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in reply to a message by David
I'm woefully ignorant about African names, but I did find a few Chewa names online that might suit.
Chisomo - "baby who is a blessing"
Khumbo - "wish/baby who fulfills a long-awaited wish"
Imikizani - "to wait patiently for something"
Chawezi "Gift (from God)" would be perfect, but it looks like it's Tumbuka, not Chewa.
I can't speak for the validity of the source, but I used this preview at Google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=56pPheM9hpMC&pg=PR9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
Chisomo - "baby who is a blessing"
Khumbo - "wish/baby who fulfills a long-awaited wish"
Imikizani - "to wait patiently for something"
Chawezi "Gift (from God)" would be perfect, but it looks like it's Tumbuka, not Chewa.
I can't speak for the validity of the source, but I used this preview at Google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=56pPheM9hpMC&pg=PR9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Khumbo! Good one, and indeed means 'wish'. That's really cute actually.
Chisomo means grace so I think that meaning is more than a stretch...
Mphatso would be the Chewa equivalent of Chawezi. :)
Not sure about Imikizani?? Pretty sure that's not Chichewa and def doesn't mean that. As David is presumably Chichewa-speaking he might shed some light. I only speak intermediate Chichewa
I had a peruse of that book - very interesting! Would like to get my hands on a hard copy, it's fascinating. The part about various names of an individual is dead-on, too. Love it! As far as I know most of the names I posted in this thread are unisex. In fact I thought the majority of Chewa names weren't really gendered (although some were used more on one gender than the other) but I could be wrong. A couple of the names in the book he had down as 'male' or 'female' and I've seen 'em on both.
Chisomo means grace so I think that meaning is more than a stretch...
Mphatso would be the Chewa equivalent of Chawezi. :)
Not sure about Imikizani?? Pretty sure that's not Chichewa and def doesn't mean that. As David is presumably Chichewa-speaking he might shed some light. I only speak intermediate Chichewa
I had a peruse of that book - very interesting! Would like to get my hands on a hard copy, it's fascinating. The part about various names of an individual is dead-on, too. Love it! As far as I know most of the names I posted in this thread are unisex. In fact I thought the majority of Chewa names weren't really gendered (although some were used more on one gender than the other) but I could be wrong. A couple of the names in the book he had down as 'male' or 'female' and I've seen 'em on both.
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