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bomoh, n.
Brit. |ˈbəʊməʊ|, U.S. |ˈboʊˌmoʊ|
Plural -s, unchanged
Forms: 18– bomo, 19– bomoh, 19– bomor
[‹ Malay bomoh (also bomo, bomor).]
In Malaysia: a traditional healer; a person believed to have magical powers. Sometimes used as a title. Cf. dukun n., pawang n.
1851R. G. Latham Ethnol. Brit. Colonies 209 Their [sc. the peoples around Singapore] priest or physician is called bomo. 1925C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle (1988) xii. 158 The village bomor, or witch doctor, approached the heap of entrails..all the time singing some weird chant in Malay. 1979RAIN 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. 1989Times (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. 2006New 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. |
