amapakati

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The council or inner circle of advisers of a chief in a Nguni society.
    — Then our people lived peacefully, under the democratic rule of their kings and their amapakati, and moved freely and confidently up and down the country without let or hindrance.
  2. A member of a council; a trusted adviser.
    — The shrewdness of the Amapakati, or Kaffir advocate.

词形变化

amapakatis plural

词汇关系

相关词
pagati

词源

From Xhosa ama- (plural noun class marker) + -phakathi (“council”); compare pagati. Attested in English from the 19th century.
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