perempuan

Brunei Malay

Etymology

cognate with Malay perempuan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.rəm.pu.ʷan/

Noun

perempuan

1. female person; woman or girl

Synonyms

• bini-bini

Antonyms

• laki-laki or lelaki

Adjective

perempuan

1. (of humans) female

Synonyms

• bini-bini

Antonyms

• laki-laki or lelaki

Related terms

• betina

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• pr (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay perempuan, from per- -an +‎ empu. Displaced Proto-Malayic *bahi, whence Iban bahi, and Indonesian bini.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərəmˈpuan/ [pə.rəmˈpu.an]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pe‧rem‧pu‧an

Adjective

perempuan

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (of humans))

   Synonyms: (of animals and plants) betina, bini-bini, puan, wanita

   Antonyms: (of animals and plants) jantan; (of humans) laki-laki, pria

Noun

perempuan (plural perempuan-perempuan or para perempuan)

1. woman
2. female
3. wife

   Synonyms: bini, istri

Derived terms

• keperempuanan

• perempuan adat
• perempuan aktivis
• perempuan besi
• perempuan geladak
• perempuan idaman
• perempuan jahat
• perempuan jalanan
• perempuan jalang
• perempuan jangak
• perempuan karier
• perempuan lacur
• perempuan lecah
• perempuan nakal
• perempuan ningrat
• perempuan parlemen
• perempuan pekerja
• perempuan peneliti
• perempuan pengusaha
• perempuan suci
• perempuan tangguh

Further reading

• “perempuan”, 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

Alternative forms

• pempuan, pompuan (syncopated)

Etymology

Affixation of empu +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pərəmˈpuan/ [pə.rəmˈpwan], /pərəmˈpuan/ [pər.əmˈpwan]
• Rhymes: -wan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pe‧rem‧puan, per‧em‧puan

Noun

perempuan (Jawi spelling ڤرمڤوان, plural perempuan-perempuan or perempuan²)

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (of humans))

   Synonyms: betina (of animals and plants), wanita

   Antonyms: lelaki (of humans), jantan (of animals and plants)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: perempuan (inherited)

Further reading

• "perempuan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "perempuan" at PRPM first version)