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yaot [yáot] adj You’re to blame; It’s your fault. imbis Yaot nak hali kinang anak sa hospital ingraya pa sa albularyo kitang waya naulii. It’s your fault that the child is here in hospital since you kept on taking her to the spirit healer, see he hasn’t got better.

tuman₁ [túman] 1.1v To perform what is required; to perform a ritual. gumawa Tong albularyo ay nagpagto sa inra bayay para magtuman it pagbuyong. The spirit healer went to their house to perform the healing.

tayhop [tayhóp] vbt To cast out evil spirits by blowing on one’s head. Atayhupan it albularyo kag ida anak. The spirit healer will cast out the evil spirit from his child by blowing his head.

paitlog [paítlog] v To diagnose spirit caused sickness by using an egg; to divine spirits, sickness by using an egg. pinaitlog Inapaitlog ni Berit kag ida anak sa albularyo kung inasagnat. Berit had her child’s sickness diagnosed with an egg by a spirit healer when she got a fever.

pabuyong [pabuyóng] (fr. var. pamuyong) (der. of buyong₁) v To go to a doctor for treatment; to have somebody treated by a medical person (who gives them medicine, whether traditional herbs or modern medicine). gumamót Nagpabuyong sida sa albularyo. He went to a quack doctor for treatment. (sem. domains: 2.5.7 - Treat disease, 2.5.7.1 - Doctor, nurse.) der. ipabuyong

miriko [míriko] n One who heels, exorcises spirit; medium; necromancer. albularyo [(Uses knowledge of pulses to diagnose and heal).] syn: albularyo.

limot₂ [limót] n Rituals performed by a spirit healer, medium i.e. albularyo. (sem. domains: 4.9.4.1 - Sorcery.)

layas₁ [láyas] 1vi To run away; escape. Naglayas kag amo mga uning. Our cats ran away. (sem. domains: 7.2.3.1 - Move away.) 2vt To drive out a person, animal; to cast out evil spirits; drive away evil spirits. layas Apalayason kono kag mga NPA sa banwa nak kato. They say they the NPA will be driven out of that town. Kag albularyo ay maayo magpalayas sa nadedemonyo nak tawo. The witch doctor knows how to drive away evil spirits in persons possessed by demons. (sem. domains: 7.2.3.3 - Leave, 7.2.3.2 - Go, 7.2.3.1 - Move away.) comp. binirahan it layas

kilibit₂ [kilíbit] v Diagnose sickness by divining with an egg. pinaalbularyo Ingpakilibitan nako sida sa albularyo. I had the spirit healer diagnosed her sickness by divining with an egg. (sem. domains: 4.9.4.7 - Omen, divination, 2.5.5 - Cause of disease.)

albularyo [albuláryo] n A healer of supernatural and natural ailments (by means of religious rituals and/or herbal medicines); traditional healer; untrained doctor; herbalist; a medium. medico, albularyo [Nowadays some people will call them a "quack doctor" but they are still sought for many treatments.] syn: miriko. (sem. domains: 4.9.4.1 - Sorcery.)

yudha [yúdhà] v To diagnose an evil spirit by the ginger ritual. Tong ida anak ay ingyudhaan it albularyo tong magkasakit. When he got sick her child was diagnosed by the spirit doctor to have an evil spirit by the ginger ritual.