마 as the Korean name if you like it. Turma does not work as the worldwide Latin name.

The sound plays

Pair	Story	Verdict
울타리 / Ultari	Korean: the fence or hedge a club keeps around its own (울타리가 되다, "to shelter"). Latin ultra: beyond, more	Usable with conditions. No live identical mark in Korea, the US or the EU in our four classes, and no Latin app. ultari.app and getultari.com are free; .com, .kr and .co.kr are taken. @ultariapp is free. Conditions: it is three syllables, and a 변리사 should run the sound search against 울트라
발로 / Ballo	Korean: on foot (발로 뛰다). Italian ballo: a dance or a ball (a party), with "ball" inside	Usable with conditions. No identical live mark; getballo.com and ballo.kr are free; @balloapp is free. But 발로 is also Korean gamers' shorthand for the game Valorant. 발로소득, a walking-health app, is the nearest sound-alike. An exact "Ballo" app exists on Google Play
팔랑 / Pallang	Already on the board; now with a root story: Latin and Italian palla, the ball	Cleared in review 15
한판 / Hanpan	One round; Greek pan-, all	Blocked. A live app, "한판 - 동호인 스포츠 클럽 운영앱", does our job under that name. Identical marks are pending in classes 41 and 35
마노 / Mano	Agate; Spanish mano a mano, head to head	Risky: ManoMano (Colibri SAS) holds MANO in the EU, and every domain is taken
아마 / Ama	Short for 아마추어; Latin amare, so amateur means "one who loves"	Blocked: descriptive for amateur sport, a pending 아마축구 sports SaaS (class 42), and AMA marks everywhere
판도 / Pando	The landscape of play; Latin pando, "I spread"; the Pando aspen colony	Blocked: identical 판도 marks in classes 35 and 41, and every domain is taken
마주, 도로, 반도, 부부, 모둠, 호호	Various	Blocked by live marks
Mani, Sodo, Ire, Sin, Sana, Ami, Dul, 비치	Various	Cut on meaning

Two findings worth keeping:

• A competitor: an app named 한판 already sells itself as "동호인 스포츠 클럽 운영앱", a club-operations app for amateur sport.
• A fact for the brand story: "court" itself comes from Latin cohors, a company or troop.

My read

• Tadok / 타독 stays my first pick: coined, clear in Korea, with one class-9 question abroad.
• Ultari is the best new sound play. Its two meanings, shelter and "beyond", both suit a club. Three syllables is the trade-off.
• 투마 can stay as the Korean name. The worldwide Latin name should not be Turma.

Open for you

1. Tadok / 타독, Ultari / 울타리, or another on the board?
2. Is a three-syllable name acceptable (Ultari)?