English
Noun
wanga (plural wangas or wanga)
- (voodoo) A magic spell or charm.
- 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 117:
- All magic is performed under his patronage, whether it be the medicinal, protective paquet, or the less benevolent wanga.
- 2008, Stephan Palmié, Africas of the Americas, p. 364:
- Not all wanga contain the enslaved spirits of the dead, but they work best if they do.
- 2011, Mark Juergensmeyer (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions, p. 549:
- Love charms are the most common type of wanga.
Anagrams
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wangô. Compare Old Saxon wanga (“cheek”), Old English wange, Old Norse vangi (“cheek, temple”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰- (wagga-), Italian guancia (“cheek”).
Noun
wanga n
- cheek
Declension
Declension of wanga (neuter n-stem)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Swahili
Noun
wanga (u class, no plural)
- starch
- vyakula vya wanga ― carbohydrates
Verb
-wanga (infinitive kuwanga)
- to ache in pain
- to count, to calculate
- to do magic / witchcraft
Conjugation
Conjugation of -wanga
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Positive present
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-nawanga
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Subjunctive
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-wange
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Negative
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-wangi
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Imperative singular
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wanga
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huwanga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liwanga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuwanga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawanga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninawanga/nawanga
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tunawanga
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2nd person
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unawanga
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mnawanga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anawanga
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wanawanga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nawanga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -wangi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siwangi
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hatuwangi
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2nd person
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huwangi
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hamuwangi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hawangi
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hawawangi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -wangi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tawanga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tawanga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wange)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niwange
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tuwange
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2nd person
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uwange
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muwange
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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awange
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wawange
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -wange
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siwange
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngewanga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singewanga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliwanga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliwanga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mewanga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshawanga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jawanga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiwanga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipowanga
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Consecutive
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kawanga / positive subject concord + -kawanga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kawange
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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