| 单词 |
sangoma |
| 释义 |
sangoma, n.
(sæŋˈgəʊmə, ‖ saŋˈgɔːma)
Also isangoma, (erron.) sangome.
[a. Zulu isangoma; cf. Swazi sangoma.]
In Southern Africa, a witchdoctor, usu. a woman, claiming supernatural powers of divination and healing.
[1870H. Callaway Relig. Syst. Amazulu iii. 281 The doctor is called Isanusi, or Ibuda, or Inyanga of divination, or Umungoma.] 1893I. Forsyth Gold Concession 72 Slinking leopards, stately lions, and ravening wolves waited continually to do the bidding of the great sangome (prophetess, or witch). 1905R. Plant Zulus 21 An Isanusi or Isangoma, that is a diviner, would be called in to discover the cause of this persistent illness. 1930R. E. Phillips Bantu are Coming i. 16 They have been smelled out by the isangoma (witch-doctor) and punished. 1967Drum 27 Aug. 12 I'm tough, tough, mighty tough. And its thanks to Soweto's so-sexy sangoma, Sarah Mashele, who gave me her full rejuvenating treatment the other day. 1979J. Drummond Patriots xvi. 83 A sangoma is a witch doctor; not a dispenser of medicines, but a diagnostician, often a woman, who interprets dreams, casts fortunes. 1988Personality (Durban) 4 July 79/3 You sing about your mother who was a healer, a sangoma. |
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