ngaka
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ngaka (plural ngakas or dingaka)
- A traditional Sotho witch doctor.
Anagrams[edit]
Kuku-Uwanh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.
Noun[edit]
ngaka
References[edit]
- Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, page 502
Sotho[edit]
Noun[edit]
ngaka class 9/10 (plural dingaka)
- doctor, physician
- traditional healer, witch doctor
Tswana[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ngaka class 9 (plural dingaka)
- doctor, physician
- traditional healer, witch doctor
Wangkumara[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku (compare nguku (“river”), which certainly is).
Noun[edit]
ngaka
References[edit]
- Luise Hercus, Peter Austin, Yarli Comparative Vocabulary, dans Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch), pages 647-654
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Tswana
- English terms derived from Tswana
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Kuku-Uwanh terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Kuku-Uwanh lemmas
- Kuku-Uwanh nouns
- Sotho lemmas
- Sotho nouns
- Sotho class 9 nouns
- Sotho class 10 nouns
- Tswana terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tswana lemmas
- Tswana nouns
- Tswana class 9 nouns
- Wangkumara terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Wangkumara lemmas
- Wangkumara nouns