piaimann.

Brit.

/piːˈʌɪman/, U.S.

/piˈaɪˌmæn/

Forms: 1800s pee-ay-man, 1800s pe-i-man, 1800s– peaiman, 1800s– peaimen (plural), 1800s– piai-man, 1800s– piaiman, 1800s– piaimen (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piai n., man n.¹

Etymology: < piai n. + man n.¹, though the last syllable may represent assimilation of an ending -ma in a Cariban source language form piaima.

= piai n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic

ophiogenes1601

piai1613

witch doctor1718

dukun1817

piaiman1825

wizard1845

doctor1846

mganga1860

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > South American Indian

piache1555

piai1613

piaiman1825

Koshare1890

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. 191 They have a kind of a priest called a pee-ay-man.

1883 Academy 8 Dec. 375/3 The peaimen, or tribal medicine men.

1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 119 In the opinion of his friends some enemy was at work, and the Peaiman would drive him away.

1912 Amer. Anthropologist 14 86 These tribes believe in good and bad spirits; the latter, called kenaimas, being responsible for all evil influence, which the peaiman, the tribal priest and medicine-man, was instrumental in warding off.

1955 Times 22 June 11/6 The headman of the village we were in had been sick for sometime and..a piaiman, or medicine man, had come to cure him.

1972 in A. J. Seymour New Writing in Caribbean 304 And their piai-man's incantation: YHRuuuuuuuuuuuGH! Everybody now knows that there had been long chants, sound released by the mind long after the ear has heard.

1990 Guardian 30 Nov. A shape-shifter is a shaman, or piaiman, of Guyana.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piaiman
释义	piaimann. Brit. /piːˈʌɪman/, U.S. /piˈaɪˌmæn/ Forms: 1800s pee-ay-man, 1800s pe-i-man, 1800s– peaiman, 1800s– peaimen (plural), 1800s– piai-man, 1800s– piaiman, 1800s– piaimen (plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piai n., man n.¹ Etymology: < piai n. + man n.¹, though the last syllable may represent assimilation of an ending -ma in a Cariban source language form piaima. = piai n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic ophiogenes1601 piai1613 witch doctor1718 dukun1817 piaiman1825 wizard1845 doctor1846 mganga1860 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > South American Indian piache1555 piai1613 piaiman1825 Koshare1890 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. 191 They have a kind of a priest called a pee-ay-man. 1883 Academy 8 Dec. 375/3 The peaimen, or tribal medicine men. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 119 In the opinion of his friends some enemy was at work, and the Peaiman would drive him away. 1912 Amer. Anthropologist 14 86 These tribes believe in good and bad spirits; the latter, called kenaimas, being responsible for all evil influence, which the peaiman, the tribal priest and medicine-man, was instrumental in warding off. 1955 Times 22 June 11/6 The headman of the village we were in had been sick for sometime and..a piaiman, or medicine man, had come to cure him. 1972 in A. J. Seymour New Writing in Caribbean 304 And their piai-man's incantation: YHRuuuuuuuuuuuGH! Everybody now knows that there had been long chants, sound released by the mind long after the ear has heard. 1990 Guardian 30 Nov. A shape-shifter is a shaman, or piaiman, of Guyana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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