ma lai

See also: Mã Lai

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese.

Noun

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

  1. A type of evil spirit of Vietnamese folklore

See also

Vietnamese

Etymology

ma +‎ lai.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laːj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) ma lai

  1. 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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