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Name 202405

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Name
Ngashan Shaukadi
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲁϣ-, official title + -ⲁ + -ⲛ (genitive) + ϣⲁⲩⲕⲁⲇⲓ, possibly cognate with the Nobiin ϣⲟⲩⲕ-ⲁⲇ, 'laundry'. Note that ⳟⲁϣⲁ is a parallel construction to ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ.
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Name 202406

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Name
Ngashankouda
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲁϣ-, 'title of official' + -ⲁ + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ-, 'servant' = 'servant of Ngasha'.
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Name 202408

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Name
Ngaji
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲁⳝ-, 'mountain' + -ⲓ (epenthetic) = 'the mountain'.
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Name 202409

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Name
Ngejinasi
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲉⳝ-, perhaps cognate with the Nobiiin ⲛⲉⳝ, 'deaf' + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⲁⲥ-, 'daughter' + -ⲓ (epenthetic) = 'daughter of Ngeji' = 'daughter of the deaf one'.
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Name 202411

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Name
Ngilisa
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲁⲗ-, ⳟⲓⲗ-, 'to see' + -ⲓⲥ (abstract substantive formant) + -ⲁ = 'the sight'.
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Name 202413

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Name
Ngissinga
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲥ̄ⲥ-, 'holy' + -ⳟⲁ (meaning/function unknown).
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Name 202416

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Name
Ngodann( )
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲟⲇⲁ-, 'lord' + -ⲛ (genitive) + ? = '... of the lord'.
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Name 202417

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Name
Ngoi
Gender
unknown
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Etymology
This is a ghost-name; the word is a common noun meaning 'oil'.
Literature
NOM 5, no. 2, comm. to ll. 6–9
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Name 202419

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Name
Ngokjol
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably ⳟⲟⲕ-, 'glory' + ⳝⲟⲗ-, 'mere, only; pious' = 'the only glory'.
Literature
NOM 5, no. 2
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Name 202422

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Name
Ngollo
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple?
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: if this is a name at all, it may be cognate with the Nobiin ⲛⲟⲗⲗ-, 'to slumber'.
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Name 202423

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Name
Ngoma
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 202424

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Name
Ngonnen
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ-, 'queen mother'.
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