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