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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9428245, member: 2844"]It gets even more complicated.</p><p>I already explained the literal meaning of the word Peranakan if it is used on its own, and this goes on from there:</p><p><br /></p><p>"However, in a semantic shift, the word <i>peranakan</i> has come to be used as a "metaphorical" adjective that has the meaning of "locally born but non-indigenous".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Mixed-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Mixed-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> In Indonesian, it can denote "hybrid" or "crossbred"."</p><p><br /></p><p>"The word <i>Peranakan,</i> which can have very broad and labile meanings in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language" rel="nofollow">Malay</a> and Indonesian and, when used in common parlance, is simply an indicator of heritage or descent, may also be used to refer to other ethnic groups in the same region. Owing to the broad meaning of the term 'peranakan', the term is also encountered when referring to other communities in the region with similar histories of immigration and assimilation. For example, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty" rel="nofollow">Chitty</a> may accurately refer to themselves as 'Indian Hindu Peranakans', meaning "of Indian Hindu descent" or "locally born but non-indigenous Indian Hindu". Likewise the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_people" rel="nofollow">Kristang</a> may accurately refer to themselves as 'Eurasian Peranakans'.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-16" rel="nofollow">[16]</a> The name of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_Peranakan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_Peranakan" rel="nofollow">Jawi Pekan</a> people is derived from 'Peranakan', <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_alphabet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_alphabet" rel="nofollow">Jawi</a> being the Javanised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script" rel="nofollow">Arabic script</a>, and <i>Pekan</i> being a colloquial contraction of <i>Peranakan</i>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Kamus-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Kamus-14" rel="nofollow">[14]</a>"</p><p><br /></p><p>"The prominence of Peranakan Chinese culture, however, has led to the common elision whereby 'Peranakan' may simply be taken to refer to the Peranakan Chinese, i.e. the culturally unique descendants of the earliest Chinese settlers in the Malay Archipelago, as opposed to the other smaller groups that also justifiably call themselves 'peranakan'."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#Terminology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#Terminology" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#Terminology</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9428245, member: 2844"]It gets even more complicated. I already explained the literal meaning of the word Peranakan if it is used on its own, and this goes on from there: "However, in a semantic shift, the word [I]peranakan[/I] has come to be used as a "metaphorical" adjective that has the meaning of "locally born but non-indigenous".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Mixed-10'][10][/URL] In Indonesian, it can denote "hybrid" or "crossbred"." "The word [I]Peranakan,[/I] which can have very broad and labile meanings in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language']Malay[/URL] and Indonesian and, when used in common parlance, is simply an indicator of heritage or descent, may also be used to refer to other ethnic groups in the same region. Owing to the broad meaning of the term 'peranakan', the term is also encountered when referring to other communities in the region with similar histories of immigration and assimilation. For example, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty']Chitty[/URL] may accurately refer to themselves as 'Indian Hindu Peranakans', meaning "of Indian Hindu descent" or "locally born but non-indigenous Indian Hindu". Likewise the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_people']Kristang[/URL] may accurately refer to themselves as 'Eurasian Peranakans'.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] The name of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_Peranakan']Jawi Pekan[/URL] people is derived from 'Peranakan', [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi_alphabet']Jawi[/URL] being the Javanised [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script']Arabic script[/URL], and [I]Pekan[/I] being a colloquial contraction of [I]Peranakan[/I].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#cite_note-Kamus-14'][14][/URL]" "The prominence of Peranakan Chinese culture, however, has led to the common elision whereby 'Peranakan' may simply be taken to refer to the Peranakan Chinese, i.e. the culturally unique descendants of the earliest Chinese settlers in the Malay Archipelago, as opposed to the other smaller groups that also justifiably call themselves 'peranakan'." [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakans#Terminology[/URL][/QUOTE]
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