Name 200853: Enakissil

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Name
Enakissil
Gender
female
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably from ⲉⲛ-, 'mother' + -ⲁ (vocative?) + ⲕⲓⲥⲥ- < ⲕⲟⲩⲥ-, 'loosen' + -ⲗ = 'mother loosener'. If the analysis is correct, this may be a reference to Mother Mary as the loosener of labours of childbirth.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 41a; cf. van Gerven Oei 2017, pp. 123–124, 130
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Religious character
 
Secular character
Unknown character