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dukun, n.
Brit. |ˈduːkʌn|, |ˈdʊkən|, U.S. |ˈdukən|, |ˈdʊkən|, S. Afr. |ˈduk(ə)m|, |ˈduk(ə)n|, |ˈdʊk(ə)m|, |ˈdʊk(ə)n|
Plural -s, unchanged
Forms: α. 18– dukun, 19– dhukun; β. S. Afr. 19– dhukkum, 19– doekum, 19– doekom, 19– dukum; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Javanese dukun (already in Middle Javanese; > Malay dukun, in the same sense). In β forms after Afrikaans doekoem, doekom, variants of doekoen (Dutch doekoen (1809); ‹ Malay or Javanese).
Forms in dh- show a transliteration of the retroflex initial consonant.]
In Indonesia, Malaysia, and among the Cape Malay community of South Africa: a traditional healer; a midwife; a person thought to have magical powers. Sometimes used as a title. Cf. bomoh n., pawang n.
1817T. S. Raffles Hist. Java i. vii. 324 The Dúkun (midwife) who attended at the delivery, was entitled to receive for her trouble fourteen wang (about a rupee) if it was an ordinary birth. 1855W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 465 Ayum is sick, very sick;..there is no dukun near. 1963K. Mackenzie Dragon to Kill 246 Maria..insisted on putting some small pieces of rag under Tony's mattress which she had got from her doekum and which always had a miraculous effect on boils. 1983United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 14 Apr. He turned to ‘Dukun’ Raden Suratman for a 45-day herbal and spiritual cure. 1993P. A. Wolbers in B. Arps Performance in Java & Bali ii. 37 In addition to the dhukun there are some other men who help during the ritual. 2004Economist (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 11 Dec. Many humbler Indonesian Muslims consult dukun, something between a faith healer and a shaman, about everything from colicky babies to troubled investments. |