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inyanga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
in-yan-ga
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer

Etymology

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

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

inyangas (plural) izinyanga (plural)

Questions

What does inyanga mean?
In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer
Where does inyanga come from?
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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