ajah

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Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay ayah (“father”).

Noun

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ajah

  1. father
    ia aken kapaksa poetoesken perhoeboengan bila si ajah tida brenti djadi koelie-ronselaar.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 31
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