Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mafufunyana

/ˌmafʊfʊˈnjɑːnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-fu-fun-yana
IPA: /ˌmafʊfʊˈnjɑːnə/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Zulu and Xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria.

noun

The evil spirit who causes such a disorder.

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu amafufunyane,amafufunyana.

Inflected Forms

amafufunyana (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mafufunyana?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmafʊfʊˈnjɑːnə/.
What does mafufunyana mean?: In Zulu and Xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria.
Where does mafufunyana come from?: Borrowed from Zulu amafufunyane,amafufunyana.

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