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bomoh

bomoh noun: a Malay shaman or witch doctor.

Noun

bomoh (plural bomohs)

  1. A Malay shaman or witch doctor.
    • “She got one Chinese bomoh giving her black magic.”2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 267

Forms of bomoh

pluralbomohs

Origin of bomoh

From Malay bomoh.

Questions about bomoh

What does bomoh mean?
Bomoh means a Malay shaman or witch doctor.
What part of speech is bomoh?
Bomoh is a noun.
What is the plural of bomoh?
The plural of bomoh is bomohs.

Words near bomoh in the dictionary

  1. Bommie Night
  2. bommies
  3. bommy
  4. bommy knocker
  5. bommy knockers
  6. bomoh
  7. bomohs
  8. bomolochid
  9. bomolochids
  10. Bompas
  11. bomphiologia

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