Her Bantu Name
THE KISWAHILI-BANTU RESEARCH UNIT
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE
Researched by FERG SOMO © April 2008
'Beautiful is the Beauty of the Aten, A Beauty Has Come
In the middle of the 14th century BC, King Amenhotep 1V abandoned the traditional Egyptian beliefs in favour of worshiping the sun, more precisely the disk of the sun commonly known as the Aton. King Amenhotep changed his name to Akhenaten, known more accurately by the Bantu derivation of his name as AKA+NA+TANA, giving AKANATANA, 'One who is beneficial to the Aton'. In Akanatana's reign he was helped by his Queen, Queen Nerertiti in establishing his revolutionary religious ideas.
In this investigation I will be investigating Queen Nfertiti's name, and will give the evidence that her name is of Bantu origin. Her name derives from the Kiswahili-Bantu and Shona-Bantu languages.
Queen Nefertiti can be seen in the fragment of a relief scene on the left dressed in what can only be described, as an Afro-Nubian headdress. The Afro-Nubian headdress set a trend among style conscious ladies and was widely worn by them. On the right King AKANATANA is seen wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and clutching the ceremonial crook and flail.
ANALYSIS OF THE CARTOUCHE
THE NAME OF QUEEN NEFERTITI
It was customary for the names of Kings to be written within a cartouche, but later on it was extended to include other members of the royal families. The original cartouche which included Queen Nefertiti's name was laid out in a vertical column. However, it is seen here in a linear configuration.
The first element of the cartouche represents the sun or the disk of the sunitn (iten is supposedly a less consistent form, known as aten). The last hieroglyph is a determinative of the queen
The four identical signs which follow the Aten, the heart and windpipeare in fact two words. The first, nfr means 'beautiful', good, etc. The second word shown as three signs is nfrw, which means 'beauty' Thus the first part in the cartouche reads as follows:
'Beautiful is the Beauty of the Aten'
Excluding the Aton, the first word in the second part of the cartouche is Nfr-t, 'Beautiful Woman', 'a Beauty'. The second word is iiti, a feminine form. The more correct order of signs is but the two strokes which repeat the consonants of ii were written first in order to achieve a pleasing arrangement of signs derived from the verb ii, to come, and means 'has come' referring to a woman. The sign is a pestle and has phonetic t.
Finally combining all the elements in her name Queen Nefertiti is commonly known by the second part of her name. It means a 'Beautiful Woman' has come or 'A Beauty Has Come'.
ANALYSING THE CONSONANTS NFR
The consonants NFR contains the prefix N agglutinated to a hidden verb or noun given by the word FR which describes the pleasing qualities associated with the beautiful Queen Nefertiti. Some of the attributes which were used to describe Queen Nefertiti are given below. They are to do with the combinations of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and mind.
Gardiner 465, f35
Heart and windpipe, nfr 'good' and related words
Horned viper, 476, I 9 phonetic f and mouth, phonetic r
nfr(be) good, beautiful, happy
nfr good, kindness, goodness, happiness, good fortune
nfrto be good, good, pleasant, beautiful, gracious, pretty, to progress favourably in sickness, to recover
nfrhouse of beauty
THE SHONA-BANTU WORD FARA
The Shona-Bantu verb FARA is closely connected to the Kiswahili-Bantu verb FURAHI, which is also pronounced as FURAI.
FARA is derived from the ideophone FARANU, of being happy and contented. Thus the verb FARA means: be glad, happy, pleased, be well in health,
Compare the Shona-Bantu meanings of the words to some of the Ancient Egyptians meanings of the words given above.
By the addition of suitable prefixes, one obtains the word MU-FARI, a happy, cheerful person. The word for joy, happiness is MU-FARO. One also has the following word with a different prefix, RU-FARO, pleasure, happiness, joy.
THE KISWAHILI-BANTU WORD
Closely related to the Shona-Bantu verb FARA, the Kiswahili-Bantu word FURAI or FURAHI have the following meanings: be glad, rejoice, feel pleasure, be happy, be pleased. The word for happiness, pleasure, joy, bliss, delight, merriment is given as FURAA or FURAHA.
Similar to the Shona-Bantu word, the word MU-FURAA or MU-FURAHA in the Kiswahili-Bantu language means a happy person, a pleasant or cheerful person. The noun from the verb FURAI or FURAHI is FURAA or FURAHA. Thus MWENIE FURAA (FURAHA) is a happy person.
The word 'pleasing', 'beautiful', 'fine', 'good' in the Kiswahili-Bantu language is described as, 'being with happiness' or 'possessing happiness'.
