peranakan

From Malay peranakan.

peranakan

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

From Malay peranakan.

peranakan m (plural peranakans, diminutive peranakantje n)

1. a person of Chinese ethnicity who is born in the country (notably Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies), not immigrated

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

anak +‎ per- -an, from Malay peranakan.

• IPA^(key): [pəraˈnak̚an]
• Hyphenation: pêranakan

pêranakan (uncountable)

1. (direct, uncommon) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, rahim, uterus

2. (literal) descendant; offspring

   Synonym: keturunan

3. A mixed-race person, especially one of native Indonesian (typically Austronesian, but also Melanesian) and foreign ancestry.
   1. (by extension or historical) A Peranakan person (descendants of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago)

• “peranakan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

anak +‎ per- -an.

• IPA^(key): /pərana(ʔ)kan/

peranakan (Jawi spelling ڤرانقن, plural peranakan-peranakan, informal 1st possessive peranakanku, 2nd possessive peranakanmu, 3rd possessive peranakannya)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus
2. A person of mixed descendant.
3. A person of mixed descendant of a place.

• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim
• uterus

• Indonesian: peranakan
• → Central Melanau: peranakan
• → Dutch: peranakan

• “peranakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.