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Name 201485

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Name
Maringa
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Semito-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably ⲙⲁⲣⲓ, 'Mary' + -ⳟⲁ (meaning/function unknown).
Literature
NOM 5, no. 2
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Religious character

proper noun: Mary
Secular character
 
Unknown character
 

Name 201492

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Name
Mart( )
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
Greek?
Origin
foreign?
Etymology
The name was most surely build on the Greek noun μάρτυς, 'martyr', but the resolution of abbreviation is unknown. This could be both a Graeco-Nubian formation Marturokouda or the Greek name Marturophoros.
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common word: noun
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Name 201495

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Name
Martaogo
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 703827 and Nam 202874.
Literature
NOM 5, no. 2, comm. to l. 2
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Name 201496

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Name
Marte
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Greek?
Origin
foreign?
Etymology
Marte may derive from the Greek noun μάρτυς, 'martyr', or be a variant of the name Martha (Nam 10510); for the latter, cf. the Copticised variant ⲙⲁⲣⲑⲉ (Var 54289).
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Name 201498

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Name
Marti...
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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Name 201499

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Name
Mart( )kouda
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Greco-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: μάρτυς, 'martyr' + -ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ, 'servant' = 'servant of martyr(s)'.
Literature
 
Religious character

common word: noun
combination: noun+noun
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Unknown character
 

Name 201504

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Name
Mart( )minne
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
hybrid
Genealogy
Greco-Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: μάρτυς, 'martyr' + ⲙⲓⲛⲛⲉ-, perhaps cognate with the Nobiin ⲙⲓⲛⲉ, 'dove' = 'the dove of martyr(s)'.
Literature
 
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common word: noun
combination: noun+noun
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Unknown character
 

Name 201513

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Name
Marwa
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'flint-stone'. Inspiration: hill in Mecca, important to Hajj.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 29b
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Unknown character

Name 201515

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Name
Masi
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲙⲁⲥ-, 'to be good' + -ⲓ (agent-substantive formant) = 'doer of good'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201525

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Name
Matara
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲣ-, 'witness' -ⲁ = 'the witness'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201528

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Name
Matinim
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
The name does not seem to be of Nubian origin, because mu is restricted to Inlaut and Anlaut in Old Nubian.
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Name 201529

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Name
Matte
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps connected with ⲙⲁⲧⲧⲟ-, 'east'.
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