Name 200851: Iktoume

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Name: Iktoume
Gender: female
Structure: compound
Type: monolingual
Genealogy: Nubian
Origin: local
Etymology: Meaning: perhaps from ⲉⲓⲅ-, 'fire' + ⲧⲟⲩⲙ- < ⲇⲟⲩⲙ-, 'to take, hand over' + -ⲉ (abstract-substantive formant) = 'ignition'? (cf. Nobiin, where ⲇⲟⲩⲙ- can mean 'to catch fire').
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