menamad
noun
English. Beasts, supernatural and natural and believed to eat people. Gen. for such as giants, skeletons, sharks, pythons.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Si Aling, inilaw menamad, pu' peglemet sia ditug lenu'an, mitekaw na laak matay, minian di suungen muka' baba'en ig dugu'.
English. Aling must have been eaten raw by a menamad spirit, for she was just playing outside, and all of a sudden she died, and blood came out of her nose and mouth.
c.f. diwata; etaw ulangan
In group with: bangkaybangkay; begisan; bilibili; busaw; dumedung; etaw sindepan; genglung; kaniatan; kukuk; lupaup; menamad talun; mendaud; menglabay; mentianak; menginapul; mudu'; piau; salut; sumedep; tumbuk 2; tumiag; tumalun; ubuubu; unglu'; wakingking; wakwak