Nganga

1. 1

   Salt marsh; lagoon.
2. 2

   Place by the sea where salt is made.
3. 3

   botany

   Name by which the plant mutuxi is known in Seles and Amboim.
   mutuxi

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1. 1

   • Priest; prophet; one who possesses or reveals great knowledge
   • Learned man; master
   • Priest; doctor of the church
   • Cleric; abbot
   • Consummate sage; jurist
   • Magician; sorcerer
   • Diviner.
   Examples

   • 💬ngángaia misambu
   • 💬ngánga' a Nzambi
   • 💬ngánga 'a muhongo
2. 2

   • individual who in swearing ceremonies administers the mbulungu to the patient
   • A kind of master of ceremonies
   • The one who gives the ndúua to the supposed guilty party.
   Examples

   • 💬ngánga mbulungu
3. 3

   • treacherous
   • Slanderer
   • Defamer
   • One who commits treachery
   • Charlatan. V. sêse.
   Examples

   • 💬ngángasêse
4. 4

   • Spendthrift
   • Prodigal
   • One who squanders his fortune with excessive spending
   • A prodigal person.
   Examples

   • 💬ngánga 'a iangu
5. 5

   • sub. zool. Physostome murenid fish
   • Eel.
   Examples

   • 💬ngánga 'a-muriángu
6. 6

   • Small box
   • Little box in which the relics of the ancestors of a family, a tribe, or a State are kept
   • Case
   • Sanctuary
   • Place reserved for things we cherish and respect.
   • Pl. jingánga.
   Examples

   • 💬ngánga 'a ndala

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