caima

Indonesian

Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 菜媽／菜妈 (chhài-má, “vegetarian nun, or woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃai̯.ma]
• Hyphenation: cai‧ma

Noun

caima (first-person possessive caimaku, second-person possessive caimamu, third-person possessive caimanya)

1. nun in the temple who served to help the dead.

Further reading

• “caima” 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.