Peranakan
See also: peranakan
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian peranakan, from Javanese pranakan (ꦥꦿꦤꦏꦤ꧀, “mixed descent (esp. with Chinese and Dutch)”), from Sanskrit kaṇaka (कणक, “drops (of semen)”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəɹanəˈkan/, /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pəɹænəˈkæn/
Adjective
Peranakan (not comparable)
- relating to the speakers of Peranakan Indonesian.
- the Peranakan community in Java is widely considered as the pure or original form of Peranakan
Noun
Peranakan (uncountable)
- an Indonesian language spoken by Peranakans in Java, and elsewhere.
- Synonym: Peranakan Indonesian
- the film is also being remade in Peranakan
- a member of Indonesian people locally born but of Chinese or mixed Chinese descent (esp. in Java, a member of a Chinese family long settled and acculturized in the area)
Related terms
- peribumi
- perbudakan (in Standard Malay)
See also
Peranakan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Peranakan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “Peranakan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ISO 639-3 code pea (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Peranakan, pea
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