tuyul
English
Noun
tuyul (plural tuyuls)
- Alternative form of toyol.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.jul/, [ˈt̪u.jʊl]
- Hyphenation: tu‧yul
Noun
tuyul (plural tuyul-tuyul)
- (folklore) An undead infant in Indonesian and Malay folklore, typically invoked as a helper by black magic.
Further reading
- “tuyul”, 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