retribution; a supernatural reprisal; supernatural revenge.
Busung is one type of retribution governing cause and effect, which informs the Samal world view. It is a retribution that is directed
against humans by personalities in the unseen world. Busung covers a variety of specific types of retribution, such as God's wrath mulkah , or harm from ancestors towwah mboh , or harm
from different spirit entities hantu, sag , etc. People can be affected by busung as a result of offending people whether living or dead, or by showing lack of respect to God, parents, or elders, or through
the actions of malevolent spirits or humans. Some people, especially those deceased, are said to have this power of busung . These departed ones are held in respect and prayers are said at their special graves tampat , that they may channel their
power of revenge away from the petitioners and use it instead on the petitioner's behalf.
Busung kow!
You are a retribution! [This is a common jesting expression.]
What a trial you are!
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to be revenged upon; to be paid back.
Notice the similarity between the free translation for this verb's example, and the translation for the transitive verb's
example sense 2 below. Since in English, there is no direct correspondence to the concept of busung , "revenged" is only an approximation of an equivalent.
He is being revenged upon by his mother.
He is being paid back by his mother.
‘retribution’ to be endowed
with
the
supernatural power of reprisal.
Some people are thought to have supernatural power to revenge. When they die, their graves are shrines and are called tampat . People pray to the deceased at these graves, hoping the deceased "power person" will assist them.