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hilut

N-

to massage; to set bones; to give a chiropractic type adjustment.

Please give my wife an adjustment for me.

eh, ni-

to be massaged; to be chiropractically adjusted; ‘bones’ to be set.

Bohoh eh ngahilut aku diilow.

Just yesterday, I was adjusted.

aa maghilut

angahilut

person [who] sets bones, etc.; a folk chiropractor.

In addition to physical manipulation, the folk chiropractor sometimes uses charms and sacrifices to the spirits to try to effect a cure.