peranakan

See also: Peranakan

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Malay peranakan.

Noun

peranakan

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Dutch

Etymology

From Malay peranakan.

Noun

peranakan m (plural peranakans, diminutive peranakantje n)

1. a person of Chinese ethnicity who is born in the country (notably Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies), not immigrated

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Indonesian

Etymology

From anak +‎ per- -an, from Malay peranakan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəraˈnak̚an]
• Hyphenation: pêranakan

Noun

pêranakan (plural peranakan-peranakan)

1. (direct, uncommon) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, rahim, uterus

2. (literal) descendant; offspring

   Synonym: keturunan

3. a mixed-race person, especially one of native Indonesian (typically Austronesian, but also Melanesian) and foreign ancestry
   1. (by extension or historical) a Peranakan person (descendants of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago)

Further reading

• “peranakan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

anak +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərana(ʔ)kan/

Noun

peranakan (Jawi spelling ڤرانقن, plural peranakan-peranakan or peranakan²)

1. (anatomy) womb

   Synonyms: kandung, kandungan, rahim

2. (archaic) uterus

   Synonym: uterus

3. (literal) descendant; offspring

   Synonym: keturunan

4. (rare) (anak ~) nibling or niefling; child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law regardless of gender

   Synonym: anak saudara

Adjective

peranakan (Jawi spelling ڤرانقن, comparative lebih peranakan, superlative paling peranakan)

1. of mixed-race lineage.
2. a person of this lineage, especially one of native (typically Austronesian) and foreign ancestry
   1. (by extension or historical) a Peranakan person (descendants of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and the surrounding Archipelago)

      Synonyms: Baba, Nyonya

Descendants

• Malay: penakan
• > Indonesian: peranakan (inherited)
• → Central Melanau: peranakan
• → English: Peranakan
• → Dutch: peranakan
• → Sundanese: paranakan

Further reading

• "peranakan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017