caima
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Xiamen Hokkien 菜媽/菜妈 (chhài-má, “vegetarian nun, or woman”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaima (first-person possessive caimaku, second-person possessive caimamu, third-person possessive caimanya)
- nun in the temple who served to help the dead.
Further reading
edit- “caima” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.