English
mak nyah
Mak nyah comes from Malay mak nyah ‘a trans woman’.
- Malaymodernmak nyah‘a trans woman’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Malaymodernmak nyah‘a trans woman’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of mak ‘mother’ + nyah ‘to run from, to transition’
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ
poz-msa-pro *əma-ʔ
poz-mcm-pro *əma-ʔ
Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ
Malay emak ‘mother’
Every English word from Malay mak nyah
Today it means
noun A trans woman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay mak nyah / mak nyah