caima
Indonesian
Etymology
From Amoy 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)
- nun in the temple who served to help the dead.
Further reading
- “caima” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.