nyai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese nyai (ꦚꦲꦶ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nyai (plural nyai-nyai)

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

Hyponyms

  • nyai ajeng
  • nyai tumenggung

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 雅 (ngá)[1]

References

  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

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