ngaka

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tswana ngaka. === Noun === ngaka (plural ngakas or dingaka) A traditional Sotho witch doctor. === Anagrams === Kagan, kagan, kanga, nagak == Kuku-Uwanh == === Etymology === From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku. === Noun === ngaka water === References === Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, page 502 == Sotho == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. === Noun === ngaka class 9/10 (plural dingaka) doctor, physician traditional healer, witch doctor == Tswana == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈŋa.ka/ === Noun === ngaka class 9 (plural dingaka) doctor, physician traditional healer, witch doctor == Wangkumara == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku (compare nguku (“river”), which certainly is). === Noun === ngaka water === References === Luise Hercus, Peter Austin, Yarli Comparative Vocabulary, dans Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch), pages 647-654