ajah

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayah (“father”).

Noun

ajah

  1. father
    ia aken kapaksa poetoesken perhoeboengan bila si ajah tida brenti djadi koelie-ronselaar.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References
  1. Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 31
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