jumbie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ghost or evil spirit. Caribbean
    — If one wants to see “jumbies” “duppies” ghosts, all that is necessary is to put in your eye the tears from the eyes of a pie-bald horse. It is no use explaining to a negro that what he has taken to be a “jumbie” or apparition, is a tree or rock or other natural object.

词形变化

jumbies plural jumbee alternative jumby alternative jumbi alternative zumbi alternative

词源

Borrowed from Kongo zumbi (“fetish”). Doublet of zombie.
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