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‖ pawang|ˈpaːwaŋ|
Also (rare) puwang.
[Malay.]
A Malay sorcerer or medicine-man; a wizard or witch; a wise man, expert.
1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals 51 He immediately ordered an artificer to be sent for, named Pawang Bentan. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca II. viii. 98 They have ‘wise men’, or Puwangs, who pretend to be able to ascertain the most favourable spots for sinking a mine. 1893F. A. Swettenham About Perak 33 A Malay Páwang (medicine-man) has the same sort of nose for tin that a truffle dog has for truffles. 1906Macm. Mag. Aug. 778 An old pawang, or sorcerer, stepped forward with a bunch of twigs of a tree for which a tiger is thought to have a peculiar dread. 1907F. A. Swettenham Brit. Malaya vii. 156 When a patient becomes dangerously ill..it is common..to call in a pâwang, a kind of wizard or witch, who tries by incantations and other forms of the black art to lure the evil spirit from his prey. 1933L. Ainsworth Confessions Planter in Malaya 128 A ‘Pawang’ or witch doctor was called, and for the sum of twenty dollars he agreed to perform the complete ceremony. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari ii. 34 Contact with the spirit world is only made through the medium of the tribal pawangs or medicine-men. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 94 Pawang, an expert in any art believed to involve the use of magic. |