jajuok

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Luo

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Etymology

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Cognate toAlurjajok(pl.jojogi) andAcholilajok(pl.lojogi).[1]

Noun

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jajuok(pluraljojuogi)[1]

  1. One who can harm people by practisingblack magic;[2]wizard.[3]
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(Nouns)

References

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  1. 1.01.1Southall, Aidan (1971). "Cross Cultural Meanings and Multilingualism,"p. 380.In W. H. Whiteley (ed.)Language Use and Social Change: Problems of Multilingualism with Special Reference to Eastern Africa,pp. 376–396. London: International African Institute/Oxford University Press.
  2. ^Hauge, Hans-Egil (1974).Luo Religion and Folklore,pp. 50, 80.Oslo and Bergen and Tromsø: Universitetsforlaget.→ISBN
  3. ^Okoth-Okombo, Duncan (1997).A functional grammar of Dholuo,p. 38.Köln: Köppe.→ISBN