antu
Iban
noun
Definitions
- devil, demon wicked spirit
- ghost, familiar spirit especially of ancestor, in whatever guise it appears
- the dead
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *qantu inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*qaNiCu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hantu Indonesian
- anito Tagalog
- burung hantu Malay
- hantu Malay
- jari hantu Malay
- *qanitu Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *qaNiCu Proto-Austronesian
- *hantu Proto-Malayic
- *qantu Proto-Malayic
- *qanitu Proto-Polynesian
- *qanitu Proto-Oceanic
- antu Brunei Malay
- aitu Samoan
- anito Yami
- *ʔantɔw Proto-Chamic
- atŏw Eastern Cham
- hanitu Bunun