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

Derived terms

• Nyonya chang

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 situations, e.g. a ticket, an invitation, etc.

   Synonym: Ibu

See also

• nona

Malay

Etymology

See nyonya.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɲoɲa/ [ˈɲo.ɲa]
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɲoɲa/ [ˈɲo.ɲa]
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɲoɲə/ [ˈɲo.ɲə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (particularly: schwa)
• Rhymes: -oɲə, -ɲə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya or Nyonya²)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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