langaj
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Etymology edit
From Haitian Creole langaj, from French langage (“language”). Doublet of language.
Noun edit
langaj (uncountable)
- (voodoo) A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.
- 2003, Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Vodou, A Sacred Theater, page 172:
- Though used only by initiates, some passages in langaj emphasize sounds in a fashion that appeals to the ears of the profane as well, even when no translation is accessible as in most of the following examples.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 41:
- The langaj used for activation and the specific combinations required for a ceremony are initiatory secrets.
- 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 196:
- He and his assistant, a bigger, stronger, younger man, are both singing, bent over the bowl, in langage, which is a mix of slavery-era African dialects combined with Creole; it's used only in voodoo ritual and is one of the world's few remaining wholly sacred languages.
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Noun edit
langaj n (plural langaje)
Declension edit
Declension of langaj
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) langaj | langajul | (niște) langaje | langajele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) langaj | langajului | (unor) langaje | langajelor |
| vocative | langajule | langajelor | ||