pawang

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English

Etymology

From Malay pawang.

Noun

pawang (plural pawangs)

  1. A Malay shaman.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176:
      The "Pawang" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pawang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.waŋ/
  • Rhymes: -waŋ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧wang

Noun

pawang (plural pawang-pawang)

  1. diviner
  2. animal handler, animal tamer

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

pawang (Zimbabwean witch doctor)

Pronunciation

Noun

pawang (Jawi spelling ڤاوڠ, plural pawang-pawang, informal 1st possessive pawangku, 2nd possessive pawangmu, 3rd possessive pawangnya)

  1. shaman (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: pawang (inherited)
  • → English: pawang

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