aigat

ko-a (transitive verb) to curse thieves or debtors, as by the Isureta clan (clan of cursers) (the aggrieved people together with a suspected thief gather around an anthill where they burn a white chicken alive while the curser shouts, ?mutan kotwana? (let so-and-so die) and the people answer, ?kotwana, ibweny-ibweny? (let him/her die completely), then Isureta will block holes of the anthill with leaves of itulel and everyone runs off from the anthill without looking back. If the person cursed is the actual thief, he/she may begin to die within a few days unless he/she pays back what was stolen plus a fine of a cow to Isureta who will then unblock the holes of the anthill); to wish good health to the sick; to wish someone prosperity.