antu

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

• IPA^(key): /an.tu/

antu

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

   Ia takut antu.

   He is afraid of ghosts.

2. demon (evil spirit)

   Ia sakit lapas kana rasuk ulih antu.

   He fell ill after being possessed by demons.

• burung antu (“owl”)

From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈantu]

antu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨈᨘ)

1. that (demonstrative, close to addressee)

• antureng

• (Pontianak, Sanggau) IPA^(key): [antu]

antu

1. (Pontianak, Sanggau) alternative spelling of hantu

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin ante, otherwise from antae. Compare Spanish alante.

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.tu/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: àn‧tu

antu m (plural anta)

1. (now dated) after work; place where peasants worked or conversed together

   Ni videmu doppu a l'antu.

   I'll see you later at the after-work club.