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tabunea

Bingham

tabunéa

n. an incantation, sorcery.
vi. to perform an incantation, to practice sorcery.

tabunéaa

vt. to perform an incantation on a person.

Sabatier

tabunea

n. te tabunea: magical religious rites, sorcery, magic in general with special names for each kind.
vt. tabunea, tatabunea: to submit to magical rite, to do magic oneself, to put under superior power (for good or evil).

Topics: Spirits, myth and belief