Tribe
Benue Valley, north-central Nigeria.
190 names
Where it is spoken
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Women / Multitude of women
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Wealthy or prominent women
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Choices / Selection
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A traditional musical instrument
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Good sibling / Beautiful relative
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A generous giver
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Look at this / Behold a wonder
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God loves / Loved by God
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God / The Supreme Creator
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God has protected / shielded me
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God is good
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God knows
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God is above all
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God surpasses all / God is above all
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God protects
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God is sufficient / enough
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God has accepted / agreed
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God gave / Gift from God
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God of the heavens / God above
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God has added to us
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God the Father
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God has ended the war/dispute
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God has helped
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God hears
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Cloud / Gathering storm
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Praise / Thanksgiving
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Beautiful daughter / Good child
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Farms / Plentiful harvests
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Plan / Purpose / Thought
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Stones / Solid foundation
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Days / Time
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The days have shown me favor
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Assembly / Gathering of elders
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Senate / Council
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Mother's kinsmen are praised
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Iron / Strong path / Moderness
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A major ancestral branch / Clan name
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Bird / Freedom
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Maize / Corn (born during harvest)
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Traditional wooden communication instrument
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Sacred ceremonial wooden drum
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People of the morning
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People of wealth
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People speak / The voice of the community
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The people have accepted / agreed
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People are tested / tried
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The public/people have agreed
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People of value / Prominent ones
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People praise / Highly regarded
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Beniseed / Born during sesame harvest
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Blessing / Favor
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Stone / Hardship survived
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Thanksgiving / Gratitude
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What is it? / Inquiry
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Women are gathered
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The Father's favorite / Beloved child
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Wait for the Father / Divine patience
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Heart's choice / Decision
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Ancestral lineage branch
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The power or strength of the father
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Ancestral division / Daughter of Ipusu
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Something bad has turned to good / Trouble resolved
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Something good / A beautiful thing
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Wisdom / Knowledge
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Nothing beats this / Superior event
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How are you? / A living testimony
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A journey / Born during travels
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Mother is good / Precious mother
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Ancestral lineage / Children of Ichongoa
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The wise ones / Council of knowledge
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The fathers are present / Lineage lives on
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The spiritually powerful / Resisting witchcraft
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A narrative name of triumph (scholarly records)
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Happiness / Joyful presence
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I have understood / Learned
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I know the Father / I acknowledge God
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Mercy / Compassion
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Truth / Verity
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Vision / Perception
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I have favor / Grace is with me
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I have Jesus (modern Christian adapted)
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A child is inherently good
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Greetings / Thank you / Welcome
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Appreciation / Continuous thanks
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My sweet one / Joyous gift
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Praise / I give praise
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Comfort / Consolation
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True daughter / Good girl
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Born during a time of happiness
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Father's daughter / True child
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He is truth / God is truth
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Strength / Endurance
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A new dawn / Creativity
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Exalted / Looking up to heaven
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I have a Father / I have God
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She is alive / A living soul
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He/She is correcting a wrong (or protective)
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I look for savior / Deliverance
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Jesus is present (modern adapted)
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Lineage / Clan structure / Assembly
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Water / Born during rainy season
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We are joyful / Our joy
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We agree / Unified family
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Morning / Bean soup / Sustenance
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Walking in the light
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Star / Shining light
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Clan division / Born in Shangev territory
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Let us perceive the future
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Destiny / Timelessness
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Ancestral lineage branch / Son of Ipusu
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Warrior / Guard (adapted from soldier)
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Love the Father / Love God
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The world / The land / Earth
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The world was spoiled but restored
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The crown / Leader of the land
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We know / Enlightened family
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Father / Grandfather / Lord
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The Lord is good / Father is good
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Father's acceptance / Pleasing to God
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Father speaks / God decrees
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The Father has established
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The Father protects / God shields
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The Father is sufficient
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Father gave / Gift from the Father
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The Father sees
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The Father watches over all
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Father loves / God's love
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The Father has done it / Settled
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The Father hears
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The Father provides / Blesses
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The Father saves / God is savior
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Bush / Wilderness (born in the fields)
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Progenitor of the Tongov clan
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King / Chief / Leader
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The king is joyful
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Queen / Royal woman
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Extended family compound
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The extended family triumphs
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The lineage is striving / strong
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Ancestral division / Son of Ichongoa
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The war is settled
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Kinsmen / Agnatic lineage
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Kinsmen are good / Community solidarity
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Kinsmen differ / Unique identity
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Kinsmen protect / Shielded by community
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Kinsmen exist / We are not alone
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Kinsmen have agreed / Supported by family
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Kinsmen have refused / Defying peer pressure
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Kinsmen have helped / Community effort