Nyonya

nyonya English Baba-+ Etymology From en ms Nyonya or ms nyonya. Noun en Malaysia Singapore Indonesia A female Peranakan en formal Indonesia An honorific title used before the name of a married woman Derived terms en Nyonya chang See also en Baba Indonesian Alternative forms id Ny. Pronunciation id /ɲoɲa/ Noun id noun id formal an honorific title used before the name of a married woman; used in formal situations, e.g. a ticket, an invitation, etc. id Ibu See also id nona Malay Etymology See ms nyonya. Pronunciation Baku ms Johor-Riau 2 Nyonye 2 ms schwa ms oɲə ɲə ə ms a 2 Noun ڽوڽا A female Peranakan mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits Settlement Straits-born Chinese A female descendant of Peranakans Baba Nyonya Descendants 1 en Nyonya id Nyonya nyonya 1 1 mzs nhonha 1 nan-hbl 娘惹 nō͘-niâ See also ms baba ms nona Further reading Baba Nyonya https://archive.org/details/aeg2034.0001.001.umich.edu/page/700/mode/2up?q=nyonya ڽوڽه nyonyah A Malay-English dictionary Wilkinson Richard James Kelly & Walsh limited Hong Kong 1901 700 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272783/view?partId=nla.obj-436235528#page/n187/mode/1up/search/nyonya nyonya A Malay-English dictionary (romanised) Wilkinson Richard James Salavopoulos & Kinderlis Mytilene, Greece 1932 II 182 https://archive.org/details/portuguesevocabl033463mbp/page/136/mode/2up?q=nona Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages Dalgado Sebastião Rodolfo Oriental Institute 1936 Baroda 136-8 Xavier, Anthony ms Family Male