sangoma
Meanings
noun
- A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ngòmà Zulu íngoma Zulu isángomabor. English sangoma Borrowed from Zulu isángoma (“diviner, witch doctor, sangoma”), possibly from i- + sa- (prefix meaning ‘of’) + íngoma (“dance song performed at a festival; hymn”). The English word is cognate with Afrikaans sangoma, Swazi sángoma.
Synonyms
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