ma lai

See also: Mã Lai

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese.

Noun

ma lai m or f by sense (plural ma lai)

A type of evil spirit of Vietnamese folklore

See also

femme-renarde

Vietnamese

ma lai

Etymology

ma +‎ lai.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) ma lai

a type of evil spirit in Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian folklore, appearing as a young beautiful woman with internal organs hanging from her neck where her torso should be; also known as กระสือ (grà-sʉ̌ʉ) in Thai and អាប (ʼaap) in Khmer

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