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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus. uncountable
2. 2
   Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans comprising the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania. plural, plural-only
3. 3
   a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania wordnet
4. 4
   The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions. uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Bantu dialect continuum spoken by these people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

chaga languagechaga mushroomchaggachagga languagekichagakichaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

Related phrases

folk medicineinonotus obliquus

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.