pawang
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Noun edit
pawang (plural pawangs)
- 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.
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Indonesian edit
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Noun edit
pawang (plural pawang-pawang, first-person possessive pawangku, second-person possessive pawangmu, third-person possessive pawangnya)
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Further reading edit
- “pawang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pawang (Jawi spelling ڤاوڠ, plural pawang-pawang, informal 1st possessive pawangku, 2nd possessive pawangmu, 3rd possessive pawangnya)
- shaman (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds)
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Further reading edit
- “pawang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.