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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay perempuan; (deprecated template usage) per- +‎ empu +‎ -an.

Adjective

perempuan

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

Synonyms

• betina (of animals and plants)

Antonyms

• laki-laki (of humans)
• jantan (of animals and plants)

Noun

perempuan

1. woman
2. female

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Malay

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) per- +‎ empu +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərəmpuan/
• Rhymes: -uan, -wan, -an

Adjective

perempuan (Jawi spelling ڤرمڤوان)

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

Synonyms

• betina / بتينا (of animals and plants)

Antonyms

• lelaki / للاکي (of humans)
• jantan / جنتن (of animals and plants)