ngaka
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
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