Terms vs Moloi - What's the difference?
terms | moloi |
(Southern Africa) A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.
* 1846 , Missionary Register , p. 35:
* 1934 , Essays presented to CG Seligman , Edward Evans-Pritchard, p. 295:
* 1906 , James Frazer, The Golden Bough , Book III, p. 104:
* 1994 , Bret Galloway, Balck Papyrus , Unlimited Publishing 2003, p. 66:
As nouns the difference between terms and moloi
is that terms is while moloi is (southern africa) a magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.moloi
English
Noun
(baloi)- At dead of night the baloi issue forth from their homes.
- Sometimes the moloi conceals a bundle of rags containing "doctored" roots and other substances in the eaves of his victim's hut [...].
- The graves of Basuto chiefs are kept secret lest certain more or less imaginary witches and wizards called Baloi , who haunt tombs, should get possession of the bones and work magic with them.
- And time and again they have told me one thing – this woman is not a moloi .