pocong

pocong (plural pocongs)

1. In Indonesian and Malaysian folklore, a ghost that wears a burial shroud.

From elision of hantu pocong, from Javanese pocong (“bundle (of rice, etc.)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.t͡ʃoŋ/
• Hyphenation: po‧cong

pocong (plural pocong-pocong)

1. (folklore) In Indonesian and Malaysian folklore, a ghost that wears a burial shroud.

• “pocong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Javanese pocong (“bundle (of rice, etc.)”).

pocong (Sundanese script ᮕᮧᮎᮧᮀ)

1. synonym of eundan

Either directly from Javanese pocong (“bundle (of rice, etc.)”), or through Indonesian pocong.

pocong (Sundanese script ᮕᮧᮎᮧᮀ)

1. (folklore) Pocong, a type of ghost that wears a burial shroud.

• "POTJONG", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij