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单词 penanggalan
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penanggalann.

Brit. /pəˈnaŋɡələn/, U.S. /pəˈnæŋɡəl(ə)n/
Forms: 1800s penangalan, 1900s– penanggalan, 1900s– pĕnanggalan.
Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay penanggalan.
Etymology: < Malay penanggalan.
In Malaysian folklore: a kind of female vampire which preys on children and women in labour (see quots.). Also called hantu penanggalan. Cf. langsuir n., Pontianak n.1
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vampire1745
bloodsucker1777
vampire corpse1801
penanggalan1839
Pontianak1839
langsuir1881
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xii. 191 The Penangalan takes up its abode in the forms of females, and afflicts them with an unnatural craving for human blood.
1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic vi. 320 The Pĕnanggalan..is believed to resemble a trunkless human head with the sac of the stomach attached to it, and which flies about seeking for an opportunity of sucking the blood of infants.
1933 Weird Tales Sept. 319/1 ‘Ahee, ahee—penanggalan, penanggalan!’ he shrieked.
1972 Daily Tel. 12 May (Colour Suppl.) 58/3 The Malayan vampire family includes..the flamboyant Penanggalan, a monstrous vampire which also sucks at children's blood.
2002 Asian Econ. News (Nexis) 29 July Hantu penanggalans prey upon women in the throes [of] childbirth, but..they can be warded off by placing thorns, nails or a stingray's tail in the house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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