sioca

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 小姐 (sió-chiá, “Miss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsio̯t͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: sio‧ca

Noun

sioca (first-person possessive siocaku, second-person possessive siocamu, third-person possessive siocanya)

1. (dialect) miss, a term of address for a young or unmarried woman.

   Synonym: nona

Further reading

• “sioca” 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.

Venetian

Adjective

sioca

1. feminine singular of sioco