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Kirundi

kurogesha

Word parts: ku-rogesha

koo-roh-GEH-shah

How to say it

Kirundikurogeshakoo-roh-GEH-shahsoon
Englishto cause to bewitchsoon
Frenchfaire ensorcelersoon

Meaning

to have someone else cast a bewitching spell on a person, rather than bewitching them yourself.

Good to know

causative of kuroga (to bewitch); used of the person who orders or pays for the spell, not the sorcerer who casts it.

Examples

  • Uwo mugabo yarogesheje umupfumu ngo amwice.That man had a sorcerer bewitch him in order to kill him.
  • Ntukoze ibizogutuma warogesha abandi.Don't do things that will get you accused of having others bewitched.
  • Bavuga ko yarogeshe umuvyeyi wiwe.They say he had his own parent bewitched.
  • Ni ki catumye arogesha uwo muntu?What made him have that person bewitched?

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