"tagati" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "The term is first recorded in 1836; it derives from the Zulu word umthakathi, being someone who mixes medicine, which itself comes from the Zulu thaka (mix) and muthi (medicine). The term has gradually come to be used to refer only to negative, harmful uses of medicines derived from plants, animals and minerals.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tagati (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Colin Bender, Makapan odyssey, page 166",
          "text": "No, the average Bantu always had a dilemma; live with the wild tribes and never know when some witchdoctor's tagati would strike him down; or live with the umlungus and respect his authority (and his sjambok).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In South African English, a wizard, witch, or a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others or who uses poisons and familiar spirits to carry out harmful deeds."
      ],
      "id": "en-tagati-en-noun-rd6b3c1D",
      "links": [
        [
          "South Africa",
          "South Africa"
        ],
        [
          "wizard",
          "wizard"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "spiteful",
          "spiteful"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "poison",
          "poison"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ],
        [
          "deeds",
          "deeds"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tagati"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The term is first recorded in 1836; it derives from the Zulu word umthakathi, being someone who mixes medicine, which itself comes from the Zulu thaka (mix) and muthi (medicine). The term has gradually come to be used to refer only to negative, harmful uses of medicines derived from plants, animals and minerals.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "tagati (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Colin Bender, Makapan odyssey, page 166",
          "text": "No, the average Bantu always had a dilemma; live with the wild tribes and never know when some witchdoctor's tagati would strike him down; or live with the umlungus and respect his authority (and his sjambok).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In South African English, a wizard, witch, or a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others or who uses poisons and familiar spirits to carry out harmful deeds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "South Africa",
          "South Africa"
        ],
        [
          "wizard",
          "wizard"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "spiteful",
          "spiteful"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "poison",
          "poison"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ],
        [
          "deeds",
          "deeds"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tagati"
}