"mak nyah" meaning in Malay

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Noun

Forms: mak-mak nyah [plural], mak nyah ku [first-person, informal, possessive], mak nyah mu [possessive, second-person], mak nyah nya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”). Head templates: {{ms-noun}} mak nyah (plural mak-mak nyah, informal 1st possessive mak nyahku, 2nd possessive mak nyahmu, 3rd possessive mak nyahnya)
  1. (slang, LGBT) a trans woman Tags: slang Categories (topical): LGBT, Transgender Synonyms: bapok [derogatory], pondan
{
  "etymology_text": "From mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mak-mak nyah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah ku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah mu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah nya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mak nyah (plural mak-mak nyah, informal 1st possessive mak nyahku, 2nd possessive mak nyahmu, 3rd possessive mak nyahnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "LGBT",
          "orig": "ms:LGBT",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Transgender",
          "orig": "ms:Transgender",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "LGBT",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sexuality",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a trans woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-mak_nyah-ms-noun-zKVhLE1i",
      "links": [
        [
          "LGBT",
          "LGBT"
        ],
        [
          "trans woman",
          "trans woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, LGBT) a trans woman"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "bapok"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mak nyah"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mak-mak nyah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah ku",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah mu",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mak nyah nya",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mak nyah (plural mak-mak nyah, informal 1st possessive mak nyahku, 2nd possessive mak nyahmu, 3rd possessive mak nyahnya)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay multiword terms",
        "Malay nouns",
        "Malay slang",
        "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "ms:LGBT",
        "ms:Transgender"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a trans woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "LGBT",
          "LGBT"
        ],
        [
          "trans woman",
          "trans woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, LGBT) a trans woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "bapok"
    },
    {
      "word": "pondan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mak nyah"
}

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