Line Names

Overview
A line name passes from parent to child. Either parent's line may be chosen. There are three kinds.

Ship Lines
Family names that came from Earth. They no longer show what a person looks like or where a person lives: after eight hundred years, every Duskaran has ancestors from all the peoples of the ship.
Chinese: Chen, Gao, Hu, Jao, Jaŋ, Li, Lin, Lu, Shen, Shu, Sun, Tan, Waŋ, Wu, Yaŋ
Filipino: Bayani, Dalisay, Dimasupil, Gatdula, Katigbak, Lualhati, Magtaŋol, Sumuloŋ
East African: Hamisi, Kamau, Kiprono, Makame, Mbwana, Mutua, Mwangi, Omondi, Otieno, Wambua, Wanyama, Wekesa
West African: Bello, Danjuma, Danladi, Garba, Gwarzo, Idris, Lawan, Maigari, Makera, Sani, Shehu, Tanimu, Zaŋgo

Craft Lines
Names taken from the work of a founding ancestor. They are Creole words.
Line name
Meaning
Bahariji
fisher
Majitunga
water finder
Motokazi
geothermal engineer
Tulanga
builder
Shandaji
trader
Siriji
keeper of secrets, Archivist
Kinaji
teacher
Tibaji
healer
Nondoji
farmer
Shimuji
singer, maker of songs
Korasha
scout
Bantay
watch, warden
Hangakuta
windbreak (a line of wall builders)
Hanaŋa
stormroot (a line that plants shelter belts)
Some craft lines describe the founder or the home ground, not the work: Majivu (ash), Vumbi (dust), Chuma (iron), Jiko (hearth), Mkono (hand), Mzizi (root), Majisafi (clean water), Mawingu (mist), Tufani (storm), Hangapole (gentle wind), Hangabaridi (nightward wind), Lawa (pool), Tazama (watch), Haraka (quick), Alama (mark).

Place Lines
Names that mark the home of the line. They use Dan-, from the Hausa word for "child of". It does not change with gender.
Dan-Bahari, Dan-Birni, Dan-Harmatan, Dan-Liko, Dan-Bukal, Dan-Patag, Dan-Angataa, Dan-Liwanag
Nomads and people of small settlements often have no line name. They use the place itself: Mosi of Shan-Feŋ.

Joined Lines
A few families keep the lines of both parents, joined with a hyphen: Kamau-Chen. This is most common in the Elder lineage.