mganga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An African medicine man.

Word forms

mganga mgangas waganga

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà Swahili mgangabor. English mganga Borrowed from Swahili mganga, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Doublet of inyanga and ngaka.

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