empuan

Betawi

Etymology

From Classical Malay empuan, from empu.

Noun

empuan

  1. woman

Adjective

empuan

  1. (of humans) female

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “empuan”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 116

Malay

Etymology

From empu. Compare perempuan.

Noun

ĕmpuan (Jawi spelling امڤوان, plural empuan-empuan)

  1. (in titles) lady

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.