Kinyarwanda
ingemu
i-NGE-mu
How to say it
Kinyarwandaingemui-NGE-musoon
Englishsum paid to witchdoctorsoon
Frenchsomme payée au guérisseur-sorciersoon
Meaning
a payment traditionally given to a traditional healer or diviner for their services.
Good to know
An older term tied to traditional practice; less used in everyday speech today.
Examples
- Umurwayi yatanze ingemu ku muganga w'umuti gakondo.The patient paid the fee to the traditional healer.
- Ingemu yasabwaga yari inzoga n'amafaranga.The fee demanded was beer and money.
- Ese ingemu yishyurwa mbere cyangwa nyuma y'uburiho?Is the fee for a diviner paid before or after the treatment?
- Nta ngemu twatanze kuko twagiye ku muganga w'ibitaro.We paid no such fee since we went to a hospital doctor.
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