Wiktionary
amapakati
n. 1 The council or inner circle of advisers of a chief in a Nguni society. 2 A member of a council; a trusted adviser.
Usage examples of "amapakati".
The face of Dingaan shone when he saw the cattle, and that night he called us, the council of the Amapakati, together, and asked us as to the granting of the country.
Also we of the Amapakati, the council, were there, and ranged round the fence of the space, armed with short sticks only--not with kerries, my father--was that regiment of young men which Dingaan had not sent away, the captain of the regiment being stationed near to the king, on the right.
But we, the councillors, the members of the Amapakati, still stood silent.