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1. abangan, n. View full entry 1956
...With pl. concord. Indonesians, esp. Javanese, who are syncretically or culturally (rather than observantly) Muslim....
2. adat, n. View full entry 1783
...In the Islamic regions of South-East Asia: custom, accepted practice; (also) customary law....
3. anting-anting, n. View full entry 1890
...A supposed supernatural influence having the power of protecting its possessor from harm; also, an amulet or charm having the same qualities....
4. duk-duk, n. View full entry 1883
...Among the Tolai people of New Britain, Papua New Guinea: a secret male society which practises sorcery and mysterious rites, and executes justice on the rest of the community; (also) a member...
5. Hau Hau, n. View full entry 1865
...A follower of the Pai-Marire religion during the nineteenth-century Maori Wars. Also attrib....
6. heiau, n. View full entry 1825
...A temple....
7. kahuna, n. View full entry 1886
...A Hawaiian priest or minister; an expert or wise man....
8. karakia, n. View full entry 1832
...An incantation (see quot. 1949)....
9. Kathi, n. View full entry 1947
...A judge in Islamic law, who also functions as a registrar of Muslim marriages, divorces, etc....
10. kramat, n. View full entry 1783
...A Muslim holy place or place of pilgrimage (see also quot. 1833). Also as , sacred....
11. makutu, n. View full entry 1846
...Sorcery, witchcraft; a magic spell....
12. makutu, v. View full entry 1825
...trans. To bewitch, put a spell on....
13. malae, n. View full entry 1818
...In certain Polynesian islands: an open space used either as a meeting-place, or as a ceremonial area, or both, usually in the centre of a village; (also sometimes) a stone-faced platform for...
14. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
15. mana, n. View full entry 1843
...Power, authority, or prestige; spec. (in Polynesian and Melanesian religions) an impersonal supernatural power which can be associated with people or with objects and which can be transmitted or inherited....
16. marae, n. View full entry 1769
...The courtyard of a Maori meeting house, or a central open space in a Polynesian village, esp. used as a forum or centre for ceremonies, social functions, debates, etc.; (N.Z.)...
17. mihanere, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1841
...A Maori convert to (esp. Protestant) Christianity; a Protestant Maori. Freq. attrib. or as Cf. missionary5....
18. mudim, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a junior Muslim official, spec. one who (in traditional communities) performs circumcisions....
19. mukim, n. View full entry 1811
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: the smallest administrative district; an area served by its own mosque, usually consisting of or spanning a number of villages....
20. muumuu, n. View full entry 1888
...A woman's loose-fitting dress, usually patterned and brightly coloured, a local adaptation of the ‘Mother Hubbard’ dress introduced by missionaries in Hawaii. Later also: a garment resembling this. Cf. holoku...
