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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