hantu
See also: Hán tự
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Malay hantu, from Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hantu (plural hantu-hantu)
- ghost (spirit appearing after death)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- “hantu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hantu (Jawi spelling هنتو, plural hantu-hantu, informal 1st possessive hantuku, 2nd possessive hantumu, 3rd possessive hantunya)
- ghost (spirit appearing after death)
- Ia takut hantu.
- He is afraid of ghosts.
- demon (evil spirit)
- Ia sakit setelah kesurupan hantu.
- He fell ill after being possessed by demons.
Derived terms
[edit]- burung hantu (“owl”)
- kera hantu (“tarsier”)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: hantu
Further reading
[edit]- “hantu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]hantu
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tu
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tu/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/u
- Rhymes:Indonesian/u/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/antu
- Rhymes:Malay/tu
- Rhymes:Malay/u
- Malay lemmas
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- Pali non-lemma forms
- Pali noun forms
- Pali noun forms in Latin script