ฮาตู

Pattani Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.tu/

Noun

ฮาตู (hatu)

1. Alternative form of هاتو

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”). Cognate with Malay hantu, Old Javanese hanitu, Tagalog aníto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hatu/, [haˈtu]

Noun

ฮาตู (hatu)

1. ghost (spirit of the dead)
2. corpse

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 120