Very interesting! What about: Faal Beram (my mother's last name) Fye Beram Penda Sarr Mbundu Joh Balla Aisha Mbackeh Balla Aisha Jallow Jeri Cham Bailoh Njie Kulli John Masarr Jabou Joh > > >From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list < > [log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: What is in the other names? > >Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:38:40 -0400 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from mc6-f7.hotmail.com ([65.54.252.143]) by mc6-s11.hotmail.com > with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 18 May 2004 08:43:55 -0700 > >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu ([149.68.45.24]) by mc6-f7.hotmail.com > with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 18 May 2004 08:39:41 -0700 > >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu (149.68.45.24) by > maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; > Tue, 18 May 2004 11:39:35 -0400 > >Received: from MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU by MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU > (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 3482669 for > [log in to unmask]; Tue, 18 May 2004 11:39:34 -0500 > >Received: from mail.ciesin.columbia.edu (129.236.39.25) by > maelstrom.stjohns.edu (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id < > [log in to unmask]>; Tue, 18 May 2004 11:39:34 -0400 > >Received: from netscape.net (pathfinder.ciesin.columbia.edu [160.39.1.250]) > by mail.ciesin.columbia.edu (1.0/1.0) with ESMTP id i4IFcps22597 > for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 18 May 2004 11:38:52 -0400 > (EDT) > >X-Message-Info: cmh8WMAfDXq1zvsnTAcNjdNhWlh2cAWVbaVeyGjJ4lo= > >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) > Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) > >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> > >Return-Path: [log in to unmask] > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 May 2004 15:39:44.0578 (UTC) > FILETIME=[57C75220:01C43CEE] > > > >Hello all, > >Years ago we had a catalog of Gambia first names. I wonder if we > >can do > >the same for last names. More important would be the vaious other > >names > >that come with last names. I will start by Koto Oko's Drammeh > >Santang > >Fara. It will be useful if people could give an english translation > >of > >a "Mam's University" account of how the other names came to being. > >Please note that no one version will be taken as the most authentic. > >The > >other names can be in any language. > > > >Some Examples: > >Surname ------other names (the > >language)------ > >---------- Mam's University account > >Jaiteh ------- Jaiteh Kaba; 'Wulumbang Tero' (Mandinka) (Friends > >of > >the swamp). ---- may have been a swamp dueller, perhaps rice > >famer > >Drammmeh ---Santang Fara; kanji Mori, (Mandinka) (?? Bassssss where > >are > >you?) ----- Mori (Mandinka for Islamic Scholar) > >Keita----------Keita Jula (Trader), Mansaring(Royalty), > >(Mandinka) -----Were rulers in Manding > >and > >traders as they migrated west(Gambia) > > > > > >Who's next? > > > >Malanding Jaiteh > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > >Gambia-L Web interface > >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Learn to simplify your finances and your life in Streamline Your Life from > MSN Money. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To > Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.ed > u/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~