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Name 201339

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Name
Koummid( )
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps from ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲙ-, 'to knock (upon), beat', or cognate with the Nobiin ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲙ-, 'tell (a story)', and ⲕⲟⲩⲙⲙⲁ(ⲇ), 'story'.
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Name 201340

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Kourketi
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Etymology
This is most probably a ghost-name; the word appears to be a variant of the toponym Koudketi.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 22b
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Name 201342

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Name
Kourteo
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name. The word most probably designates the toponym Kourte.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 29f
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Name 201343

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Name
Kouskid
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name. The word should be understood as '4 palm rods'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 42a
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Name 201344

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Name
Kousi
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲕⲟⲩⲥ-, 'to loosen' + -ⲓ (agent-substantive formant) = 'loosener'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201345

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Name
Koussan
Gender
male
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian or Semitic: Arabic
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning: If this is an Old Nubian name, it probably derives from ⲕⲟⲩⲥ-, 'to loosen'; cf. the Nobiin ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲥⲁ, 'eunuch'. Alternatively, it can be interpreted as a transliteration of the Arabic name Ġassān (غسان), meaning 'very good looking, very handsome'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 34b
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Name 201347

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Name
Koutkou
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local?
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps deriving from ⲕⲟⲩⲧⲧ-, 'to stand up'.
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Name 201349

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Name
Kojri
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲕⲟⳝⲣ̄-, 'seed' + -ⲓ.
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common word: noun
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Name 201353

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Name
Kroda
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name. The word denotes the common adjective 'crookbacked'.
Literature
Weschenfelder 2015, pp. 284–287
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Name 201354

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Name
Kita
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲕⲓⲧ-, 'to put on onself' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who puts on oneself'; or ⲕⲧ̄-, 'rock' + -ⲁ = 'the rock'.
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common word: participle
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Name 201357

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Name
Kyrie
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Greek
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: vocative of the Greek noun κύριος, O Lord!'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201368

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Name
Letion
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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