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Name 202748

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Name
Touni
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps cognate with the Nobiin tùuní, 'the one that belongs to the womb/stomach'.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 238
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Name 202749

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Name
Kouddil
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲇ-, probably cognate with the Nobiin ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲇ-, 'to be clean, pure' + -ⲗ = 'being pure'.
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common word: participle
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Name 202752

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Name
Kakar
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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Name 202753

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Name
Nalsi
Gender
male
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲛⲁⲗ-, perhaps variant of ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'to see' + -ⲥⲓ.
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Name 202754

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Name
Sitani
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
The name appears to be Nubian, but its etymology is unknown.
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Name 202755

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Name
Gian
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
The name seems to be Nubian, but its etymology is unknown.
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Name 202757

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Name
Gerosk( )
Gender
male
Structure
compound?
Type
hybrid?
Genealogy
Greco-Nubian?
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲅⲉⲣⲟⲥ-, perhaps deriving from the Greek γέρων, 'old man'; the abbreviation may be resolved as ⲕ(ⲟⲩⲇⲁ) or ⲕ(ⲟⲗ).
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 266
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Name 202759

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Name
Papkiny
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲡⲁⲡ-, 'father' + ⲕⳡ̄- 'to be without' = 'fatherless'.
Literature
Łajtar forthcoming [a], no. 269
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common word: adjective
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Name 202760

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Name
Somom
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps cognate with the Nobiin ⲥⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲙ, Dongolawi sumúm, 'hot wind', themselves cognate with the Arabic smwm and the Coptic ϣⲙⲟⲙ.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 272
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common word: noun
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Name 202761

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Name
Anpa
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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Name 202762

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Name
Marinnoukout
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Semito-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲙⲁⲣⲓ, Mary + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲧ-, Old Dongolawi for ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ-, 'servant', cognate with the Dongolawi núgud, '(male) slave' = 'servant of Mary'. Inspiration: Virgin Mary.
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proper noun: Mary
combination: name+noun
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Name 202763

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Name
Tosk( )
Gender
male
Structure
compound?
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: most probably deriving from ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲕⲟ-, '(Holy) Trinity'. The abbreviation can be resolved as either ⲧⲟⲥⲕⲟⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲧ, ⲧⲟⲥⲕⲟⲛⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ, or ⲧⲟⲥⲕⲁⳡⲁ.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2 280
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proper noun: Holy Trinity
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