Save Gender Masculine Usage Eastern African, Amharic Scripts በላይነህ, በላይ ነህ(Amharic) Meaning & History It is an Amharic expression, which means "the new child is above all others". From the Amharic elements በላይ (belay) meaning "above" and ነህ (Neh) means "you".It also means "You Are On Top, you are up there" in Amharic.