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pawangs

pawangs is the plural of pawang.

Meaning of pawang

Noun

pawang (plural pawangs)

  1. A Malay shaman.
    • The "Pawang" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176

Questions about pawangs

What is pawangs the plural of?
Pawangs is the plural of pawang.

Words near pawangs in the dictionary

  1. paw-paws
  2. pawa
  3. Pawaka
  4. Pawala
  5. pawang
  6. pawangs
  7. Pawar
  8. Pawars
  9. pawas
  10. pawaw
  11. pawawed

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