📖 Definitions of "Inyanga"
noun
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In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Inyanga"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ngakanoun | A traditional Sotho witch doctor. |
| mganganoun | An African medicine man. |
| sangomanoun | (South Africa and other parts of Southern Africa) A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor. |
| mundunugunoun | An African witch doctor. |
| igqiranoun | (South Africa) A traditional tribal diviner or spiritual healer. |
| mbusanoun | (Zambia) A traditional childbirth attendant. |
| imbonginoun | (chiefly South Africa) A praise singer, a traditional bard in Zulu culture. |
| indabanoun | (South Africa) (by extension) Any conference, discussion, or meeting. |
| kungwinoun | A teacher of sexual topics in the Swahili unyago ritual. |
| amakwetanoun | (South Africa) An abakwetha. |
| insakanoun | A cultural center point within an African village. The community elders and leaders often gather under the Insaka to discuss community and business matters. The term insaka is most commonly used in the countries of Zambia and South Africa. In years gone by villages were established and built surrounding a large tree which served the purpose of the place to meet but in recent generations the Insaka is commonly built as a circular thatch roofed gazebo supported by wooden poles. A circle of low level walls serve as seating or as shelter from the wind. Larger insakas sometimes have fire-pits built in the center for winter warmth. |
| shaurinoun | (Kenya) One's problem; concern. |
| mangubatnoun | A traditional Tausug folk doctor in the Philippines. |
| mbilanoun | (music) The mbira or thumb piano. |
| abakwethanoun | (South Africa) A young Xhosa man undergoing the ritual initiation into manhood. |
| ngomanoun | A large social dancing event in parts of Africa. |
| nanganoun | (music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa. |
| nkisinoun | (religion, mythology) A spirit, or an object inhabited by a spirit, in Bantu religious beliefs. |
| ulwalukonoun | The Xhosa ritual of circumcision and initiation into manhood. |
| maskandanoun | (South Africa) A style of Zulu folk music, normally played solo. |
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