hantu

See also: Hán tự

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay hantu, from Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhan.tu/
  • Rhymes: -tu, -u
  • Hyphenation: han‧tu

Noun

hantu (plural hantu-hantu, first-person possessive hantuku, second-person possessive hantumu, third-person possessive hantunya)

  1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

Derived terms

  • berhantu
  • dihantui
  • hantu-hantuan
  • menghantu
  • menghantui
  • hantu air
  • hantu angin
  • hantu api
  • hantu aru-aru
  • hantu badai
  • hantu beliau
  • hantu blau
  • hantu bungkus
  • hantu bunian
  • hantu denah
  • hantu golek
  • hantu gunung
  • hantu haru-haru
  • hantu jembalang
  • hantu kangkung ngeang-ngeang
  • hantu kocong
  • hantu laut
  • hantu pemburu
  • hantu pocong
  • hantu puaka
  • hantu raya
  • hantu rimba
  • hantu runjung
  • hantu suluh
  • hantu sungai
  • hantu tanah
  • hantu tuyul

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hantu/
  • Rhymes: -antu, -tu, -u

Noun

hantu (Jawi spelling هنتو, plural hantu-hantu, informal 1st possessive hantuku, 2nd possessive hantumu, 3rd possessive hantunya)

  1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)
    Ia takut hantu.
    He is afraid of ghosts.
  2. demon (evil spirit)
    Ia sakit setelah kesurupan hantu.
    He fell ill after being possessed by demons.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hantu

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

hantu

  1. genitive/dative singular of hantar (striker)
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