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Pattani Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
ฮาตู (hatu)
- Alternative form of هاتو
Urak Lawoi'
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”). Cognate with Malay hantu, Old Javanese hanitu, Tagalog aníto.
Pronunciation
Noun
ฮาตู (hatu)
- ghost (spirit of the dead)
- corpse
Further reading
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 120