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balakat
barakat
Supernatural power. (Some people use it in the sense of ‘blessing’.)
Balakat can be given by God, prophets, spirits, ancestors, at shrines or by certain people. People who have balakat can heal, foretell the future, and have requests granted. People who can practice white magic, call on spirits, or whose prayers are answered are balakatan.
Hadje pahāp balakat tabib miya'an, ta'u iye magpakewuli' a'a peddi'an betteng.
That specialist has very great power; he can heal people with stomach aches.
ledjiki' kawase sukud sapā'at
balakatan
Powerful.
A'a bahi' miya'an balakatan te'ed manamal. Bang sōng ulan ubus bu tawalanne gey pala'us ulanin, pegge' basag balakatnen.
That old person is really very powerful. When it is going to rain and he uses his incantation the rain does not come because his power is great.
Tampatin balakatan.
The grave (of an ancestor) is powerful.
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