ikhankatha, noun
/ˌikanˈkɑːta/, /ˌikanˈkɑːtə/
- Forms:
- Show more Also inkankata, inkankatha, kankata, khankatha, nkantata.
- Origin:
- IsiXhosa
In traditional Xhosa society: the guardian in charge of youths undergoing the initiation rite of circumcision. See also abakwetha.
- Note:
- Sometimes an ingcibi may perform the work of the ‘ikhankatha’.
1866 W.C. Holden Past & Future 183To this hut the boys are taken, having been placed in charge of a person appointed to that office, and who is called the inkankata, and under whose charge they continue during the whole time of their initiation.
the guardian in charge of youths undergoing the initiation rite of circumcision.
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