caima
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Xiamen Hokkien 菜媽/菜妈 (chhài-má, “vegetarian nun, or woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- “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.