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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Nyonya",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Nyonya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Nyonya"
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "nyonya"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: nyonya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: nyonya"
},
{
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"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)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "pt",
"3": "dona",
"4": "",
"5": "lady"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese dona (“lady”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "nona",
"3": "nonya",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of nona and nonya",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "娘娘",
"tr": "niû-niû"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 娘娘 (niû-niû)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "娘仔",
"tr": "niô͘-á"
},
"expansion": "娘仔 (niô͘-á)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mzs",
"2": "nhonha"
},
"expansion": "Macanese nhonha",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "doña",
"3": "",
"4": "lady"
},
"expansion": "Spanish doña (“lady”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Portuguese dona (“lady”) via Javanese thus doublet of nona and nonya. See also Hokkien 娘娘 (niû-niû) or 娘仔 (niô͘-á). Compare Macanese nhonha, Spanish doña (“lady”).",
"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"
]
}
],
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{
"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": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "baba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nona"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 2 33 5 15 7 8 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 2 48 4 12 5 6 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 6 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Nyonya; a female Peranakan."
],
"id": "en-nyonya-ms-noun-U1c9OyLo",
"links": [
[
"Nyonya",
"Nyonya"
],
[
"Peranakan",
"Peranakan"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A married Chinese or European lady of some position; madam"
],
"id": "en-nyonya-ms-noun-JkT3Tlar",
"links": [
[
"married",
"married"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
],
[
"European",
"European"
],
[
"lady",
"lady"
],
[
"madam",
"madam"
]
],
"qualifier": "Java",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Java) A married Chinese or European lady of some position; madam"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A married colonial Straits-born Chinese or Eurasian or Portuguese lady (as opposed to immigrant Chinese or European women)"
],
"id": "en-nyonya-ms-noun-OITbTNEt",
"links": [
[
"married",
"married"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
],
[
"Eurasian",
"Eurasian"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"lady",
"lady"
]
],
"qualifier": "Malaya",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Malaya) A married colonial Straits-born Chinese or Eurasian or Portuguese lady (as opposed to immigrant Chinese or European women)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɲoɲə/",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɲoɲa/",
"tags": [
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-oɲə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɲə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nyonyah"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nonya"
}
],
"word": "nyonya"
}
{
"categories": [
"Malay doublets",
"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"Malay terms derived from Hokkien",
"Malay terms derived from Portuguese",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/a",
"Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/oɲə",
"Rhymes:Malay/ə",
"Rhymes:Malay/ɲə"
],
"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"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: nyonya",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: 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_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "pt",
"3": "dona",
"4": "",
"5": "lady"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese dona (“lady”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "nona",
"3": "nonya",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of nona and nonya",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "娘娘",
"tr": "niû-niû"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien 娘娘 (niû-niû)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "娘仔",
"tr": "niô͘-á"
},
"expansion": "娘仔 (niô͘-á)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mzs",
"2": "nhonha"
},
"expansion": "Macanese nhonha",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "doña",
"3": "",
"4": "lady"
},
"expansion": "Spanish doña (“lady”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Portuguese dona (“lady”) via Javanese thus doublet of nona and nonya. See also Hokkien 娘娘 (niû-niû) or 娘仔 (niô͘-á). Compare Macanese nhonha, Spanish doña (“lady”).",
"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 Nyonya; a female Peranakan."
],
"links": [
[
"Nyonya",
"Nyonya"
],
[
"Peranakan",
"Peranakan"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A married Chinese or European lady of some position; madam"
],
"links": [
[
"married",
"married"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
],
[
"European",
"European"
],
[
"lady",
"lady"
],
[
"madam",
"madam"
]
],
"qualifier": "Java",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Java) A married Chinese or European lady of some position; madam"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A married colonial Straits-born Chinese or Eurasian or Portuguese lady (as opposed to immigrant Chinese or European women)"
],
"links": [
[
"married",
"married"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
],
[
"Eurasian",
"Eurasian"
],
[
"Portuguese",
"Portuguese"
],
[
"lady",
"lady"
]
],
"qualifier": "Malaya",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Malaya) A married colonial Straits-born Chinese or Eurasian or Portuguese lady (as opposed to immigrant Chinese or European women)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɲoɲə/",
"tags": [
"Johor-Selangor"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɲoɲa/",
"tags": [
"Riau-Lingga"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-oɲə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɲə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nyonyah"
},
{
"word": "nonya"
}
],
"word": "nyonya"
}
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