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▪ I. ‖ pontianak1|pɒntɪˈɑːnæk|
[a. Malay pontianak, f. pati-anak child-killer.]
A type of vampire (see quots.). Cf. langsuir, penanggalan.
1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xii. 191 Spirits..supposed to exert a baneful influence over them [sc. Malays] in this sublunary world. First, the Plissit and the Pontianak. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic vi. 320 The Pontianak or Mati-anak..is also a night-owl, and is supposed to be a child of the Langsuir. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari vi. 86 Perhaps the most fearsome of all superstitions is that of the pontianak or vampire, widely prevalent throughout Malaya. 1966D. Forbes Heart of Malaya xiii. 185 She had turned into what they call a pontianak. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 12 May 58/3 The Malayan vampire family includes..the Pontianak (the stillborn child of the Langsuir) which adopts the shape of a night owl.
▪ II. pontianak2|pɒntɪˈɑːnæk|
Also Pont-, -ac.
[The name of a city and formerly of a sultanate on the island of Borneo.]
= gutta-jelutong s.v. gutta2 2 (orig. that from Borneo).
1911India Rubber World XLIII. 130/2 Different qualities of jelutong are known in the trade, according to the districts from which they are derived, as Palembang (Sumatra), Pontianak (South Borneo), Sarawak, and so on. 1923D. W. Luff Chem. of Rubber iii. 35 An inferior rubber which in the days of high rubber prices became of importance industrially is that known variously as Jelutong, Gutta Jelutong, Pontianac, Bresk, or Dead Borneo, which is obtained from the Dyera costulata, a large tree growing in Borneo, Sumatra and Malaya. 1927[see gutta-jelutong]. 1947H. Barron Mod. Rubber Chem. (ed. 2) iii. 27 Jelutong (or pontianak) comes chiefly from Sumatra. |