| 释义 |
baloi, n. S. Afr.
Brit. |bʌˈlɔɪ|, U.S. |bəˈlɔɪ|, S. Afr. |bʌˈlɔɪ|
Forms: 18– baloi, 19– baloyi
[‹ Sotho and Tswana baloi ‹ ba-, plural class prefix + -loi (‹ loya to bewitch).
For the singular, see moloi n.]
In southern Africa (in Sotho and Tswana society): practitioners of magic or witchcraft. Cf. moloi n.
1871J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River xx. 406 The party of ‘baloi’ or wizards whom Sekhome had sent to wither up the corn-fields of the Bakwena. 1907Rep. S. Afr. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 231 There are powerful and less powerful baloyi, and they are constantly trying to overcome each other in finding out more efficient charms. 1976B. Head in Quarry '76 14 The baloi are troubling us... No one openly walks around with the mark of the baloi, so we don't know who they are. 1996Queen's Q. (Nexis) Apr. The time of the wizards, when the baloi are at work. |