PONTIANAK
Etymology
Proper noun
Pontianak
A city in, and the capital of, West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.
Etymology
Noun
pontianak (plural pontianaks)
A female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.
Alternative form of pontianac
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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