perempuan

cognate with Malay perempuan

• IPA^(key): /pə.rəm.pu.ʷan/

perempuan

1. female person; woman or girl

• bini-bini

• laki-laki or lelaki

perempuan

1. (of humans) female

• bini-bini

• laki-laki or lelaki

• betina

• pr (abbreviation)

Inherited from Malay perempuan, from empu +‎ per- -an. Displaced Proto-Malayic *bahi, whence Iban bahi, and Indonesian bini.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərəmˈpuan/ [pə.rəmˈpu.an]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pe‧rem‧pu‧an

perempuan

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (of humans))

   Synonym: (of animals and plants) betina

   Antonyms: (of humans) laki-laki; (of animals and plants) jantan

perempuan

1. woman
2. female

• pempuan, pompuan (syncopated)

Affixation of empu +‎ per- -an.

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pərəmˈpwan/ [pə.rəmˈpwan], /pərəmˈpwan/ [pər.əmˈpwan]
• Rhymes: -wan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Hyphenation: pe‧rem‧puan, per‧em‧puan

perempuan (Jawi spelling ڤرمڤوان, plural perempuan-perempuan or perempuan²)

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (of humans))

   Synonyms: betina (of animals and plants), wanita

   Antonyms: lelaki (of humans), jantan (of animals and plants)

• > Indonesian: perempuan (inherited)

• "perempuan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017