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Name 201749

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Name
Oua
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩ-, 'to shout' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who shouts'.
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common word: participle
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Name 201750

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Name
Ouareno
Gender
female
Structure
unknown
Type
monolingual?
Genealogy
Nubian?
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: uncertain, the element -ⲉⲛⲱ may be compared with ⲉⲛⲟ-, perhaps '(my) mother!', occurring in such names as Enoionngoka, Enomedjou, or Enotannil.
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Name 201751

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Name
Warda
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'rose'.
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proper noun:
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Name 201752

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Name
Ouattalngal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably ⲟⲩⲁⲧⲧⲟ-, ‘whole, all, entire’ + -ⲁ + -ⲗ (?) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Ouattal', i.e. 'son of the one who is complete'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 5b
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Name 201755

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Name
Ougga
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: either (1) ⲟⲩⲅⲅ-, 'to proclaim' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who proclaims', or (2) ⲟⲩⲅⲅ- < ⲟⲩⲗⲅ(ⲣ̄)-, 'to hear' + -ⲁ (predicative) = 'the one who hears'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 4a; NOM 4, no. 10a
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common word: participle
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Name 201756

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Name
Ouggamait
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Refs 703510 / Nam 201755 and Ref 703511 / Nam 202507.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 10a
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Name 201757

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Name
Ouggiri
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩⲅⲅⲓⲣ- < ⲟⲩⲗⲅ(ⲣ̄)-, 'to hear' + -ⲓ (agent-substantive formant) = 'listener'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201766

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Name
Ounnou
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩⲛⲛ-, 'to bear, produce' + -ⲟⲩ (substantive formant?) = 'bearer' (?).
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common word: noun
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Name 201767

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Name
Ounta
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩⲛ- < ⲟⲛ-, 'to love' + -ⲧⲁ (abstract deverbative formant) = 'love'.
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common word: noun
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Name 201768

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Name
'Ubayd
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'servant'.
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Name 201769

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Name
Ourouil
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ(ⲟⲩ)ⲉⲓ-, 'king' + -ⲗ = 'the king'.
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Name 201771

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Name
Ouroun( )
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
Genealogy
 
Origin
 
Etymology
This is most probably a ghost-name (see the comment in Ref 702853).
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