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

• “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

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

• burung hantu (“owl”)
• kera hantu (“tarsier”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: hantu

Further reading

• “hantu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• हन्तु (Devanagari script)
• হন্তু (Bengali script)
• හන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• ဟန္တု or ႁၼ္တု or ႁၼ်တု (Burmese script)
• หนฺตุ or หันตุ (Thai script)
• ᩉᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫນ຺ຕຸ or ຫັນຕຸ (Lao script)
• ហន្តុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

hantu

1. genitive/dative singular of hantar (“striker”)