pontianak

See also: Pontianak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian or Malay pontianak.

Noun

pontianak (plural pontianaks)

  1. A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.
    • 2009, Andrew Hock-Soon Ng, “"Death and the Maide": The Pontianak as Excess in Malay Popular Culture”, in John Edgar Browning, Caroline Joan Picart, editors, Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture:
      One of the most fearsome creatures of Malay folklore is the pontianak.
  2. Alternative form of pontianac
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