English Explanatory Dictionary

Betawi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
name
  1. The native language of the Betawi people.

Word forms

Betawi Betawis Batavian

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian Betawi. Doublet of Batavia and Passau.

Related words

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