Nyonya

See also: nyonya

English

Etymology

From Malay Nyonya or nyonya.

Noun

Nyonya (plural Nyonyas)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A female Peranakan
2. (formal, Indonesia) An honorific title used before the name of a married woman

See also

• Baba

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Ny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲoɲa/

Noun

Nyonya

1. (formal) An honorific title used before the name of a married woman. Used in formal situation, example: ticket, invitation, etc.

Synonyms

• Ibu

See also

• nona

Malay

Etymology

See nyonya.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɲoɲə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɲoɲa/
• Rhymes: -oɲə, -ɲə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya, informal 1st possessive Nyonyaku, 2nd possessive Nyonyamu, 3rd possessive Nyonyanya)

1. A female Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese)
2. A female descendant of Peranakans (Baba Nyonya)

Descendants

• → English: Nyonya
• Indonesian: Nyonya, nyonya
• →? Macanese: nhonha
• → Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ)

See also

• baba
• nona

Further reading

• Baba Nyonya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Nyonya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڽوڽه nyonyah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 700
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nyonya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 182
• Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo (1936) Xavier, Anthony, transl., Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages‎^[1], Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 136-8