pagati

From Xhosa -phakathi (“council”) or iliphakathi (“chief's councilor”). Compare amapakati. Attested in English from the 19th century.

pagati (plural pagatis)

1. An adviser to a tribal chief and/or a member of a tribal council in a traditional Nguni society.

• amapakati

• “pagati, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2005.

pagati m pl

1. masculine plural of pagato

• patagi