dukunn.

Brit.

/ˈdʊk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈdʊk(ə)n/,

/ˈduk(ə)n/, South African English

/ˈdʊk(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural dukuns, unchanged.

Forms:

α. 1800s– dukun, 1900s– dhukun.

β. South African 1900s– dhukkum, 1900s– doekum, 1900s– doekom, 1900s– dukum.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Javanese; partly modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymon: Javanese dukun.

Etymology: < 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > [noun]

botenera1400

guarisher1474

body-curer1602

healer1611

dukun1817

bomoh1851

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]

midwifec1300

childwifea1387

midwomana1400

Lucinac1405

matron?a1425

grace-wifec1600

Mother Midnight1602

headswoman1615

handwoman1637

sage woman1672

howdie1725

accoucheur1727

granny1738

obstetrix1773

accoucheuse1795

dukun1817

fingersmith1819

wise woman1821

obstetrician1826

obstetrist1873

tocologist1902

birth attendant1910

S.C.M.1935

monitrice1969

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic

ophiogenes1601

piai1613

witch doctor1718

dukun1817

piaiman1825

wizard1845

doctor1846

mganga1860

1817 T. 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.

1855 W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 465 Ayum is sick, very sick;..there is no dukun near.

1963 K. 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.

1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 14 Apr. He turned to ‘Dukun’ Raden Suratman for a 45-day herbal and spiritual cure.

1993 P. 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.

2004 Economist (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.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dukun
释义	dukunn. Brit. /ˈdʊk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈdʊk(ə)n/, /ˈduk(ə)n/, South African English /ˈdʊk(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural dukuns, unchanged. Forms: α. 1800s– dukun, 1900s– dhukun. β. South African 1900s– dhukkum, 1900s– doekum, 1900s– doekom, 1900s– dukum. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Javanese; partly modelled on an Afrikaans lexical item. Etymon: Javanese dukun. Etymology: < 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. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > [noun] botenera1400 guarisher1474 body-curer1602 healer1611 dukun1817 bomoh1851 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > using magic ophiogenes1601 piai1613 witch doctor1718 dukun1817 piaiman1825 wizard1845 doctor1846 mganga1860 1817 T. 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. 1855 W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 465 Ayum is sick, very sick;..there is no dukun near. 1963 K. 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. 1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 14 Apr. He turned to ‘Dukun’ Raden Suratman for a 45-day herbal and spiritual cure. 1993 P. 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. 2004 Economist (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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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