inyoka, noun

/inˈjɔ(ː)ka/
Forms:
Also nhoca, nyoka.
Origin:
IsiXhosa, IsiZuluShow more IsiXhosa and isiZulu.
A snake. Also attributive.
1866 W.C. Holden Past & Future 300This was the highest kind of sacred inyoka, or ‘serpent’.
1891 R. Monteiro Delagoa Bay 114I described the noise to Jack in the morning, and he at once said it was made by a ‘nhoca’ snake as thick as his arm.
1894 W.C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 112One of the Amatongas..gave a most unearthly howl,..saying that an inyoka snake had bitten him.
1958 R. Collins Impassioned Wind 60Inyoka! Snake! Where’s the snake?
A snake. Also attributive.
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