Gender:
Male
Meanings:
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Elevated, greatest, noble, exalted (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).
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Road (Fon, Benin).
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The index finger (Hausa, Nigeria).
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Hip, loin (Ewe, Ghana).
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Name given to the fifth male child (Mandinka, West Africa).
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A disciple of the prophet Muhammed; highly placed (Sudan and elsewhere in Islamic Africa).
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Common name among the Wolof in Senegal.
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