pawang

From Malay pawang.

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.

• Pangwa

Inherited from Malay pawang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpawaŋ/ [ˈpa.waŋ]
• Rhymes: -awaŋ
• Syllabification: pa‧wang

pawang (plural pawang-pawang)

1. diviner
2. animal handler, animal tamer

• “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.

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

pawang (Jawi spelling ڤاوڠ, plural pawang-pawang)

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

• bomoh
• dukun

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

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