hantu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Verb
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- imperative of hantiCategory:Esperanto verb forms#HANTU
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#HANTUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#HANTU hantu, from Proto-MalayicCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#HANTUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic#HANTU *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HANTUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HANTU *qanitu, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#HANTUCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#HANTU *qaNiCu.
- False cognate of English haunt (typically misunderstood in sense of rumah hantu (“haunted house”) or in verb sense menghantui (“to haunt”))
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhantu/ [ˈhan̪.t̪u]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#HANTUCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#HANTU
- Rhymes: -antuCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/antu#HANTUCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/antu/2 syllables#HANTU
- Syllabification: han‧tu
Noun
hantu (plural hantu-hantu)Category:Indonesian lemmas#HANTUCategory:Indonesian nouns#HANTUCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#HANTUCategory:Pages with entries#HANTUCategory:Pages with 4 entries#HANTU
- ghost (spirit appearing after death)
Derived terms
- 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
- “hantu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-MalayicCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#HANTUCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#HANTU *hantu[1] (cf. Iban antu), from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HANTUCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HANTU *qanitu (cf. Buginese anitu, Tagalog anito), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#HANTUCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#HANTU *qaNiCu.[2]
False cognate of English haunt, mainly misunderstood in sense of rumah hantu (“haunted house”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Literary, schwa-variety, /a/-variety) IPA(key): /ˈhantu/ [ˈhan̪.t̪u]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#HANTUCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#HANTU
- Rhymes: -antu, -uCategory:Rhymes:Malay/antu#HANTUCategory:Rhymes:Malay/antu/2 syllables#HANTUCategory:Rhymes:Malay/u#HANTUCategory:Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables#HANTU
- Hyphenation: han‧tu
Noun
hantu (Jawi spelling هنتو, plural hantu-hantu or hantu2)Category:Malay lemmas#HANTUCategory:Malay nouns#HANTUCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#HANTUCategory:Pages with entries#HANTUCategory:Pages with 4 entries#HANTU
- (literally) A general term for ghosts, spirits or mystical being.[3]
- Ia takut hantu.
- [He/She/They/It] is afraid of ghosts.
- Ia sakit setelah kesurupan hantu.
- [He/She/They/It] fell ill after being possessed by demons.
- (figurative) spy; secret agent[3]
- (figurative) A term for a very bad and evil person; i.e. a miscreant[3]
Hyponyms
- bajang
- bandan
- bunian / kelembaian / lemboyan / siluman
- dedemit
- hantu air
- hantu apu / hantu jamuan
- hantu belian / hantu loyang
- hantu bungkus / hantu golek / hantu guling / pocong
- hantu cika / hantu kembung
- Hantu Doman (“Hayagriva, one of Panchamukhi Hanuman form”)
- hantu galah / hantu tinggi
- hantu jerongkong
- hantu kopek / hantu tetek / mak kopek
- hantu laut
- hantu pemburu / hantu seburu
- hantu penyakit
- hantu raya
- hantu tanah / jembalang
- jenglot
- kertau
- langsuir / langsuyar
- marbut
- orang minyak
- pelesit
- penanggal
- penunggu
- polong
- pontianak / matianak
- si cindai
- suangi
- toyol
Derived terms
- bahasa hantu (“language of the dead”)
- burung hantu (“owl”)
- jari hantu (“middle finger”)
- kera hantu (“tarsier”)
Descendants
References
- ↑ Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology, Canberra: The Australian National University, page 60,111
- ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNiCu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- 1 2 3 “hantu”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
Further reading
- "hantu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
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