penakan

Malay

Etymology

Elision of peranakan, from anak +‎ per- -an. Doublet of ponakan via Javanese.

Noun

penakan (Jawi spelling ڤنقن, plural penakan-penakan or penakan2)

  1. (anak ~) nibling or niefling; child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law regardless of gender
    Synonyms: ponakan, anak saudara

See also

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pĕnakan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 239

Further reading

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