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mophato

mophato noun: in Tswana culture, people in the same age group considered as a "regiment".

Noun

mophato (plural mephato)

  1. (Botswana, South Africa) In Tswana culture, people in the same age group considered as a "regiment".
  2. A lodge used for rituals in parts of Africa.
    • During the initiation process for boys (lebollo), they leave home for three to eight months and reside at the mophato (which is constructed in a secluded spot for the purpose of housing the initiates during this process), […]2013, Scott Rosenberg, Richard F. Weisfelder, Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, page 187
    • Livingstone records that since Mamochisane was a woman and hence could not enter the mophato with men, Sibitwane arranged that Mpepe (his nephew) should act on behalf […]2010, Mutumba Mainga Bull, Bulozi under the Luyana Kings, page 72

Forms of mophato

pluralmephato

Origin of mophato

From Tswana mophato.

Questions about mophato

What does mophato mean?
Mophato means in Tswana culture, people in the same age group considered as a "regiment".
What part of speech is mophato?
Mophato is a noun.
What is the plural of mophato?
The plural of mophato is mephato.

Words near mophato in the dictionary

  1. mopes about
  2. mopes around
  3. mopey
  4. mophandle
  5. mophandles
  6. mophato
  7. mophead
  8. mopheaded
  9. mopheads
  10. mopholder
  11. mopholders

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