peranakan

See also: Peranakan

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Malay peranakan.

Noun

peranakan

  1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Dutch

Etymology

From Malay peranakan.

Noun

peranakan m (plural peranakans, diminutive peranakantje n)

  1. a person of Chinese ethnicity who is born in the country (notably Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies), not immigrated

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Indonesian

Etymology

From anak +‎ per- -an, from Malay peranakan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəraˈnak̚an]
  • Hyphenation: pêranakan

Noun

pêranakan (plural peranakan-peranakan)

  1. (direct, uncommon) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: kandungan, rahim, uterus
  2. (literal) descendant; offspring
    Synonym: keturunan
  3. a mixed-race person, especially one of native Indonesian (typically Austronesian, but also Melanesian) and foreign ancestry
    1. (by extension or historical) a Peranakan person (descendants of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

anak +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pərana(ʔ)kan/

Noun

peranakan (Jawi spelling ڤرانقن, plural peranakan-peranakan)

  1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus
  2. A person of mixed descendant.
  3. A person of mixed descendant of a place.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: peranakan
  • Central Melanau: peranakan
  • Dutch: peranakan
  • Sundanese: paranakan

Further reading