Mapun - duwaa

duwaa

A generalized type of prayer which is invoked on various occasions and accompanies many rituals; a short Islamic devotional prayer performed in Arabic; an incantation.

Ya' sina ngasi duwaa nu bong ko tigi' mangan bawi.

Your prayer won't be effective if you're fond of eating pork.

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(For a religious leader) to pray a ritual prayer (for a deceased person, a safe journey, over a sacrifice for a child, etc.); to recite an incantation.

Lay soho' da nduwahan siga jama matay.

They had the dead prayed for.

Daa ko magpaki bong ko ya' panday nganduwaa.

Don't be a religious leader if you don't know how to pray ritual prayers.

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To celebrate at a prayer ceremony (as when remembering the anniversary of a deceased relative, praying for a safe voyage, sacrificing an animal for a child, etc.).

Lay ku kinaddo' magduwaa ni luma' Hadji' Miyasin.

I was invited to celebrate at a prayer ceremony at Hadji' Miyasin's house.

Oy pagduwaahan ga jama looy?

What are those people having a prayer ceremony for?

maku duwaa

To ask for s.t. in a prayer from God, a deceased relative, or from a supernatural spirit being.

Maku na pin kitabi duwaa pa Tuhan. Kamura-murahan ya' tabi nammu kalingogan.

Let's keep asking from God in prayer. Hopefully we won't find trouble.

pagduwaahan/pamagduwaahan

Any place where a prayer ceremony is held.

Tud bay meka jama pamagduwaahan looy.

There were many people at that prayer ceremony.

duwaa aruwa

A ritual prayer for a dead person's spirit that assures the deceased person that he is forever in the considerations of the living.

Pinakoy duwaa aruwa ni bahangi maka tuman.

A ritual prayer for a deceased person's spirit is recited on designated days throughout the first year after death and annually after that.

duwaa salamat

A prayer for safety (as when one is about to go on a journey).

duwaa talbang

A kind of magical incantation one learns to say in order to be able to vanish.

Duwaa talbang pinakoy me' baba man da lomeng.

A majical vanishing incantation is used by demon possessed people so that they can fly away.