1. A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.

1. A form of ‘hysteria’ or nervous disturbance common among the people of java and other parts of malaysia, in which they echo or imitate in a silly manner the words or actions of other persons and chatter absurdly.