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mak nyah

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Malaysia/ˌmaʔ ˈɲah/

mak nyah noun: a trans woman.

Noun

mak nyah (plural mak nyahs)

  1. (Malaysia) A trans woman.

Forms of mak nyah

pluralmak nyahs

Origin of mak nyah

Borrowed from Malay mak nyah, a compound word of mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).

Questions about mak nyah

What does mak nyah mean?
Mak nyah means a trans woman.
What part of speech is mak nyah?
Mak nyah is a noun.
How do you pronounce mak nyah?
Mak nyah is pronounced /ˌmaʔ ˈɲah/ (Malaysia).
What is the plural of mak nyah?
The plural of mak nyah is mak nyahs.

Words near mak nyah in the dictionary

  1. majuscule writing
  2. majusculed
  3. majuscules
  4. majzlanite
  5. mak
  6. mak nyah
  7. mak nyahs
  8. Mak'em
  9. Mak'ems
  10. mak'st
  11. maka

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