For Kiswahili-Bantu speakers
(Pleasing = -a kupendeza, -zuri, enie furaha)
(Beautiful = -a kupendeza, -zuri sana)
(Pendeza = kaa, chukua)
(-Zuri, sheshe, -ema, nyerezi)
Thus 'possessing happiness', or 'being with happiness' defines what is, 'beautiful', 'good', 'nice', 'glorious' and is described by ENIE + FURAA (FURAHA) → giving N + FURAA, finally → NFURAA.
Hence the word which defines beautiful and all its combinations are given as: ENIE (having) + FURAA (happiness) becomes → NFURAA with the prefix N. The consonant N must be pronounced as in 'NUN'.
Queen Nefertiti's name NFURAA-TI contains the feminine form ending in T, as seen in the first word nfr-t, 'a beautiful woman'. In this analysis I have chosen to use TI for T, the feminine. There is a second feminine T attached to the word 'come' and refers to the woman iit and is derived from the verb ii, to come. In Kiswahili-Bantu NI+YIE means I have come and YIE means to come. The word YIE gives a close fit to the Ancient Egyptian word ii.
FORMATION OF THE PLURAL
Forming plurals of words in the Ancient Egyptian language may be explained by examples. Consider the word for 'name' RN The plural form of the word is shown as + +, giving RN-W. The Bantu word for a name is RINA, JINA, LEINA etc. The Bantu word RINA, a name, gives a good fit with the Ancient Egyptian word RN. The ending in W forms the plural. To form the plural the Ancient Egyptians would have to say RINA+RINA+ RINA. They shortened this by the use of the consonant W.
This can easily be explained by comparing how plurals are formed by the simplification of language such as Pidgin. Plurals are formed from a singular noun and the word 'them' is added on. Thus forming the plural of 'the dogs' becomes 'the dog, (them)'. So the use of a pronoun becomes the tool for defining the plural. In a similar way if one applies this strategy to the Ancient Egyptian Language a similar situation can be resolved. The Kiswahili-Bantu pronoun WAO means them. So if one inserts the word WAO at the end of the word for name, RINA one obtains the Ancient Egyptian plural form, which would be pronounced as RINA+WAO, giving RINAWAO.
Now I shall tackle the Ancient Egyptian word for 'beauty'. Beauty is considered a beautiful thing, or a beautiful woman!
++= NFR+NFR+NFR → NFR-W 'beauty', the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delights the sense and mind. This means: beauty + beauty + beauty, (them) Again the same principles as above applies and one obtains the Ancient Egyptian word for beauty NFURAA-WAO.
In a similar way the word for a 'house of beauty' would be NFURAA-WAO, although in this instance W was not written out.
NFRhouse of beauty
Please pronounce the initial letter N in Queen Nefertiti's name as if you are pronouncing the word 'NUN'. Queen Nefertiti's name is a Bantu name for her name is derived from the Shona-Bantu verb FARA and the equivalent Kiswahili-Bantu verb FURAI, giving her Bantu name as NFURAA-TITI. The noun form of FARA is MU-FARO in Shona-Bantu and the noun form of FURAI is FURAA or FURAHA in Kiswahili-Bantu. Queen Nefertiti's name is connected with joy and happiness. The ending TITI is a possible ending of her name and refers to her coming which is connected to her feminine gender of noun. Since the ending remains in harmony when compared to the sound of the first part of here name NFURAA, it is reasonable to assume that this is a good derivation of the ending.
NFURAA-TITI'S full name consists of two parts which include the Aton and given as:
[NFR- NFRW-ITN] + [NFR-TI-TI]
'Beautiful is the + 'A beauty has come'
Beauty of the Aton'
Researched by FERG SOMO © April 2008
