Somewhat off topic, but this may be of interest to some folks here:

Regarding #2 in my last post to this thread, the word "Anansi" literally means "spider" in the Akan language of southern Ghana and The Ivory Coast.

"Kwaku" does not mean "uncle". "Kwaku" is an Akan day name which means "male born on Wednesday". [Females born on Wednesday are named "Akua" or "Akuba"].

See this excerpt from Ghana Web :

"The akragya as mentioned earlier are seven planetary deities believed to assist the Supreme Being in dispensing the Kra's (souls). The seven deities' names are where we get our names for the seven days of the week, Sunday through Saturday. According to the day of the week that you are born on, you're supposed to inherit the personality of the corresponding deity, which is why most Africans name their children (soul name) based on the day of the week they're born on (natal day)....

[for example]-"Wednesday deity name-AKU; male name-KWAKU; female name; AKUA; planet name; (Mercury); peronality Wise and learned"

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"The Book Of African Names" edited by Chief Osuntoki {Drum & Spear Press, 1977; reprinted in 1991 by Black Classic Press} indicates that the meaning of Wednesday {Wukuada)is "Fame".

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Btw, Mudcatter Quarcoo's name is a variant form of the name Kwaku.
And the name "Quack" which can be found on listings of enslaved African Americans and Black people in the Caribbean probably also came from this Akan day name.