isangoma

English

Etymology

See sangoma.

Pronunciation

Noun

isangoma (plural isangomas or izangoma)

  1. Synonym of sangoma
    • 1934, J[oseph] D[aniel] Unwin, “Notes and References”, in Sex and Culture, London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, § 420, page 550:
      In this The Story of the Zulus, p. 80, Mr. Gibson translates izangoma 'witch-doctors'. [...] Father Bryant adds that inyanga is 'another title' of the isangoma. The vague use of the English word 'witch-doctor' may be responsible for these confusions.
    • 1967, Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen, “The Messiah”, in The Theology of a South African Messiah: An Analysis of the Hymnal of “The Church of the Nazarites” (Oekumenische Studient; 8), Leiden, Cologne: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 55:
      The isangoma is a medicine man whose medicine has magical rather than pharmaceutical value. The diviners are the only people who regularly pray to the spirits and sing hymns to them. [...] The continuous threat of the community by visible, negative and destructive forces of life make the function of the isangoma an essential one.
    • 2008, Karen E. Flint, “Healing the Body Politic: Muthi, Healers, and Nation Building in the Zulu Kingdom”, in Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, and Competition in South Africa, 1820–1948 (New African Histories), Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Press; [Pietermaritzburg, South Africa]: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, →ISBN, part I (Negotiating Tradition in the Zulu Kingdom, 1820–79), page 86:
      Isangomas had been previously exempt from military service since their work with powerful and dangerous muthi could affect ordinary soldiers. [...] An isangoma-only regiment allowed the king to keep a close eye on problematic isangomas as well as acquire their labour and attempt to stem the tide of men avoiding military service. This ibutho of isangomas, however, did not fight in wars but did tend to the king's gardens, mend fences, and perform other work of the king's regiments.
    • 2015, Julie Laplante, “Weaving Molecules in Life”, in Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Epistemologies of Healing; 15), New York, N.Y.: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 214:
      Izangoma specialize in combinations of plants used with sounds, song, dance, trance, evocation and enactment, all of which work toward modifications of the complexities of bodily configurations through various manipulations and intensively staged circumstances.

Translations
synonym of sangoma — see sangoma

References

    Anagrams

    Zulu

    Etymology

    Derived from ingoma. A plausible derivation is sa- + ingoma "like a drum."

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /isánɡoːma/

    Noun

    isángoma class 7 (plural izángoma class 8)

    1. sangoma, witch doctor, diviner

    Inflection
    Class 7/8
    Singular Plural
    Full form isangoma izangoma
    Locative esangomeni ezangomeni
    Singular Plural
    Full form isangoma izangoma
    Simple form sangoma zangoma
    Locative esangomeni ezangomeni
    Copulative yisangoma yizangoma
    Possessive forms
    Singular Plural
    Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
    Class 1 wesangoma owesangoma wezangoma owezangoma
    Class 2 besangoma abesangoma bezangoma abezangoma
    Class 3 wesangoma owesangoma wezangoma owezangoma
    Class 4 yesangoma eyesangoma yezangoma eyezangoma
    Class 5 lesangoma elesangoma lezangoma elezangoma
    Class 6 esangoma awesangoma ezangoma awezangoma
    Class 7 sesangoma esesangoma sezangoma esezangoma
    Class 8 zesangoma ezesangoma zezangoma ezezangoma
    Class 9 yesangoma eyesangoma yezangoma eyezangoma
    Class 10 zesangoma ezesangoma zezangoma ezezangoma
    Class 11 lwesangoma olwesangoma lwezangoma olwezangoma
    Class 14 besangoma obesangoma bezangoma obezangoma
    Class 15 kwesangoma okwesangoma kwezangoma okwezangoma
    Class 17 kwesangoma okwesangoma kwezangoma okwezangoma

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