anak belai

Central Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnaʔ bəˈlai̯/
  • (Besemah) IPA^(key): [aˈnaʔ bəˈlaɪ̯]

Noun

anak belai

1. (Besemah, Serawai) child or grandchild of a man's sister (kelawai)
2. (Besemah) matriline (a line of descent from a female ancestor)

   Antonym: meraje — Besemah

References

• Sukarti, Dewi (2007) Respons perempuan Muslim Besemah terhadap hukum waris adat di Kabupaten Lahat dan Kota Pagaralam, Sumatera Selatan [Besemah Muslim women's responses to the traditional inheritance law in Lahat Regency and Pagaralam Municipality, South Sumatra] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: UIN Syarif Hidayatullah

Further reading

• Sutiono Mahdi (2014) “anak belai”, in Kamus bahasa Besemah–Indonesia–Inggris [Besemah–Indonesian–English dictionary] (in Central Malay), Jatinangor: Unpad Press, page 15

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Besemah anak belai (“descendant of a man's sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanaʔ bəˈlai̯/

Noun

anak belai (uncountable)

1. (dialect) niece or nephew

   Synonyms: kemenakan, keponakan, ponakan

Further reading

• “anak belai” 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.