ma lai

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See also: Mã Lai

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese.

Noun[edit]

ma lai m or f by sense (plural ma lai)

A type of evil spirit of Vietnamese folklore

See also[edit]

femme-renarde

Vietnamese[edit]

ma lai

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

ma lai

Etymology[edit]

ma +‎ lai.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) ma lai

a type of evil spirit in Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian folklore, appearing as a young beautiful woman with internal organs hanging from her neck where her torso should be; also known as กระสือ (grà-sʉ̌ʉ) in Thai and អាប (ʼaap) in Khmer

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