Re: OT Biblical Hebrew names Re: A question and introduction

Steg Belsky wrote:
> And then of course there's the mysterious name |eliyahu| (Elijah), which
> tautologically means "God is God"...
I was under the impression that it meant "My God is the Lord", that is,
not Baal or any of the other pagan gods.

> ObConlang:  the Rokbeigalm don't have names like this.  The
> Judajca-speakers, on the other hand, most probably do.
Kassi given names generally consist of two morphemes, usually nouns.
For example, the first Empress of the First Kassi Empire was named, in
full, tIalanakiba, this consists of t(i)-, the gender 1 prefix, _ialana_
"flower" and _kiba_ "forest", i.e., "Flower of the forest" or "Flower in
the forest".  However, because these are usually quite lengthy, only one
of the morphemes is used in normal contexts, so she was known as tIalana
I.  However, her great grand-daughter, who succeeded her to the throne
had the same name, but was known by the second morpheme, i.e., tiKiba I.

Some other names from Kassi history:
tiNlasta: A rare one-morpheme name, means simply "Prophet".  It is the
   name taken by the founder of their religion after the Revelation.
tIaunnakan: Iaunna = death, -kan = child of; her mother died in
   childbirth; this is a name that is usually used in full; it is also
   the original name of tiNlasta
tiKuiluila: Kuilu = river; ila = star; River of Stars, the name given
   to the Milky Way; would go by either tiKuilu or tIla
tiKaliauva: Kali = fate, destiny; Iauva = happy; Happy Fate, Happy
   Destiny.  A name likely to be used in full, but might also be
   shortened to tiKali or tIauva.  Ironically, this was also the name
   of the shortest-reigning empress, as she was assassinated less
   than a month after succeeding her mother
tiNikan: Ni = Iron (obsolete word); -kan = Child (of); Iron Child.
   A name that is always used in full.  It's not clear why her mother
   chose such an odd name, but, perhaps befitting of an odd name, she
   herself was rather odd, she was known as the Mad Empress
tLiibisaklas: Liibi = Bread; Saklas = Moon, month; Bread of the Moon,
   or perhaps Monthly Bread; another name of uncertain significance
tiKibatiai: Kiba = forest; tiai = faith (obsolete noun); Forest of
   Faith, connoting great faith; this empress was known as tiKiba IV
   (the previous three were all tIalanakiba); could only be referred
   to as tiKibatiai or tiKiba; monosyllabic stems cannot be used as
   names
tiVikludikau: Viklu = altar; Dikau = Goddess; "Altar of Goddess",
   known as tiViklu (that would be the only permissible contraction'
   tiDikau would be blasphemous)
tLilazaamu: Lila = "wave", zaamu = "large"; "Large Wave", this was the
   name of the first Duchess of the Southeast, who went by tLila
tLikankitani: Likan = daughter/son; Kitani = state/empire/etc.;
   "Daughter of the State"; name of the first Duchess of the
   Northeast, who went by tiKitani
tLaanakitani: Laana = friend; "Friend of the State", name of the
   first Duchess of the South, who went by tLaana
tiSagadlikan: Saga = word; Dlikan = fire; "Word(s) of Fire"
tiDigapifi: Diga = shadow, pifi = small; "Small Shadow"; perhaps
   connoting noon-time, presumably metaphoric
tiFitaggannuusi: Fitaggan = "young mouse" Nuusi = "morning", a child-
   hood nickname that stuck.  Such a person would usually go by the
   second morpheme (tiNuusi, as did the empress by that name), but it's
   not entirely unlikely to imagine one going by tiFitaggan.  It was
   also the name of the first Duchess of the Islands
tiTluniikamini: Tlunii = Hand; Kamini = Iron; Hand of Iron
tiNuianianisa: Nuian = Judge; Ianisa = People; Judge of the People

(All are female because the Kassi are a matriarchal people, there aren't
any historically significant men)

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