Meaning of kehua | Babel Free
Examples
“An old man explained to me, “The spirits of dead persons are afflicting such sufferers. These kehua control⟳ them. If the afflicted person survives he will be the medium of that [evil] spirit. Some people become⟳ demented when so affected.””
“1924, Elsdon Best, Māori Religion and Mythology: being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Māori folk of New Zealand, Part 2, 2005, Te Papa Press⟳, page 42, The other aspect of the "etheric double⟳" of the theosophist, that is the wraith or apparitional spirit seen after the death of the body, is the kehua of the Maori.”
“We'd say⟳, 'Ready? Steady. Go!' And we'd run⟳ past his bedroom. Grandpa would be in his armchair looking out. We'd flash⟳ past crying out, ‘Kehua! Kehua!’”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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