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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Asar Imhotep: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Wally: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Asar Imhotep: We know Benin is actually Ben-Oni. In order to make a comparison with the Egyptian, you need to find out what the Ben in Ben-Oni means. [/QUOTE]No, we [i]know[/i] that Benin is actually Benin... Relevant words from the Mtau Ntr; ben - to copulate; couldn't this also be a word borrowed by the Hebrews/Arabs, like so many others, that came to mean "son of" benu - man, male; see the above benen; benin - to copulate Benen; Benin - a god of generation [/qb][/QUOTE]Again, taking similar sounding words from Egypt and applying them to place names when you don't have the native meaning to match is not sound linguistics. To do comparative lexical items you match not only similar sounding terms between languages, but the meanings have to match or be close for semantic shift. You have not supplied a meaning for the word Benin in the Edo language. You also have a native Nigerian telling you Benin is not the correct pronunciation. If you are going to compare terms, you compare the phonetics and the meaning. Or you compare place names. You haven't even supplied a Benin place name in Egypt. This is how you do a comparison with place names: CRETE AFRICA Konoso Kono Ida Idah Koumasa Kumasi Candia Kandi Minoa Minna Como Comoe I can't say that there is a word in English (Candy) and say it is the root of a place name in ancient Crete (Candia) and say they are a match. I would have to supply a name of a city called Candy to aid my thesis. We know there is a Yorktown in Europe. Here in the U.S. we have New York. Even if you don't know the meaning of the names, we know they are names for locations of people. Combined with the known history, we know they are matches. What does the name Benin mean in the Edo language, not Egyptian? A poster said Benin came from Ben-Oni. There is a town in South Africa that was given the same name from the Hebrew Ben-Oni which means "son of Sorrow." I don't think the Beni people named themselves sons of sorrow. If it comes from the Arabic Bani, sons, then you are simply saying SONS. Son of who? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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