nyai

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Javanese nyai (ꦚꦲꦶ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲai̯]
  • Hyphenation: nyai

Noun[edit]

nyai (first-person possessive nyaiku, second-person possessive nyaimu, third-person possessive nyainya)

  1. respected older woman.
  2. (obsolete) mistress of a European or Chinese man.
    Hypernym: gundik

Hyponyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Min Nan: 雅 (ngá)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges . In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading[edit]

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