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, first-person possessive hantuku, second-person possessive hantumu, third-person possessive hantunya)
- 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 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 forms
Noun edit
hantu