antu

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *qantu (compare Malay hantu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu (compare Samoan aitu), from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (compare Bunun hanitu).

Noun

antu

  1. devil, demon (wicked spirit)
    Nya alai, sida takutka antu.
    Therefore, they fear the devil.
  2. ghost, familiar spirit (especially of ancestor, in whatever guise it appears)
  3. the dead
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