indoba
Nyakyusa
[edit]Noun
[edit]indoba
Usage notes
[edit]- Used when in the mountains, due to the superstition that if the mountain-spirits hear the word amisi (which they understand, in contrast to indoba), they will cause streams to flood.
Synonyms
[edit]- amisi (usual word)
References
[edit]- Joseph Busse, Philipp Prein, Jürgen Jensen, Die Nyakyusa: Religion und Magie (1998), page 268