"igqirha" meaning in Xhosa

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Noun

IPA: [íɡ̊ǃi̤ːxa] Forms: ígqirha [canonical, class-5], ámágqirha [class-6, plural]
Etymology: From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǃgaixa (“witch doctor”). Etymology templates: {{der|xh|khi-kho}} Khoe, {{cog|naq|ǃgaixa||witch doctor}} Khoekhoe ǃgaixa (“witch doctor”) Head templates: {{xh-noun|ígqirha|5|6|ámágqirha}} ígqirha class 5 (plural ámágqirha class 6)
  1. witch doctor

Download JSON data for igqirha meaning in Xhosa (1.2kB)

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