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bino

Bingham

bíno

vi. to chant and gesticulate while sitting.
n. chanting and gesticulating while sitting, a call, a summons.
ex. e tang binona.

Sabatier

bino

n. poem sung and mimicked in sitting position.

bino1

n. an incantation to get back a woman (done in turning a binobino very rapidly and allowing the wind to whistle into the opening).
ex. e tang binona: her bino whistles (the unfaithful one will come back).
v. katangibino: to do this incantation.
vc. katanga te bino: idem.

Topics: Spirits, myth and belief