Note 113 — MALI.—The Extinction of Ghánah.
Reading edition
Mári Jáṭah ماري جاطه—Tikin تكن. These words belong to the Mandingo language. Mari, master, is found in the Rev. R. M. M‘Brair’s Grammar of the Mandingo, p. 40; jatto, a lion, p. 42. In Moore’s vocabulary, (in Astley’s Collection, II. p. 294,) this word is written jatta. The obscure and frequently nasal sound of the final vowels, seems common to both the Súsú and Mandingo languages. The title Tiguing occurs in Isaaco’s Journal (Park’s Second Journey); and in Tomboktú according to Caillié’s vocabulary (III. p. 313), the word Tigini signifies King.