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