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Name 202973

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Name
Sagangal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲥⲁⲅⲁ- (meaning unknown) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Saga (?)'. The reading of the first part is very uncertain.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 26f
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Name 202974

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Name
Starosout( )
Gender
unknown
Structure
 
Type
 
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Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see REF 704609 and Nam 27470. The name was corrected from ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥⲟⲩ⸌ⲧ⸍ by Weschenfelder, but it still remains a ghost-name.
Literature
Weschenfelder 2015; NOM 4, no. 1b
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Name 202976

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Name
Ouera
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: either (1) ⲟⲩⲉⲣ-, 'one, alone, single' + -ⲁ = 'the single one', or (2) ⲟⲩⲉⲣ-, 'mountain' + -ⲁ = 'the mountain'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 20e
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common word: adjective
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Name 202977

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Name
Ourouminga
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲙ-, cognate with the Nobiin ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲙ, 'black, dark' + -ⲓ (epenthetic) + -ⳟⲁ (meaning/function unknown).
Literature
NOM 4, no. 22d
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proper noun:
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Name 202980

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Name
Koiga
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 702872 and Nam 201297.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 21a
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Name 202982

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Name
'Abd 'Īsā
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: 'servant of Jesus'.
Literature
I. Banganarti 2, comm to no. 243
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proper noun: Jesus
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Name 202984

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Name
Ipip
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 701653 / Nam 14060 and Nam 201323.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 20f
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Name 202985

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Name
Ḥammāda
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'the one who praises' (f.).
Literature
NOM 4, no. 20c
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Name 202986

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Name
Ḥayya
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'living'.
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Name 202988

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Name
Bint 'Awd
Gender
female
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: daughter of 'Awd. Alternatively, Auti may not be the Arabic name, but the Old Nubian form deriving from ⲁⲩ-, 'to make, do' + -ⲧⲓ (agential formant?) = 'maker, doer'?
Literature
NOM 4, no. 20d
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Name 202989

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Name
Dari
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian or Semitic: Arabic
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning: If this is Old Nubian name, it perhaps derives from ⲇⲁⲣ-, ⲇⲁⲛ-, 'to be, exist'. However, it may be interpreted as well as Arabic name Dār.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 22c
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Name 202990

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Name
Shimal
Gender
unknown
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
Semitic?
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Perhaps a variant of the Hebrew name Ishmael (Nam 3459)?
Literature
NOM 5, no. 2
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