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bonota

Bingham

bónota

vt. to cover, to shut, to close.
n. an instrument for incantation, sometimes a cord tied at the neck sometimes an ibu.

Sabatier

bonota

from. bono.
v. bobonota, bonobonota: to stop, to close, to shut, to obstruct, to stop chinks <?>, to close entrance to, to patch or mend.
fig. (magic) to hinder, to prevent, to immunize, to secure beforehand, to protect against bad sorcery.

bonota

n. a lid, an obstruction.

Topics: Spirits, myth and belief