Nkosi
Chief; king; lord
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Chief; king; lord
My father is alive
Possibly ninth or grandfather
Heart of the father
Jaguar
Eighth
Little dun-colored one
Uncertain meaning
Forest
Little deer
Splendid
Vigor; vitality; strength
Ancestor’s descendant
Movement; motion
God loves me
My God has come
God conquers
Hope
Happiness; luck
Golden
God’s friend
Bear
Eighth, through Octavius
Poet; wandering bard
Changer of the world
Nobleman; patrician
Shield
New leaf; shoot
Lotus; born in mud
Devout; pious
Small, through Paul; also Catalan peace
Wind; purification
Friend or vigorous growth with the cited Chinese characters
Historical saint’s name; ultimate meaning uncertain
Greek and Armenian form of Peter: stone
Promise; covenant
Friend or lover
Bright; pure
Wind
Italian form of Peter: stone
Flame
Love; affection
Appearance; form
Dawn; daybreak
Italian form of Primus: first
Fortunate; successful
Pure; holy
Measurement
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