pawang

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

• Pangwa

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

• berpawang

 

• pawang belat
• pawang buaya
• pawang buru
• pawang darat
• pawang gajah
• pawang hujan
• pawang hutan
• pawang jermal
• pawang laut
• pawang lebah
• pawang perburuan
• pawang pukat
• pawang ular

 

Further reading

• “pawang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

pawang (Zimbabwean witch doctor)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pawaŋ/
• Rhymes: -awaŋ, -waŋ, -aŋ

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

• bomoh
• dukun

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “pawang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.