English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tswana ngaka.

Noun edit

ngaka (plural ngakas or dingaka)

  1. A traditional Sotho witch doctor.

Anagrams edit

Kuku-Uwanh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun edit

ngaka

  1. water

References edit

Sotho edit

Noun edit

ngaka class 9/10 (plural dingaka)

  1. doctor, physician
  2. traditional healer, witch doctor

Tswana edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ngaka class 9 (plural dingaka)

  1. doctor, physician
  2. traditional healer, witch doctor

Wangkumara edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku (compare nguku (river), which certainly is).

Noun edit

ngaka

  1. water

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