"pawang" meaning in English

See pawang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pawangs [plural]
Etymology: From Malay pawang. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|pawang}} Malay pawang Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawang (plural pawangs)
  1. A Malay shaman.
    Sense id: en-pawang-en-noun-DXz8KB0g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "pawang"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay pawang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pawangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "pawang (plural pawangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176:",
          "text": "The \"Pawang\" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Malay shaman."
      ],
      "id": "en-pawang-en-noun-DXz8KB0g",
      "links": [
        [
          "Malay",
          "Malay"
        ],
        [
          "shaman",
          "shaman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pawang"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "pawang"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay pawang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pawangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pawang (plural pawangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Malay",
        "English terms derived from Malay",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176:",
          "text": "The \"Pawang\" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Malay shaman."
      ],
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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}

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