Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA traditional Sotho witch doctor.
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà Tswana ngakabor. English ngaka Borrowed from Tswana ngaka. Doublet of inyanga and mganga.
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