mganga

How to say it

Meaning

A person who treats illness: in official use a medical officer at a hospital, and in daily life often a traditional healer.

Good to know

Plural waganga, with m/wa agreement. Mganga mkuu is a chief medical officer; mganga wa kienyeji is a traditional healer; uganga is healing or medicine.

Examples

• Mganga mkuu wa wilaya alitembelea zahanati.The district medical officer visited the dispensary.
• Alikwenda kwa mganga wa kienyeji kutafuta dawa.He went to a traditional healer to look for medicine.
• Waganga wa hospitali walifanya kazi usiku kucha.The hospital doctors worked all night.

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