sangoma
名词 n.
英 /sæŋˈɡəʊmə/|/-ˈɡɔː-/
美 /sæŋˈɡoʊmə/|/-ˈɡɔ-/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.
— The Natal Zulu believes in witchcraft, prophesy, love philtres, and such like. He is firmly fixed in his mind that the witch doctors and sangomas (female diviners) have power to bring rain, to trace spells of witchcraft, to heal by incantation, and to perform sundry other wonders and miracles.
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Proto-Bantu *ngòmà
Zulu íngoma
Zulu isángomabor.
English sangoma
Borrowed from Zulu isángoma (“diviner, witch doctor, sangoma”), possibly from i- + sa- (prefix meaning ‘of’) + íngoma (“dance song performed at a festival; hymn”). The English word is cognate with Afrikaans sangoma, Swazi sángoma.
Proto-Bantu *ngòmà
Zulu íngoma
Zulu isángomabor.
English sangoma
Borrowed from Zulu isángoma (“diviner, witch doctor, sangoma”), possibly from i- + sa- (prefix meaning ‘of’) + íngoma (“dance song performed at a festival; hymn”). The English word is cognate with Afrikaans sangoma, Swazi sángoma.
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