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Wachagga, n.|wəˈtʃægə|
Also Wachaga, (in early use) Wa-Jagga.
[a. Bantu Wachaga f. wa- pl. class prefix + Chaga (see *Chagga n. (and a.)).]
The Chagga people; = *Chagga n. 1 a.
1873C. New Life E. Afr. xix. 393 From the accounts of the Wachaga, Meru is inhabited by a very interesting tribe. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 319/1 Eastern Group: Wa-Swahili,..Wa-Jagga, Wa-Segua. 1924C. Dundas Kilimanjaro & its People i. 39 Unlike other natives, the Wachagga do not believe that Kibo's ice is silver. 1936Discovery June 172/2 The Bantu Wachagga on Kilimanjaro share with the non-Bantu Lotuko of the Nile Valley the custom of exhuming the bones of their dead after some months. 1968E. Afr. Law Jrnl. IV. 9 Among the Wachagga, Kikuyu, Gusii and Baganda, a girl would be asked by the relative negotiating the engagement whether she consented to the marriage. |