OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

se¹tɛ³n

•  n. devil; satan.

Etymology: Malay or Dutch: satan

See also: yi³n; tu¹

di¹n se¹tɛ³n

•  v. to conjure up a spirit / spirits.

Discourse note: pejorative connotation re. shamanistic practice