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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SANGOMA

From Zulu isangoma.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SANGOMA

sangoma  [sæŋˈɡəʊmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANGOMA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sangoma is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SANGOMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sangoma

Traditional healers of South Africa

Traditional healers of South Africa are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa. They fulfill different social and political roles in the community, including divination, healing physical, emotional and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witches, and narrating the history, cosmology, and myths of their tradition. There are two main types of traditional healers within the Nguni societies of Southern Africa: the diviner, and the herbalist. These healers are effectively South African shamans who are highly revered and respected in a society where illness is thought to be caused by witchcraft, pollution or through neglect of the ancestors. It is estimated that there are as many as 200,000 indigenous traditional healers in South Africa compared to 25,000 Western-trained doctors. Traditional healers are consulted by approximately 60% of the South African population, usually in conjunction with modern biomedical services.

Definition of sangoma in the English dictionary

The definition of sangoma in the dictionary is a witch doctor, healer, or herbalist.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SANGOMA


adenocarcinoma
ˌædɪnəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
aroma
əˈrəʊmə
carcinoma
ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
chroma
ˈkrəʊmə
coma
ˈkəʊmə
diploma
dɪˈpləʊmə
glaucoma
ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə
gomer
ˈɡəʊmə
homer
ˈhəʊmə
loma
ˈləʊmə
lymphoma
lɪmˈfəʊmə
melanoma
ˌmɛləˈnəʊmə
mesothelioma
ˌmɛzəʊˌθiːlɪˈəʊmə
ngoma
əŋˈɡəʊmə
noma
ˈnəʊmə
Oklahoma
ˌəʊkləˈhəʊmə
omer
ˈəʊmə
soma
ˈsəʊmə
Tacoma
təˈkəʊmə
zygoma
zaɪˈɡəʊmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANGOMA

sanga
sangar
sangaree
sanger
Sangh
Sangha
sanghat
Sangiovese
sanglier
Sango
Sangraal
Sangrail
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sangreal
sangria
sanguiferous
sanguification
sanguify
sanguinaria
sanguinarily

WORDS THAT END LIKE SANGOMA

acoustic neuroma
adenoma
angioma
boma
coloboma
Dodoma
fibrosarcoma
food coma
groma
haematoma
hematoma
homa
hybridoma
myeloma
osteosarcoma
Roma
sarcoma
stoma
stroma
teratoma

Synonyms and antonyms of sangoma in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SANGOMA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sangoma» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sangoma

Translation of «sangoma» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANGOMA

Find out the translation of sangoma to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sangoma from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sangoma» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

已获Sangoma
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sangoma
570 millions of speakers

English

sangoma
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sangoma
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sangoma
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sangoma
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sangoma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sangoma
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sangoma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sangoma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sangoma
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Sangoma社
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sangoma
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sangoma
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sangoma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sangoma
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संगोमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sangoma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sangoma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sangoma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sangoma
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sangoma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sangoma
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sangoma
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sangoma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sangoma
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sangoma

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SANGOMA»

The term «sangoma» is regularly used and occupies the 104.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SANGOMA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sangoma» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sangoma» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sangoma

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANGOMA»

Discover the use of sangoma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sangoma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sangoma: My Odyssey Into the Spirit World of Africa
At her urging, Hall consulted a sangoma, a traditional healer, who told him he was possessed by ancestral spirits. Hall could receive the power to heal others and to become a sangoma himself…if he was willing to take the risk.
James Hall, 2009
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A Sangoma's Story - The Calling of Elliot Ndlovu
My body has two lives, the spiritual as well as the physical.' These are the words of Elliot Ndlovu, a traditional healer (sangoma) who lives deep in the Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal.
Melanie Reeder, 2012
3
Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life As a Lesbian Sangoma
Describing the dichotomy of being both revered and reviled, this memoir traces the story of a sangoma—a traditional healer—who is also a lesbian.
Nkunzi Zandile Nkabinde, 2008
4
African Spirits Speak: A White Woman's Journey Into the ...
Set against the stirring backdrop of the crumbling South African apartheid regime, African Spirits Speak is the lyrical account of a white South African woman's journey into the world of the sangomas, the indigenous diviners and priests of ...
Nicky Arden, 1999
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Africa in My Bones: A Surgeon's Odyssey Into the Spirit ...
The book is a fascinating account of a surgeon s odyssey into the spirit world of African healing. It is the story of his initiation as a sangoma and how his life has been changed and enriched by the experience.
David Cumes, 2004
6
Love Is the Greatest Conqueror
Asibu called Spokes over and told him to go to the entrance and wait for the Sangoma, who was going to come and cast a spell upon them so that bullets fired at them would not penetrate. The Sangoma was the witch doctor, who used evil ...
Ray Fourie, 2009
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Sangoma
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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The Bird of Heaven: The Story of a Swazi Sangoma
A fiction fantasy adventure, but the Swazi details are absorbingly accurate, particularly in Mandla s training in the good magic of healing and sooth-saying. This is the Africa of utter reality for millions of South African children.
Peter Dunseith, 2009
9
Shamans of the World: Extraordinary First-Person Accounts of ...
Through mesmerizing first-hand accounts of miraculous transformation and healing, Shamans of the World transports you to the otherworldly reality of the shaman.
Nancy Connor, 2010
10
Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy: Apostolic Reformation ...
Johannes express pride in his heritage, rather than rejecting the sangoma tradition as an evil coming from a denied past. Even more, Johannes is also proud to tell me that he went to the Francistown diviners and herbalists' association for a ...
Richard P. Werbner, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANGOMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sangoma is used in the context of the following news items.
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Video: Sangoma predicts Durban July winner
Sangoma's bone shows that Wylie Hall will win the 2015 Vodacom Durban July. Wylie came second to Legislate who won last year's final race. «Independent Online, Jun 15»
2
Sangoma Technologies Delivers on Major SBC Update
Sangoma's SBC 2.2 delivers a powerful SIP-based platform that now supports both full-IP and TDM connectivity, allowing customers to build, migrate or scale to ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
3
Ancestors smile on 11-year-old, white sangoma (video)
Kyle is a recent graduate of Baba Solly Mathebula's sangoma academy and can read bones, dish out prophecies and, with the help of his mentor, suggest herbs ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
4
Sangoma tells how she located KZN graves
Durban - The sangoma credited with the discovery of the mass graves on a KwaZulu-Natal farm says she feels like a weight has been lifted off her shoulders. «News24, Mar 15»
5
Mass graves found on KZN farm
Authorities were alerted to the presence of the graves by a local sangoma. “This is the farm that was known for using prison farm labourers. A task team ... «Independent Online, Mar 15»
6
Royals dismiss Mandla sangoma training
Johannesburg - The AbaThembu royal family on Friday dismissed reports that Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela received training as a sangoma. «News24, Mar 15»
7
Miracle money prophet descends on Bulawayo….reveals 25-year …
His prophesy saw a Bulawayo family being asked to go and collect a trunk that was left by their late aunt who was a sangoma that was kept in a room with the ... «Nehanda Radio, Feb 15»
8
Sangoma trainee denied bail in minors rape case
Metiso told the court he never skipped bail, but was being treated at a sangoma's place in Mdladla village near the Swazi and Mozambican border after falling ill. «Sowetan Live, Feb 15»
9
Sangoma Successfully Completes SIP Interoperability Testing With …
MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 15, 2015) - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software ... «Marketwired, Jan 15»
10
Sangoma Completes the Acquisition of Two Businesses
MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 2, 2015) - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software ... «Marketwired, Jan 15»

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