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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tswana ngaka.
Noun
ngaka (plural ngakas or dingaka)
- A traditional Sotho witch doctor.
Anagrams
Kuku-Uwanh
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.
Noun
ngaka
- water
References
Sotho
Noun
ngaka class 9/10 (plural dingaka)
- doctor, physician
- traditional healer, witch doctor
Tswana
Pronunciation
Noun
ngaka class 9 (plural dingaka)
- doctor, physician
- traditional healer, witch doctor
Wangkumara
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku (compare nguku (“river”), which certainly is).
Noun
ngaka
- water
References
- 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