anak belai

== Central Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈnaʔ bəˈlai̯/ (Besemah) IPA(key): [aˈnaʔ bəˈlaɪ̯] === Noun === anak belai (Besemah, Serawai) child or grandchild of a man's sister (kelawai) (Besemah) matriline (a line of descent from a female ancestor) Antonym: meraje — Besemah === References === Sukarti, Dewi (2007), Respons perempuan Muslim Besemah terhadap hukum waris adat di Kabupaten Lahat dan Kota Pagaralam, Sumatera Selatan [Besemah Muslim women's responses to the traditional inheritance law in Lahat Regency and Pagaralam Municipality, South Sumatra] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: UIN Syarif Hidayatullah === Further reading === Sutiono Mahdi (2014), “anak belai”, in Kamus bahasa Besemah–Indonesia–Inggris [Besemah–Indonesian–English dictionary] (in Central Malay), Jatinangor: Unpad Press, page 15 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Besemah anak belai (“descendant of a man's sister”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanaʔ bəˈlai̯/ === Noun === anak belai (plural anak-anak belai) (dialect) niece or nephew Synonyms: kemenakan, keponakan, ponakan === Further reading === “anak belai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016