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Name 200488

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Name
Amankose
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-, 'water, river' + ⲕⲟⲥ(ⲥ)ⲉ-, 'insect' = 'water-bug'.
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Name 200489

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Name
Amantose
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably cognate with Nobiin ⲁⲙⲁⲛⲧⲟⲥⲓ, 'inundation, high water'.
Literature
cf. Łajtar 2004a, p. 88
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common word: noun
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Name 200493

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Name
Ammirikoulou
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 704600 / Nam 8474 and Ref 704601 / Nam 202970.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 39b
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Name 200495

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Name
Ampanngal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲁⲙⲡⲁ, Ampa' + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Ampa'. ⲁⲙⲡⲁ perhaps derives from ⲁⲙⲡ(ⲓ), 'doum palm'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 9a
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Name 200496

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Name
Ampapi
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 703852 and Nam 202639.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 36b
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Name 200497

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Name
Amse
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: from ⲁⲣⲙⲥ̄-, 'to judge' > ⲁ(ⲣ)ⲙⲥ̄-, 'judgement'.
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common word: noun
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Name 200498

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Name
Amsitoro
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲁ(ⲣ)ⲙⲥ̄-, 'judgement' + ⲧⲟ(ⲟⲩ)ⲣ-, 'to rule' > *ⲧⲟⲣⲟ-, 'ruler'? = 'ruler of judgement'? 'judging ruler'?
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Name 200500

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Name
Ana
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps ⲁⲛ-, 'to say' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who says'.
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common word: participle
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Name 200501

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Name
Anael
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Hebrew
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'joy of God'. Inspiration: from one of the Archangels or brother of Tobit in the Book of Tobit.
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proper noun: Biblical: OT
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Name 200506

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Name
Anasi
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps ⲁⲛ-, 'to say' + -ⲁ (predicative) + -ⲥⲓ = 'the one who says'. This may be a variant of Annisi (Nam 200531).
Literature
NOM 4, no. 25c
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common word: participle
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Name 200511

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Name
Anionasti
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟ, Anio + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⲁⲥⲧ-, 'daughter' = 'daughter of Anio'. ⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟ perhaps derives from ⲁⲛ-, 'my' + ⲉⲓⲟ < ⲉⲓⲱ, vocative of ⲉⲓⲗ-, 'woman', hence 'O my woman'.
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Name 200513

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Name
Anenikol
Gender
female
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲁⲛⲉⲛⲓ- (unidentified) + ⲕⲟ-, 'to have' + -ⲗ = 'the one who has ...'.
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