nyai

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Javanese nyai (ꦚꦲꦶ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɲai̯] Hyphenation: nyai === Noun === nyai (plural nyai-nyai) respected older woman (obsolete) mistress of a European or Chinese man Hypernym: gundik ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Min Nan: 雅 (ngá) === References === === Further reading === “nyai”, 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