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Re: The meaning of ''Makhaya"
I suppose i should agree with Anneza's opinion on the meaning of"Makhaya" for the reason that there is a denotative consencus in meaning that'khaya' is associated with home,and its plural that is known.Also it has a connotative meaning.What,may however be overlooked are variations of this surname like Makaye makhaye makaya mackaye and so on and so forth.Is there a necessity that these variants surname mean the same thing but in various forms.My cure would be to establish whether these variants surnames originally meant the same.
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They don't. Mackaye at the very least appears a variant of Scots Gaelic Mackay.
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