caima
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Xiamen Hokkien 菜媽/菜妈 (chhài-má, “vegetarian nun, or woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caima (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 Indonesia, 2016.