4.9.5.6. Religious purification
gyʋraʤʊrâʔFrom:Akangyʋrato cleanse someone or somethingOwie amʋ lɛdɩda igye sʋa, ahandɛ bɔyɔ mʋ ogyʋrakpa.The chief fell down yesterday so the elders are going to cleanse him.4.9.5.6Religious purification
ifinifĩdefilement; nominal form of defile4.9.5.6Religious purification8.3.7.8.2Blemishcomp.ɩsʋtɔ ifinear wax
ɩwɩ yinta Xcomp. ofyinta1ɩwɩ 1to defile oneselfƖwɩ layinta fʋ.You are defiled.Fɛdɩ obu a, ɩwɩ layinta fʋ.If you are a prisoner you are defiled.Owie ɔkɔ a, ɩwɩ layinta mʋ.If a chief should fight he has defiled himself.Owie ntɛ ɔkpɩpʋ tamagyi ɔblafɔ atɔ. Nɩ ogyi a, alayinta ɩwɩ.A chief or a fetish priest never eats food prepared by a woman under menstruation. When he eats he has defiled himself.4.3.1.1Bad, immoral4.9.5.6Religious purification
kisikisí refuse; forbid; tabooBulu lekisi oyi kʋ ha amʋ́ ánɩ́ bʋ magyi mʋ́ abi. God forbade a certain tree to them that they shouldn't eat its fruit.Wurupoŋfɔ bʋtekisi lembu.Wurupong people, they abstain from turtle meat.atɔ kisihɛforbidden things4.9.5.6.1Taboo4.9.7.7Animism der.akisitɔforbidden things
