mgangan.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈɡaŋɡə/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈɡɑŋɡə/,

/(ə)mˈɡæŋɡə/

Forms: 1800s m'ganga, 1800s– mganga. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mganga.

Etymology: < Swahili mganga (plural waganga) doctor, physician < m- class prefix + ganga to bind up, mend, cure.The plural form waganga is occasionally found in English.

In East Africa: a doctor whose traditional functions include exorcism, prophecy, and the removal of spells.

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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic

ophiogenes1601

piai1613

witch doctor1718

dukun1817

piaiman1825

wizard1845

doctor1846

mganga1860

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 348 The Mganga is also a predictor and a soothsayer.

1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. p. xvi M'ganga or Onganga; a general term for a charm, or for a man who divines events.

1930 Discovery Aug. 265/1 The mganga (as the native calls his medicine-man) is the surgeon, physician, neurological expert, herbalist, toxicologist, and veterinarian.

1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 55/1 The ‘mgangas’, or general practitioners..prescribe or apply remedies, and in some cases even set fractures and do simple operations.

1971 N. Q. King Christian & Muslim in Afr. 67 The mganga, wrongly but regularly translated as ‘witch-doctor’, is a healer and ‘putter-together’, with knowledge of herbal and spirit powers.

1994 A. Gurnah Paradise (1995) 110 Mohammed Abdalla was still the leader of the expedition. His right shoulder had not healed properly, despite having been painfully reset by a famous mganga.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mganga
释义	mgangan. Brit. /(ə)mˈɡaŋɡə/, U.S. /(ə)mˈɡɑŋɡə/, /(ə)mˈɡæŋɡə/ Forms: 1800s m'ganga, 1800s– mganga. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mganga. Etymology: < Swahili mganga (plural waganga) doctor, physician < m- class prefix + ganga to bind up, mend, cure.The plural form waganga is occasionally found in English. In East Africa: a doctor whose traditional functions include exorcism, prophecy, and the removal of spells. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic ophiogenes1601 piai1613 witch doctor1718 dukun1817 piaiman1825 wizard1845 doctor1846 mganga1860 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 348 The Mganga is also a predictor and a soothsayer. 1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. p. xvi M'ganga or Onganga; a general term for a charm, or for a man who divines events. 1930 Discovery Aug. 265/1 The mganga (as the native calls his medicine-man) is the surgeon, physician, neurological expert, herbalist, toxicologist, and veterinarian. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 55/1 The ‘mgangas’, or general practitioners..prescribe or apply remedies, and in some cases even set fractures and do simple operations. 1971 N. Q. King Christian & Muslim in Afr. 67 The mganga, wrongly but regularly translated as ‘witch-doctor’, is a healer and ‘putter-together’, with knowledge of herbal and spirit powers. 1994 A. Gurnah Paradise (1995) 110 Mohammed Abdalla was still the leader of the expedition. His right shoulder had not healed properly, despite having been painfully reset by a famous mganga. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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