"Nyonya" meaning in Malay

See Nyonya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɲoɲə/ [Johor-Selangor], /ɲoɲa/ [Riau-Lingga] Forms: ڽوڽا [Jawi], Nyonya-Nyonya [plural], Nyonyaku [first-person, informal, possessive], Nyonyamu [possessive, second-person], Nyonyanya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -oɲə, -ɲə, -ə, -a Etymology: See nyonya. Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=ڽوڽا}} Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya, informal 1st possessive Nyonyaku, 2nd possessive Nyonyamu, 3rd possessive Nyonyanya)
  1. A female Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese) Categories (topical): Family, Male
    Sense id: en-Nyonya-ms-noun-ejakn7dh Disambiguation of Family: 50 50 Disambiguation of Male: 50 50 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 34 21 14 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 68 32
  2. A female descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya) Categories (topical): Family, Male Related terms: baba, nona
    Sense id: en-Nyonya-ms-noun-zBichr0r Disambiguation of Family: 50 50 Disambiguation of Male: 50 50 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 34 21 14
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Nyonya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Nyonya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Nyonya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "Nyonya",
            "3": "nyonya"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: Nyonya, nyonya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: Nyonya, nyonya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "nhonha",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Macanese: nhonha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Macanese: nhonha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan-hbl",
            "2": "娘惹",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nō͘-niâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See nyonya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڽوڽا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonya-Nyonya",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyaku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyamu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyanya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ڽوڽا"
      },
      "expansion": "Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya, informal 1st possessive Nyonyaku, 2nd possessive Nyonyamu, 3rd possessive Nyonyanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 1 34 21 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ms:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "ms:Male",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nyonya-ms-noun-ejakn7dh",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "Peranakan",
          "Peranakan"
        ],
        [
          "Malacca",
          "Malacca#English"
        ],
        [
          "Baba Malay",
          "w:Baba Malay"
        ],
        [
          "Straits",
          "w:Straits Settlement"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 1 34 21 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ms:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "ms:Male",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nyonya-ms-noun-zBichr0r",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ],
        [
          "Peranakan",
          "Peranakan"
        ],
        [
          "Baba Nyonya",
          "w:Baba Nyonya"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "baba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "nona"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲoɲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Selangor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲoɲa/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɲə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɲə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nyonya"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/oɲə",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ə",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ɲə",
    "ms:Family",
    "ms:Male"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Nyonya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Nyonya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Nyonya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "Nyonya",
            "3": "nyonya"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: Nyonya, nyonya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: Nyonya, nyonya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mzs",
            "2": "nhonha",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Macanese: nhonha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Macanese: nhonha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nan-hbl",
            "2": "娘惹",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nō͘-niâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See nyonya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڽوڽا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonya-Nyonya",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyaku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyamu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nyonyanya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "ڽوڽا"
      },
      "expansion": "Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya, informal 1st possessive Nyonyaku, 2nd possessive Nyonyamu, 3rd possessive Nyonyanya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "baba"
    },
    {
      "word": "nona"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "Peranakan",
          "Peranakan"
        ],
        [
          "Malacca",
          "Malacca#English"
        ],
        [
          "Baba Malay",
          "w:Baba Malay"
        ],
        [
          "Straits",
          "w:Straits Settlement"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ],
        [
          "Peranakan",
          "Peranakan"
        ],
        [
          "Baba Nyonya",
          "w:Baba Nyonya"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲoɲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Selangor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɲoɲa/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɲə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɲə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nyonya"
}

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