- In the
culture of the
Bunun of Taiwan, a
hanitu or
qanitu is a spirit. The
concept does not
exactly equate with
similar myths from
other cultures. The...
-
spirits or
ancestral souls. The word is
derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *
qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Cognates in
other Austronesian languages...
- ****umed that the
world in
which they
lived were full of
supernatural beings (
qanitu) that were
often ****ociated with
particular places (trees, rocks, etc.)...
- g. *qaləjaw →
atdaw "sun", but
sometimes also with
other vowels, e.g. *
qanitu → anti "soul, spirit, ghost". Then
after this syncope,
older *ə
merged with...
- are
collectively known as anito,
derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *
qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu ("spirit of the dead").
Cognates in other...
-
devata (deity),
anito may have
derived from the proto-Malayo-Polynesian word
qanitu and the proto-Austronesian qanicu, both
meaning ancestral spirits. Both...
