langsuir
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Indonesian langsuir, derived from Javanese ꦭꦶꦁꦱꦶꦂ (lingsir, “sunset, fall”), inherited from Old Javanese lingsir (“slide down”).
Noun
editlangsuir (plural langsuirs)
- A hollowed-back female ghost in Indonesian (Javanese) mythology usually appears since the sunset began until the dawn. Sometimes, it could appear as a Javan hawk-eagle entity.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese ꦭꦶꦁꦱꦶꦂ (lingsir, “sunset, fall”), inherited from Old Javanese lingsir (“slide down”).
Noun
editlangsuir (first-person possessive langsuirku, second-person possessive langsuirmu, third-person possessive langsuirnya)
- A hollowed-back female ghost in Indonesian (Javanese) mythology usually appears since the sunset began until the dawn. Sometimes, it could appear as a Javan hawk-eagle entity.
Further reading
edit- “langsuir” 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.
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