Nyonya

From Malay nyonya.

Nyonya (plural Nyonyas)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A female Peranakan.

• Ny.

• IPA^(key): /ɲoɲa/

Nyonya

1. A title conferred on an married female. Used in formal situation, example: ticket, invitation, etc.

• Ibu

See nyonya.

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

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)

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

• baba

• 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, pages 182
• Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo (1936) Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages‎, Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 136-8