单词 | bomoh |
释义 | bomohn. In Malaysia: a traditional healer; a person believed to have magical powers. Sometimes used as a title. Cf. dukun n., pawang n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > [noun] botenera1400 guarisher1474 body-curer1602 healer1611 dukun1817 bomoh1851 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] wielerOE jugglera1100 wielea1350 magicianc1375 sorcerc1400 warlockc1400 mage?a1425 sorcerer1526 witch-mana1538 wizarda1557 wise man1562 cunning man1594 man-witch1601 wonder-master1603 sorcerist1624 talisman1646 ob1659 fascinator1677 varlet1701 Magian1716 brujo1758 mediciner1845 bomoh1851 pellar1865 trollman1865 baloi1871 magic-man1905 Wiccan1971 1851 R. G. Latham Ethnol. Brit. Colonies 209 Their [sc. the peoples around Singapore] priest or physician is called bomo. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xii. 158 The village bomor, or witch doctor, approached the heap of entrails..all the time singing some weird chant in Malay. 1979 RAIN No. 35. 3/1 Community-based cures of people such as the Malay bomohs offer far better prognosis than the chemical-based treatment that much western medicine advocates. 1989 Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. Unknown to Bomoh Salleh and his employers, another department of the same ministry had hired Bomoh Encik Matchik to do the same job. 2006 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 21 A team of four bomoh..then took over after they were asked to use traditional methods to hunt the crocodile. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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