Hello G-Lers
I have some problems here and I need your help.There are certain names of
which I dont know if they are male or female names,please help me to solve
these problem.
Jallom
Mot
Yeyeh
Mayekor
Botor
Nyanya
Hoyan
Nyanya
Saaki
Durang
Sora
Ayyah
Mbarka
Funtufaye
Booti
Kamuneh
Siffaye
jirang
maoyatou
Kulubo
jidereh
Biji
Maari
Chambi
Chabba
Saako
Jallom
Mam Beregey
Please come with more names if you have.Until I need your help again...
For Freedom
Saiks
Chana
Giddo
Gidom
Malal
Jamos
Appaye
Beteng
Booya
Jaajef Saiks,
Your list must now be growing, and will maybe soon
deserve it's own web-site! Anyway, as promised,
some more names, coutesty of my Manjago
"gorros". Mostly, but not exclusively from the
Baynant Manjago. Spellings are entirely my own
interpretation, so apologies to the Mendys and
Gomezs out there for any errors, which are all my
own. My understanding, and I am prepared to stand
corrected (Ab'lie Bass...if you are out there please
respond), is that the interpretation of the names,
many of which can be everyday objects, can have
multiple and complex meanings, so even where a
definition has been given , there can be many more
meanings known maybe only to certain people.
Names were given at naming ceremonies, not by
parents but by anyone who was passing, and often
people had more than one name given.
Uchoyoch (f)
Kanbatungiil (m) - "not afraid of hyenas"
Mufri (m)
Paataan (f) - "rice field"
Klanya (m)
Minga (f)
Fulatunk (f) - "hardworker"
Mamboyn (m) - "able to lift anything"
Umpotiis (f) - "the small one"
Faranding (m)
Pili (m) - "moon"
Kampagne (m)
Buunu (m/f) "sun"
Mbaanbintang (m) "from the Bintang Bolong"
Lolong/Lolo (f)
Correa (m)
Uunchunt (m)
Njombiik (m)
Seckaa (m)
Njimnal (m)
Maalute (f) "flute made from the papaya stem"
Kanjumblaank (f) "dark waist/stomach"
Kaampoti (m) "water jar"
Uunkal (m)
Obaar (m)
Dawitt (f)
Meta (f)
Seynabaanin (f) "abandoned one"
Yenduleen ak jaama
Tony
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