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umntfwana lowo. Parrinder, (1951) acashunwe nguKoopman,
(1986), ukubeka kucace loku nangemavi akhe atsi:
A further very important part of the personality is the name.
....No name is a mere name.
There are public and private names, and juniors in addressing
them must often not use the names of seniors. This is because
the name expresses the individual character of a man.
It is not a mere handle, but shares in the spiritual reality of
man's being ...
... In baptisms and the use of Christian names, one finds the
difference between a foreign, imposed name, and the one,
which belongs to the person in his very self. Ask whether suchand-such
is his child's Christian name, the father will answer
with a direct yes; but asked as to his native name, he will reply
with the more profound . it is he' "
(Koopman, 1986:15).
Kwetsa emagama esilumbi kubhacwe ngekutsi asesontfweni akugcini lapha
eNingizimu Afrika kuphela. Bettie, (1957:99) abhala ngemagama esive semaNyoro
ase-Uganda ubeka atsi:
Nowadays, most Banyoro are Christened at some time during ,
infancy or childhood, and they then receive a second 'Christian'
name, usually a Bantuized form of the name of some Biblical
character ...(e.g.)... Yeremya, Yosefu.. The modern practice is
then to put the Christian name first, using the traditional Nyoro
personal name rather like a surname.
Loku lokungenhla kuvakala kahle nakubekwa nguNtuli naNtuli, (1995) nabakhala
sililo ngekwetsiwa kwemagama esilumbi. Asibeve nababeka ngemagama abo
ngalendleJa:
Lafa elihle kakhuJu ngokufika kwabelungu nenkolo
yobuKristu. Bathi uma siletha amadodakazi ethu esontweni
masiwaqambe sithi ngoSibhili noBhithilizi, noMidilethi,
noThilayizina. Yin; yona uSibhili?Yini uBhithilizi?Yini
uMidilethi?UThiJayizina yena yini? Uxabana ngani nenkolo
yobuKristu igama lendodakazi yami elithi Shongaziphi? Uma
uShongaziphi elanywa uNginikabani konakalani? UNomkhosi
uyinhlamba ngaphi? Ngubani othi iZingilozi ziyokwehluleka
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