
Galmee Lak. 059, 446 keessaa
Langsuyar
Maqaa biraa: langsuir
The langsuyar is described as a female revenant of Malay belief, the returned form of a woman who died around childbirth. She preys on infants and pregnant women. Malay funeral practice for such deaths included loading the corpse with beads, eggs and needles to stop it rising. She is closely linked to the pontianak, which Skeat's informants defined as the dead child of the same tragedy.12
Yeroo jalqabaaf kan galmeeffame
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)Ka'umsa
Malay
Maleeshiyaa, IndooneeshiyaaMaaltu isa fida
Kan biroo
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.Akkamitti isa taata
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Ni fiiga
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.Beekumsa
Qaroo
Bakkeewwan laafoo
- glass beads in the corpse's mouth, hens' eggs under the armpits and needles in the palms, so that she cannot shriek or fly
- cutting her nails and hair and stuffing them into the hole in her neck, which tames her
- gandasuli leaves
Yoom jalqaba mul'ate?
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
yaadannoo dirree
Maddoonni maal jedhu
Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?
Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (ni fiiga), safara miti.
Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Langsuyar gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)
Maddoota
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