Peranakan

Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian peranakan, from Javanese pranakan (ꦥꦿꦤꦏꦤ꧀, “mixed descent (esp. with Chinese and Dutch)”), from Sanskrit kaṇaka (कणक, “drops (of semen)”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəɹanəˈkan/, /pəɹanəˈkɑːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəɹænəˈkæn/

Peranakan (not comparable)

1. relating to the speakers of Peranakan Indonesian.

   the Peranakan community in Java is widely considered as the pure or original form of Peranakan

Peranakan (uncountable)

1. an Indonesian language spoken by Peranakans in Java, and elsewhere.

   Synonym: Peranakan Indonesian

   the film is also being remade in Peranakan

2.  a member of Indonesian people locally born but of Chinese or mixed Chinese descent (esp. in Java, a member of a Chinese family long settled and acculturized in the area)

• peribumi
• perbudakan (in Standard Malay)

• Peranakan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peranakan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “Peranakan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• ISO 639-3 code pea (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Peranakan, pea ⁠