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Kukambelela

verbtransitiveReviewedpage 193

Definitions

  1. 1
    To use exorcisms. To appease (the spirits); to make the evil withdraw from the patient.

    PT Empregar exorcismos. Apaziguar (os espíritos); fazer com que o mal se afaste do doente.·FR Employer des exorcismes. Apaiser (les esprits); faire en sorte que le mal s'éloigne du malade.

  2. 2
    Kurikambelela, v. r. To exorcize oneself. To drive away the evil that torments one.

    PT Kurikambelela, v. r. Exorcizar-se. Fazer afastar de si o mal que o atormenta.·FR Kurikambelela, v. r. S'exorciser. Faire s'éloigner de soi le mal qui le tourmente.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 193 (right)