Nyonya

== English == === Etymology === From Malay Nyonya or nyonya. === Noun === Nyonya (plural Nyonyas) (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A female Peranakan (formal, Indonesia) An honorific title used before the name of a married woman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Baba == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === Ny. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲoɲa/ === Noun === Nyonya (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) A female Peranakan (mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits-born Chinese) 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