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"Kiswahili: ""Kiswahili-Bantu Research Unit for the Advancement of the Ancient Egyptian Language"" (Kiswahili: ""Kiswahili-Bantu Research Unit for the Advancement of the Ancient Egyptian Language"") ni kitabu cha kihistoria cha kihistoria kilichoandikwa na F.G.Somo, kilichoandikwa na F.G.Somo, kilichoandikwa na F.G.Somo, kilichoandikwa na F.G.S. katika karne ya 14 KK." Mfalme Amenhotep alibadilisha jina lake kuwa Akhenaten, inayojulikana kwa usahihi zaidi na derivation ya Bantu ya jina lake kama AKA + NA + TANA, akitoa AKANATANA, 'Mtu ambaye ni faida kwa Aton'. Wakati wa utawala wa Akanatana alisaidiwa na Malkia wake, Malkia Nerertiti katika kuanzisha mawazo yake ya kidini ya mapinduzi. Katika uchunguzi huu nitachunguza jina la Malkia Nfertiti, na nitatoa ushahidi kwamba jina lake ni la asili ya Bantu. Jina lake linatokana na lugha za Kiswahili-Bantu na Shona-Bantu. Malkia Nefertiti anaonekana katika sehemu ya picha ya ukombozi upande wa kushoto akiwa amevaa kile kinachoweza kuelezwa tu, kama kifuniko cha kichwa cha Afro-Nubia. Vazi la kichwa la Kiafrika-Nubia lilianzisha mwelekeo miongoni mwa wanawake wenye fahamu ya mtindo na lilivaliwa sana na wao. Upande wa kulia Mfalme AKANATANA anaonekana akiwa amevaa Taji Nyekundu la Misri ya Chini na ameshika mkuki wa sherehe na mjeledi. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha ""The Cartouche of Queen Nefertiti,"" mara nyingi majina ya wafalme huandikwa kwa kutumia karatasi ya maandishi, lakini baadaye jina hilo liliongezwa na kuwa na washiriki wengine wa familia za kifalme." Cartouche ya awali ambayo ilijumuisha jina la Malkia Nefertiti iliwekwa katika safu ya wima. Hata hivyo, inaonekana hapa katika muundo wa mstari. Kipengele cha kwanza cha cartouche inawakilisha jua au diski ya sunitn (iten ni inadaiwa kuwa fomu chini ya mfululizo, inayojulikana kama aten). "Hiyo hieroglyph ya mwisho ni ""mfalme"" na alama nne zinazofanana ambazo hufuata Aten, moyo na hewa ni maneno mawili." "NFR inamaanisha ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri,"" ""mzuri.""" "Neno la pili lililoonyeshwa kama ishara tatu ni ""Nfw"" ambalo linamaanisha ""Uzuri"" Hivyo sehemu ya kwanza katika cartouche inasomeka kama ifuatavyo: ""Mzuri ni Uzuri wa Aten"" Isipokuwa Aten, neno la kwanza katika sehemu ya pili ya cartouche ni ""Nfw"" (Mwanamke Mrembo), ""Mzuri.""" Neno la pili ni iiti, ambalo ni la kike. "Mfano wa ishara za ""kuja"" ni mstari wa pili, ambao unarudia konsonanti za ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""ii"" na ""i"" na ""i"" na ""i"" na ""i"" na ""i"" na ""i"" na ""i""."""" "Kama ishara ya ""Pistol"" na ""T"" ya sauti, jina la Malkia Nefertiti linajulikana kwa sehemu ya pili ya jina lake." Inamaanisha 'Mwanamke Mrembo' amekuja au 'Mrembo Amekuja'. "NFR ni neno la Kiingereza linalotumiwa kuelezea sifa za Nefertiti, Malkia Mrembo.""" Baadhi ya sifa ambazo zilitumiwa kuelezea Malkia Nefertiti zimetolewa hapa chini. Hayo ni pamoja na mchanganyiko wa sifa zote za mtu au kitu ambacho hufurahisha hisia na akili. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha The Swahili Dictionary of the Bible, ""Faraja"" ni neno la lugha ya Kiswahili linalotumiwa na watu wa kabila la Shona na Bantu, na linahusiana sana na neno la Kiswahili ""Faraja"" (Faraja) na neno la Kiswahili ""Faraja"" (Faraja)." "Fara ni neno la Kiingereza linalotokana na neno la Kifaranu, linalomaanisha ""kufurahi na kuridhika.""" "Kama vile neno ""Fara"" linamaanisha ""kufurahi, kuwa na furaha, kuwa na furaha, kuwa na afya nzuri,"" kwa hivyo, kwa mfano, kuna maana ya neno ""Fara"" katika lugha ya Shona na Bantu, na maana ya neno ""Fara"" katika lugha ya Kigiriki ya kale." Kwa kuongeza viambishi vinavyofaa, mtu hupata neno MU-FARI, mtu mwenye furaha, mwenye furaha. "Neno la Kiingereza la furaha ni ""mu-faro.""" "Kama ilivyoandikwa katika lugha ya Kiingereza, neno la kwanza ni ""Ru-Faru"" (Ru-Faru) linalomaanisha furaha, furaha, furaha." "Kiswahili-Bantu neno ""Fura"" linamaanisha ""kufurahi, kufurahi, kufurahia, kufurahia.""" "Neno la furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha, furaha.""" "Kama neno la Shona-Bantu, neno ""Muu-Fura"" au ""Muu-Fura"" katika lugha ya Kiswahili-Bantu linamaanisha mtu mwenye furaha, mtu mwenye furaha au mwenye furaha." Jina la kitenzi kutoka kwa kitenzi FURAI au FURAHI ni FURAA au FURAHA. Kwa hiyo MWENIE FURAA (FURAHA) ni mtu mwenye furaha. Neno 'kufurahisha','mzuri','mzuri','mzuri' katika lugha ya Kiswahili-Bantu linaelezwa kama, 'kuwa na furaha' au 'kuwa na furaha'. Kwa wasemaji wa Kiswahili-Bantu (Pleasing = -a kupendeza, -zuri, enie furaha) (Beautiful = -a kupendeza, -zuri sana) (Pendeza = kaa, chukua) (-Zuri, sheshe, -ema, nyerezi) Hivyo 'kuwa na furaha', au 'kuwa na furaha' hufafanua nini,'mzuri','mzuri','mzuri','mzuri' na inaelezwa na ENIE + FURAA (FURAHA) → kutoa N + FURAA, hatimaye → NFURAA. "Kwa hiyo neno ""mzuri"" na mchanganyiko wake wote ni: ""Ene"" (kuwa na) + ""Fura"" (furaha) inakuwa ""Nfura"" na kiambishi ""N"" na konsonanti ""N"" lazima itolewe kama katika ""Nun.""" Jina la Malkia Nefertiti NFURAA-TI lina fomu ya kike inayomalizika kwa T, kama inavyoonekana katika neno la kwanza nfr-t,'mwanamke mzuri'. Katika uchambuzi huu nimechagua kutumia TI kwa T, ya kike. "T ya pili ya kike imeunganishwa na neno ""kuja"" na inahusu mwanamke iit na inatokana na kitenzi ""kuja.""" Katika Kiswahili-Bantu NI+YIE inamaanisha nimekuja na YIE inamaanisha kuja. "Neno ""Y"" linatokana na neno la kale la Kimisri ""ii.""" KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KUFANYWA KWA KULINGANYA KULINGANYA KULINGANYA KULINGANYA KINGALINGALI. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika ""RN"" (RN) ya neno, ""RN"" ni ""RN"" (RN) na ""RN"" ni ""RN"" (RN)." Neno la Kibantu kwa jina ni RINA, JINA, LEINA nk. Neno la Kibantu RINA, jina, linalingana vizuri na neno la Kimisri cha Kale RN. Mwisho katika W hufanyiza wingi. "Kutokana na maneno ya ki-Misa ya kale, ""Rina"" na ""Rina"" ni maneno ya kawaida." "Kutumia neno la ""W"" kwa kutumia konsonanti, kwa mfano, kunaweza kuelezea jinsi maneno ya wingi yanavyoundwa kwa kutumia lugha rahisi kama vile Pidgin." Majina ya wingi hutengenezwa kutokana na jina la pekee na neno 'watu' huongezwa juu yake. Hivyo kuunda wingi wa'mbwa' inakuwa'mbwa, (watu).' Kwa hiyo matumizi ya kiwakilishi inakuwa chombo cha kufafanua wingi. Kwa njia kama hiyo ikiwa mtu atatumia mkakati huu kwa Lugha ya Misri ya Kale hali kama hiyo inaweza kutatuliwa. "Kiswahili-Bantu ""wao"" ni ""watu.""" "Kwa hivyo, mtu akiweka neno ""WAO"" mwisho wa neno ""RINA"" anapata aina ya wingi ya Kimisri cha kale, ambayo itatangazwa kama ""RINA+WAO"" na kutoa ""RINAWAO.""" Sasa nitashughulikia neno la kale la Misri linalomaanisha 'urembo.' Uzuri huonwa kuwa kitu kizuri, au mwanamke mzuri! NFR = NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + NFR + N "Hii inamaanisha ""Uzuri + Uzuri + Uzuri"" - tena kanuni sawa na hapo juu zinatumika na mtu hupata neno la kale la Misri kwa uzuri ""NFURAA-WAO.""" "Kwa mfano, neno ""nyumba ya uzuri"" linatumiwa katika Biblia kama ""Nfu-ra-a-wa-o,"" lakini katika Biblia, neno ""W"" halikuandikwa." "Nafasi ya kwanza ya jina la Malkia Nefertiti ni ""N.""" "Jina la Nefertiti linatokana na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura"" na neno la Kihiswahili ""Fura.""" Fomu ya jina la FARA ni MU-FARO katika Shona-Bantu na fomu ya jina la FURAI ni FURAA au FURAHA katika Kiswahili-Bantu. Jina la Malkia Nefertiti linahusianishwa na shangwe na furaha. "Mwisho wa jina lake, ""Titi,"" unarejelea kuja kwake, na unahusiana na jinsia yake ya kike." Kwa kuwa mwisho unabaki katika maelewano ukilinganishwa na sauti ya sehemu ya kwanza ya jina NFURAA, ni busara kudhani kwamba hii ni derivation nzuri ya mwisho. "Jina kamili la NFURAA-TITI lina sehemu mbili ambazo ni pamoja na Aton na hutolewa kama: ""NFR-NFR-ITN"" + ""NFR-TITI"" ""Mzuri ni Aton"" + ""Uzuri umekuja"" - Utafiti wa FERG SOMO (Aprili 2008) """