kemenakan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kemanakan, kemenakan, from Classical Malay kamanakan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.məˈna.kan/, [kə.məˈna.kan]

Nomen

kemenakan (first-person possessive kemenakanku, second-person possessive kemenakanmu, third-person possessive kemenakannya)

1. niece oder nephew

   Synonyms: keponakan, ponakan

Further reading

• “kemenakan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.