OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

yi³n

•  n. spirit (i.e., bodiless animate entity).

Note: no pejorative connotation, unlike se¹tɛ³n

Etymology: Presumably from Arabic

di¹n yi³n

•  v. to conjure up a spirit / spirits.

Discourse note: neutral connotation re. shamanistic practice

See also: se¹tɛ³n