Note 140 — Chapter V
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Menjo (man born), Ten (in the place). His principal is the Ak-pulogan. In Dahoman names and titles the following terminations mostly occur:—
Men (with peculiarly nasal N, sounding like “me”) “in,” as Danh-ho-men, and Agbo-men. In many local names it appears almost pleonastic, and thus corresponds with the Ni (in) of the Kisawahili and East African dialects, e.g., Kilima-ni, Mfu ’u-ni.
-nò, mother, carrier, master of, &c.
-nun, mouth, side, man.
’Si, from Asi, a wife.
-ten, prefix or affix, in the place, e.g., ten-che-men, in my place. Also -gon, e.g., Atto-gon, monkey’s place.
-to (taw), father, or “he who does,” e.g., wu-to, he who kills.
-ton (with nasal n), belonging to, e.g., Beecham-ton-e, it is Beecham’s property.
-vi, a child, the son of.