Etymograph

English

mafufunyana

Mafufunyana comes from Zulu amafufunyane.

  1. Zulumodernamafufunyane
  2. Englishtodaymafufunyana

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Zulumodernamafufunyane
  2. Englishtodaymafufunyana

Today it means

noun In Zulu and Xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Zulu amafufunyane / mafufunyana