See also: Bêtawi and Batawi

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indonesian Betawi. Doublet of Batavia and Passau.

Noun

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Betawi (plural Betawis or Betawi)

  1. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
    • 2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia, page 177:
      While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.

Translations

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  • Note: these translations are for the plural.

Proper noun

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Betawi

  1. The Betawi language, a native language spoken by the Betawi people.

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Betawi

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 Betawi on Betawi Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bətawi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Be‧ta‧wi

Proper noun

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Betawi

  1. (historical) Batavia (now Jakarta and its surrounding area)
  2. ellipsis of orang Betawi (the Betawi ethnic group)
    Synonym: Selam
  3. ellipsis of basa Betawi (the Betawi language)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “Betawi”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 51

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bətawi/
  • Hyphenation: Bê‧ta‧wi

Proper noun

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Bêtawi

  1. (ethnologically) the ethnic group native to Jakarta (formerly known as Batavia), and some part of West Java and Banten
  2. (linguistically) the native language spoken by Betawi people.

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • English: Betawi

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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Betawi

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦠꦮꦶ

Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Proper noun

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Betawi

  1. Batavia
    Sekarang majoor Khouw Kim An djadi lid Volksraad djoega dan ia bitjara tentang autodienst antara Betawi Tangerang.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 44