nganga

From a Bantu language.

nganga m (plural nganga)

1. An African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine.

Hinde (1904) records enganga as an equivalent of English guinea-fowl in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nganga and Swahili kanga etc. as its equivalents.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡàᵑɡáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

nganga class 9/10 (plural nganga)

1. guinea fowl

• “nganga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Swahili mganga.

nganga

1. witch doctor

nganga

1. (anatomy) mouth

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋa.ŋaʔ/

nganga

1. combination of betel nut, chewing tobacco, and a little lime wrapped in a betel leaf prepared for chewing

• (prepared betel for chewing): hitso, mam-in

• buyo
• ikmo
• itmo
• mama
• samat

• IPA^(key): /ŋa.ˈŋa/

nganga

1. act of opening the mouth