pontianak

Borrowed from Malay pontianak.

pontianak (countable and uncountable, plural pontianaks)

1. (countable) 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 (“fossil resin”).

• pontianac

From Malay pontianak.

pontianak

1. A female vampiric ghost, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.

From portmanteau in Sanggau pontianak, ponti (“carry”) +‎ anak (“child”).

• Rhymes: -aʔ

pontianak

1. A female vampiric ghost, said to be the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant.

(toponyms):

• kuntilanak