
Kayit No. 059 ci 446
Langsuyar
Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: 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
Jëkk a bindu
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)Cosaan
Malay
Malesi, EndonesiLan moo ko waral
Yeneen
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.Naka ngay doone benn
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay daw
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.Xel
Am xel
Fi mu néewe doole
- 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
Kañ la jëkk a feeñ?
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
notu gëstu
Li sours yi wax
Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?
Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay daw), du natt.
Yow, ci dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yow, ci daw ndànk lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Mag bu am doole buy daw lu gaaw lool lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Langsuyar lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ku gaaw ci welo lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)
Sours yi
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