Etymology

From MalayCategory:English terms borrowed from Malay#NYONYACategory:English terms derived from Malay#NYONYA Nyonya or nyonya.

Noun

Nyonya (plural Nyonyas)Category:English lemmas#NYONYACategory:English nouns#NYONYACategory:English countable nouns#NYONYACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NYONYACategory:Pages with entries#NYONYACategory:Pages with 3 entries#NYONYA

1. (MalaysiaCategory:Malaysian English#NYONYA, SingaporeCategory:Singapore English#NYONYA, IndonesiaCategory:Indonesian English#NYONYA) A female Peranakan
2. (formalCategory:English formal terms#NYONYA, IndonesiaCategory:Indonesian English#NYONYA) An honorific title used before the name of a married woman

Alternative forms

• Ny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲoɲa/Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#NYONYA

Noun

NyonyaCategory:Indonesian lemmas#NYONYACategory:Indonesian nouns#NYONYACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#NYONYACategory:Pages with entries#NYONYACategory:Pages with 3 entries#NYONYA

1. (formalCategory:Indonesian formal terms#NYONYA) an honorific title used before the name of a married woman; used in formal situations, e.g. a ticket, an invitation, etc.

   Synonym: Ibu

Etymology

See nyonya.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɲoɲə/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#NYONYA
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɲoɲa/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#NYONYA
• Rhymes: -oɲə, -ɲə, -əCategory:Rhymes:Malay/oɲə#NYONYACategory:Rhymes:Malay/ɲə#NYONYACategory:Rhymes:Malay/ə#NYONYA
• Rhymes: -aCategory:Rhymes:Malay/a#NYONYACategory:Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables#NYONYA

Noun

Nyonya (Jawi spelling ڽوڽا, plural Nyonya-Nyonya or Nyonya²)Category:Malay lemmas#NYONYACategory:Malay nouns#NYONYACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#NYONYACategory:Pages with entries#NYONYACategory:Pages with 3 entries#NYONYA

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)

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, Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 136-8