santau

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsantaw/ [ˈsan̪.t̪au̯]
• Rhymes: -antau̯
• Hyphenation: san‧tau

Noun

santau (Jawi spelling سنتاو, plural santau-santau or santau²)

1. a deadly mixture of poison
2. black magic

   Synonyms: ilmu hitam, teluh

   Synonym: santet (Indonesia)

   Hypernym: sihir

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menyantau [agent focus] (meN-)
• disantau [patient focus] (di-)

Verb

santau (Jawi spelling سنتاو)

1. informal form of menyantau
   1. to feed poison
   2. to bewitch, to hex

      Synonym: menyantet (Indonesia)

Further reading

• "santau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "santau" at PRPM first version)