mophato
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mophato (plural mephato)
- (Botswana, South Africa) In Tswana culture, people in the same age group considered as a "regiment".
- A lodge used for rituals in parts of Africa.
- 2013, Scott Rosenberg, Richard F. Weisfelder, Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, page 187:
- During the initiation process for boys (lebollo), they leave home for three to eight months and reside at the mophato (which is constructed in a secluded spot for the purpose of housing the initiates during this process), […]
- 2010, Mutumba Mainga Bull, Bulozi under the Luyana Kings, page 72:
- Livingstone records that since Mamochisane was a woman and hence could not enter the mophato with men, Sibitwane arranged that Mpepe (his nephew) should act on behalf […]