Jonay

Spanish

Etymology

Jonay is assumed to be derived from the second half of the name of Garajonay peak (the highest point on the island of La Gomera), formerly Garagono(c)he, from Guanche *garagônaše, from *gar-g-Wunẓiẓ "Eiunche [a Guanche seer] possesses superiority" or "Eiunche is at the highest height".[1]

Proper noun

Jonay m

  1. A legendary Guanche man from the island of Tenerife
  2. A male given name from the Canary Islands

See also

References

  1. Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) Nombres Personales de las Islas Canarias, 1 edition, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Le Canarien ediciones - Libreando, →ISBN, pages 16 and 45; similar entry to be found online in: Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012), Jonay, Garagonohe”, in Ínsuloamaziq (blog), retrieved 5 March 2016
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