English Explanatory Dictionary

inyanga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer

Word forms

inyanga inyangas izinyanga

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà Zulu ínyangabor. English inyanga Borrowed from Zulu ínyanga, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Doublet of mganga and ngaka.

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