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Xhosa
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Buthongo
/boo-TONG-oh/
Xhosa
· a boy’s name
“sleep”
How to say it
boo-TONG-oh
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare · also a surname
From the same family
01
Buthanani
“gather together; come together”
Xhosa
male
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