kebaya
English
Alternative forms
- kabaya, kabayah, kebayah
Etymology
From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʾ, “tunic, gown”).
Noun
kebaya (plural kebayas)
- A traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kebaya.
See also
kebaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “kebaya”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kebaya, from Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʾ, “tunic, gown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəˈbaja]
- Hyphenation: kê‧ba‧ya
Noun
kêbaya (first-person possessive kebayaku, second-person possessive kebayamu, third-person possessive kebayanya)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Derived terms
- berkebaya
- kebaya encim
- kebaya kartini
- kebaya kutubaru
- kebaya lidah
Further reading
- “kebaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic قَبَايَة (qabāya), colloquial form of قَبَاء (qabāʾ, “tunic, gown”).
Noun
kebaya (informal 1st possessive kebayaku, 2nd possessive kebayamu, 3rd possessive kebayanya)
- kebaya: a traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Descendants
- Indonesian: kêbaya
- → English: kebaya
- → Chinese: 可巴雅
Further reading
- “kebaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.